(Current Affairs For SSC Exams) In The News, Dec. 2012 - QS World University Rankings
In The News
December 2012
Topic : QS World University Rankings
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topping the list of best universities issued by the QS World University Rankings for 2011-2012 for the first time that there is a massive rise in the tech-based universities of the world. Cambridge University that had managed to be at second position in the list has seen a slight depression from its first slot, whereas Harvard University was ranked to be at third position in the list. University College, London (UCL), Oxford and Imperial are the ranked to be at fourth and fifth position. Four universities from United Kingdom have taken the slot among six best universities of the world. In the announced rankings, none of the Indian universities have been successful in managing a rank even in the top hundred. The published results are based on the QS Academic reputation survey in which 46,000 academics from across the world were engaged in identifying the leading universities of their respective field.