Only one university from Bangladesh, University of Dhaka, has made it to the latest QS World University Rankings.
Globally, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology topped the QS ranking, followed by Stanford and Harvard, the first time since the ranking was established in 2004 that US universities have held all top three positions.
The UK’s top-ranked university, Cambridge, has fallen out of the top three for the first time since the QS World University Rankings began 12 years ago, and the vast majority of the country’s other leading institutions similarly drop down the table.
While the performance of many western European institutions – in France, Portugal, Germany and Italy – has declined, the most significant falls have been in the UK where universities have seen a real-terms cut to government funding for research.
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore has dropped to the 152nd spot from its 147th rank in the 2015-16 ranking.
The QS World rankings, released on Monday, also featured other Indian institutes, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Source: Ittefaq
