The increasing internationalization of universities is one of the emerging themes of recent years, through strategic global partnerships, joint teaching and research initiatives and increased international student recruitment activities. The THES-QS World University Rankings 2007 reflects the internationalization of higher education around the world, with 27 universities from 14 different countries entering the top 200 for the first time.
Top 10: The UK and USA still dominate – Harvard University, Cambridge, Oxford and Yale retain the top four positions for the second year. University College London and Chicago join the top 10 for the first time.
Top 50: The addition of the Netherlands sees 12 countries featured in the top 50 compared to 11 in 2006. New entrants include; Brown University, Bristol, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Osaka, Boston, Amsterdam.
Top 100: The top 100 sees the number of Asian universities increase to 13 (12 in 2006) but the number of European Universities dropped to 35 (41 in 2006). North America strengthened to 43 Universities (37 in 2006).
Top 200: Universities from 28 different countries represented in the top 200.
Increases in International Faculty: 143 of the top 200 Universities reported an increase in their percentage of international faculty to total faculty.
Increases in International Students: 137 of the top 200 Universities reported an increase in their percentage of international students to total students.
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