18/12/15
Scholarships to Study in Europe
If you’re a prospective international student planning to study in Europe at bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral level, you may well be eligible for a scholarship. UK scholarships are listed in an article all of their own, as are scholarships for Germany, for Russia and scholarships to study in the Nordic countries. Scroll down the list below for a range of other scholarships to study in Europe…
http://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/scholarship-advice/scholarships-study-europe
16/12/15
Scholarships to Study in Germany
Not only is Germany one of the cheapest study destinations in Europe, the nation also the home to many esteemed universities within the latest QS World University Rankings. To find out more, take a look at the complete guide to studying abroad in Germany.
http://www.topuniversities.com/student-info/scholarship-advice/scholarships-study-germany
15/12/15
What qualifications do you need to be an astronaut?
What skills and qualifications do you need to become an astronaut? I often heard the answer “perfect vision and a physics degree”. While this response is slightly simplistic, it’s not far off the mark. European Space Agency explains that astronaut candidates can apply on the basis of either academic credentials or piloting experience.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/what-qualifications-do-you-need-be-astronaut
08/12/15
The best universities in New York
The state of New York is home to two Ivy League universities – more than any other state. But it doesn’t just deliver on prestige; university options include state schools and a number of specialised colleges. If you’re thinking of studying abroad in New York, you’re certainly not alone. According to the 2015 Open Doors report, 8 per cent of all students in the state are international.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/best-universities-new-york
07/12/15
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2015
The QS World University Rankings by Subject highlights the world’s top universities in a range of popular subject areas. Published annually since 2011, the rankings are based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact.
07/12/15
Common grammatical errors to avoid in your university application
The most common mistakes in essays by international students are incorrect verb conjugation and using the wrong prepositions, conjoining words and articles, according to research by an academic proofreading service.
03/12/15
10 of the Safest Student Cities
They are all featured in the QS Best Student Cities 2016 index, which this year includes 75 places, assessed on a range of categories including affordability and employer activity. Osaka, Munich, Singapore are on the top.
25/11/15
The best universities in Canada
Compared with the United States, Canada can provide cheaper study options, simpler application processes and more opportunities for permanent residency. 25 Canadian institutions are counted among the top 800 in the world. You may not have heard of all of them, but with seven top-200 universities, Canada offers plenty of opportunities for a world-class education.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/best-universities-canada
24/11/15
25 US universities with the most international students
International students in the United States tend to concentrate in three states: New York, California and Texas. So the results of the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors 2015 report, revealing the 25 US universities with the most international students, are not particularly surprising.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/25-us-universities-most-international-students
24/11/15
The top universities in the United States
So you’ve set your hopes on attending one of the most elite universities in the world? You’ve heard of Harvard, Stanford and MIT of course. But with a grand total of 147 US universities in the World University Rankings, there are plenty of options for a world-class education you may never have thought of.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/top-universities-united-states
18/11/15
World University Rankings for physical sciences 2015-16: Asian institutions triumph
Asian universities have collectively achieved a huge improvement in the 2015-16 Times Higher Education World University Rankings for physical sciences. More than half of Asia’s 15 universities in the top 100 for physical sciences are included for the first time this year.
13/11/15
How to Apply to Study in Germany
Germany is the most popular non-Anglophone study destination in the world, and with its trendy student cities and low (or no) tuition fees, it’s not hard to see why. If you’re planning to study your first university degree in Germany, read on…
http://www.topuniversities.com/where-to-study/europe/germany/how-apply-study-germany
12/11/15
The best UK universities chosen by major employers
UK employers from predominantly business, IT and engineering sectors have revealed which UK universities produce the best graduates for the workplace. The universities of Oxford and Cambridge have taken the top spots in the UK ranking of the Global Employability University Survey 2015.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/best-uk-universities-chosen-major-employers
11/11/15
More Asian universities named as world-leading for engineering than ever before
Asia claims a quarter of the best 100 universities in the world for engineering and technology in the 2015-16 subject ranking. Universities in Singapore, Hong Kong and China are among the best 25 in the world for engineering degrees, directly competing with rivals in the US, UK, Sweden and the Netherlands.
04/11/15
US universities rank top in the world for social sciences
US universities count for almost half of the top 100 for social sciences in the 2015-16 ranking released by the Times Higher Education today. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the universities of Stanford and Princeton take the top three spots in the ranking which covers geography, economics and psychology, among other courses.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/us-universities-rank-top-world-social-sciences
14/10/15
Oxford is best in the world for medicine, but London is best place to study
The best university at which to study medicine is the University of Oxford, as announced in the Times Higher Education subject ranking released today. UK institutions dominate at the very top of the clinical ranking this year, with Oxford, the University of Cambridge and University College London taking three of the five top spots. Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley complete the top five.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/oxford-best-world-medicine-london-best-place-study
09/10/15
India, Russia and Eastern Europe are cheapest places to study at a ranked university
There’s at least one very good reason for foreign students to choose a university in Russia. The vast country is one of the cheapest places in world to study, second only to India. Russia is also home to a top 200 university: Lomonosov Moscow State University, which sits in 161st place in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-16.
06/10/15
The best universities in Australia and New Zealand
The best universities in Australia and New Zealand all fall within the top 250 universities in the world, according to the THE World University Rankings 2015-16. Australia dominates the list of the region’s 11 best universities, with eight universities all ranked among the best 150 in the world.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/best-universities-australia-and-new-zealand
30/09/15
Eight world-leading universities with a 50:50 gender balance
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2015-16 reveal the best universities in the world. Among the top 200 world-leading institutions, eight have an even split between men and women. Gender ratio is just one indication of a university’s environment, but here are the best institutions championing equality, at least numerically.
30/09/15
The top 20 universities for teaching
China, Japan and Switzerland are tied as the third most represented countries in the top 20 universities for teaching, with one university each. The top 20 is dominated by US institutions, which take 13 spots. The UK trails behind with only four universities with top-20 teaching scores, and Australia’s institutions fail to make the cut.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/top-20-universities-teaching
30/09/15
Universities in mainland Europe go head-to-head with the UK
The best universities in the UK are going head-to-head with rivals in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-16. Many UK institutions in the top 100 are ranked just one or two positions away from those in mainland Europe that offer study opportunities at a fraction of the cost.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/universities-mainland-europe-go-head-head-uk
30/09/15
World-ranked universities with the most international students
Not one US university in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-16 has more than 35 per cent international students, contrasting with institutions in Asia, Oceania and Europe. An analysis of universities in the rankings shows that 16 of the 30 universities with the highest percentage of international students are in the UK, seven are elsewhere in Europe and four are in Australia or New Zealand.
28/09/15
How to use the rankings: Frequently asked questions
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/advice/how-use-rankings-frequently-asked-questions
24/09/15
World-leading universities run by women
Only 14 per cent of the top 200 institutions of last year’s Times Higher Education World University Rankings are headed by women. And yet some of the best universities in the world are led by women – here are those in the upper tiers of the THE World University Rankings.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/news/world-leading-universities-run-women
21/09/15
Further your career prospects by studying abroad
Studying far from home is an exciting prospect, full of new places, people and adventures in an unfamiliar land. But what if your desire to go abroad is more strategic? A study abroad experience can be important for your future career.
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/advice/further-your-career-prospects-studying-abroad
21/09/15
A Google director reveals one must-have trait for graduates
The director of Google’s Digital Academy has revealed a new talent test for the next generation of leaders, writing in the World University Rankings 2015-16 supplement. Shuvo Saha, who recruits and works with ambitious graduates from all over the world, refers to this new type of talent as “cultural intelligence” or “CQ”.
Dr. habil György Fábri (1964) is an habilitated associate professor (Institute of research on Adult Education and Knowledge Management, Faculty of Education and Psychology of Eötvös Loránd University), head of the Social Communication Research Group. Areas of research: university philosophy, sociology of higher education and science, science communication, social communication, church sociology. His monograph was published on the transformation of Hungarian higher education during the change of regime (1992 Wien) and on university rankings (2017 Budapest). He has edited several scientific journals, and his university courses and publications cover communication theory, university philosophy, science communication, social representation, media and social philosophy, ethics, and church sociology.
Dr. Mircea Dumitru is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Bucharest (since 2004). Rector of the University of Bucharest (since 2011). President of the European Society of Analytic Philosophy (2011 – 2014). Corresponding Fellow of the Romanian Academy (since 2014). Minister of Education and Scientific Research (July 2016 – January 2017). Visiting Professor at Beijing Normal University (2017 – 2022). President of the International Institute of Philosophy (2017 – 2020). President of Balkan Universities Association (2019 – 2020). He holds a PhD in Philosophy at Tulane University, New Orleans, USA (1998) with a topic in modal logic and philosophy of mathematics, and another PhD in Philosophy at the University of Bucharest (1998) with a topic in philosophy of language. Invited Professor at Tulsa University (USA), CUNY (USA), NYU (USA), Lyon 3, ENS Lyon, University of Helsinki, CUPL (Beijing, China), Pekin University (Beijing, China). Main area of research: philosophical logic, metaphysics, and philosophy of language. Main publications: Modality and Incompleteness (UMI, Ann Arbor, 1998); Modalitate si incompletitudine, (Paideia Publishing House, 2001, in Romanian; the book received the Mircea Florian Prize of the Romanian Academy); Logic and Philosophical Explorations (Humanitas, Bucharest, 2004, in Romanian); Words, Theories, and Things. Quine in Focus (ed.) (Pelican, 2009); Truth (ed.) (Bucharest University Publishing House, 2013); article on the Philosophy of Kit Fine, in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, the Third Edition, Robert Audi (ed.) (Cambridge University Press, 2015), Metaphysics, Meaning, and Modality. Themes from Kit Fine (ed.) (Oxford University Press, forthcoming).
Mr. Degli Esposti is Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Deputy Rector Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna, Dean of Biblioteca Universitaria di Bologna, Head of Service for the health and safety of people in the workplace, President of the Alma Mater Foundation and Delegate for Rankings.
Ben joined QS in 2002 and has led institutional performance insights function of QS since its emergence following the early success of the QS World University Rankings®. His team is, today, responsible for the operational management of all major QS research projects including the QS World University Rankings® and variants by region and subject. Comprising over 60 people in five international locations, the team also operate a widely adopted university rating system – QS Stars – and a range of commissioned business intelligence and strategic advisory services.Ben has travelled to over 50 countries and spoken on his research in almost 40. He has personally visited over 50 of the world’s top 100 universities amongst countless others and is a regular and sought after speaker on the conference circuit.Ben is married and has two sons; if he had any free time it would be spent reading, watching movies and skiing.
Anna Urbanovics is a PhD student at Doctoral School of Public Administration Sciences of the University of Public Service, and studies Sociology Master of Arts at the Corvinus University of Budapest. She is graduated in International Security Studies Master of Arts at the University of Public Service. She does research in Scientometrics and International Relations.
Since 1 February 2019 Minister Palkovics as Government Commissioner has been responsible for the coordination of the tasks prescribed in Act XXIV of 2016 on the promulgation of the Agreement between the Government of Hungary and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the development, implementation and financing of the Hungarian section of the Budapest-Belgrade Railway Reconstruction Project.
He is the past President of the Health and Health Care Economics Section of the Hungarian Economics Association.
Based in Berlin, Zuzanna Gorenstein is Head of Project of the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) service project “International University Rankings” since 2019. Her work at HRK encompasses the conceptual development and implementation of targeted advisory, networking, and communication measures for German universities’ ranking officers. Before joining the HRK, Zuzanna Gorenstein herself served as ranking officer of Freie Universität Berlin.
His books on mathematical modeling of chemical, biological, and other complex systems have been published by Princeton University Press, MIT Press, Springer Publishing house. His new book RANKING: The Unwritten Rules of the Social Game We All Play was published recently by the Oxford University Press, and is already under translation for several languages.
