The results of the second Times Higher Education ranking of BRICS countries and developing countries were published in London.

Higher education institutions from 18 countries were included in the rating. The leading positions in the rating are occupied by China, which occupies the top two positions of the rating for the second year in a row. The number of Chinese higher education institutions in the top 100 increased to 27, up from 23 last year. Also, India is represented by a large number of universities — its 11 universities are among the first hundred. Russia is represented by seven universities, MSU took fifth place. Five South African higher education institutions made it into the top 100, with the University of Cape Town ranked fourth in the final table.

For the first time, universities from Chile, China, India, Malaysia, Pakistan and Turkey were included in the ranking. The Brazilian University of São Paulo also entered the top ten. A total of four Brazilian universities are in the top 100. Among the 50 best higher education institutions are educational institutions from Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Morocco, Poland and Thailand. In the top hundred there are also higher education institutions of Hungary, Pakistan, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates.

The study that formed the basis of the rating, reports Times Higher Education, was conducted in 22 countries classified by the FTSE index as developing countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary , Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

According to the materials: Times Higher Education