{"id":4771,"date":"2015-09-22T10:12:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T10:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2015-09-22T10:12:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-22T10:12:54","slug":"qs-world-university-rankings-201516","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/qs-world-university-rankings-201516\/","title":{"rendered":"QS World University Rankings\u00ae 2015\/16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ques: <\/strong><strong>September 15, 2015<\/strong><strong> which one of the following got the top spot in the \u201cQS World University Rankings 2015-16\u201d list? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a. Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br \/>\nb. Harvard University<br \/>\nc. University of Cambridge<br \/>\nd. The University of Oxford<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans: a<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>September 15, 2015 \u201cQS World University Rankings 2015-16\u201d list issued.<\/li>\n<li>In the overall rankings, the \u2018Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\u2019 retains the top spot for the fourth year running.<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Harvard University\u2019 moves up two places to rank second, followed by the \u2018University of Cambridge\u2019 and \u2018Stanford University\u2019 in joint third.<\/li>\n<li>Based on six performance indicators, the rankings are designed to assess universities in four areas: research, teaching, employability, and internationalization.<\/li>\n<li>Four of the indicators are based on \u2018hard\u2019 data, and the remaining two are based on major global surveys \u2013 one of academics and another of employers \u2013 each the largest of their kind.<\/li>\n<li>The indicators are &#8211; Academic reputation (40%), Employer reputation (10%), Student-to-faculty ratio (20%), Citations per faculty (20%), International faculty ratio (5%) &amp; international student ratio (5%).<\/li>\n<li>A total of 82 countries are represented in the QS World University Rankings this year.<\/li>\n<li>The US has the largest number of institutes at 154, the UK has 71, Germany has 43 and France, 41.<\/li>\n<li>Japan has 38 entries, Australia 33, China 30, Canada and Italy 26 apiece, Brazil 22, and Russia 21.<\/li>\n<li>The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore has taken the top spot among Indian institutes, bagging the 147th rank while IIT Delhi has come in at 179th place.<\/li>\n<li>Overall, there are 14 Indian institutes in the QS World University rankings. A total of 7 institutes including IISc Bangalore (147th), IIT Delhi (179th), IIT Bombay (202nd), IIT Madras (254th), IIT Kanpur (271st), IIT Kharagpur (286th), IIT Roorkee (391st) figure in the top 400.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.topuniversities.com\/university-rankings\/world-university-rankings\/2015#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=\">http:\/\/www.topuniversities.com\/university-rankings\/world-university-rankings\/2015#sorting=rank+region=+country=+faculty=+stars=false+search=<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.topuniversities.com\/university-rankings\/world-university-rankings\/2015#sorting=rank+region=+country=96+faculty=+stars=false+search=\">http:\/\/www.topuniversities.com\/university-rankings\/world-university-rankings\/2015#sorting=rank+region=+country=96+faculty=+stars=false+search=<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/education\/education-news\/us-and-uk-lead-the-way-for-having-the-best-universities-in-the-world-according-to-qs-world-university-rankings-10501322.html\">http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/education\/education-news\/us-and-uk-lead-the-way-for-having-the-best-universities-in-the-world-according-to-qs-world-university-rankings-10501322.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/2015-09-15\/news\/66568824_1_qs-world-university-rankings-iit-delhi-panjab-university\">http:\/\/articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com\/2015-09-15\/news\/66568824_1_qs-world-university-rankings-iit-delhi-panjab-university<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ques: September 15, 2015 which one of the following got the top spot in the \u201cQS World University Rankings 2015-16\u201d list? a. Massachusetts Institute of Technology b. Harvard University c. University of Cambridge d. The University of Oxford Ans: a Reference: September 15, 2015 \u201cQS World University Rankings 2015-16\u201d list issued. 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