Canada steps up its international student recruitment

Canada should double its recruitment of international students over the next decade, according to an expert panel commissioned by the federal government. The panel, which reported last month, called for an increase in scholarships and greater coordination between the provinces, which have responsibility for higher education.  The new strategy would also include extra investment in

The world awaits: 2012/13 QS World University Rankings

Governments on four continents will join prospective students and universities themselves in poring over next week’s QS World University Rankings. The rankings, which will be published on September 11, are intended primarily to guide international students, their parents and advisors in their choice of university. This year, there will be 700 institutions to compare on

The surveys behind the 2012/13 QS World University Rankings

The World University Rankings for 2012/13 will be published next week. At their heart is the biggest-ever snapshot of informed global judgment on higher education. To create this picture, we carried out two surveys. One gathered the opinion of active academics on the universities that excel in the subjects they know about. The other asked

Getting Specific: Excellence Identified in 29 Disciplines

The QS World University Rankings by Subject are designed to provide targeted information to university applicants, academics, and anyone else who needs to know where there is excellence in a specific discipline. One unique feature of these rankings is that it is possible for universities which would never be prominent in the overall World University

Analyzing the 2012 QS World University Rankings by Subject

Universities from a total of 17 different countries on five continents make the top 20 in at least one of the new subject rankings published by QS. The rankings – now in their second year – cover a record 29 disciplines. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard underline their place at the forefront