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Sixty percent of UK universities are shown in a leading world rank found in their position this year, which will continue to increase competition from Asia and financial mounting.
Ratings of 54 from 90 British universities in the annual QS World University Ranking dropped, including about half of the elite Russell groups of research institutions.
High rank Universities That registered steep declines included Edinburgh, which dropped seven places to 34th, and the London School of Economics and Political Science, which fell from 50th to 56th.
Imperial College London held in the second place in a field of over 1,500 universities, while Oxford and Cambridge decreased an area to the fourth and sixth.
Jessica Turner, PicSe Executive in QS is unable to “rest on its laurels” and have to increase investment to compete with “ambitious” opponents overseas.
“It’s never that the UK institutions get worse, they can’t stand given how the contest is in this space,” he added.
There are some bright places for the UK, which Sheffam and Nottingham return to the top 100 follows double-rise rank. Kome’s College London is also associated with 24 universities to climb the list, from the 40th to 31st place.
Ranks show a wider trend as Canada and Australia – two of other Keys study destinations with many Chinese education universities, India and South-East Asia.
The publication of ranks on Thursday marks the Second successive year Where most UK universities have seen their crash at performance.
China built its position over the past decade, with UK and US boasting a larger number of ranking universities. India is close to the back with eight new entries this year.
Malaysia, Indonesia and Taiwan also made strong, with most universities from countries climbing rank.
Turner says profits show the strategic approach to the region of higher education, with universities that have raised additional government funds to invest in research and domestic students.
The Mass Psachusetts Institute Institute of Technology is primarily in the 14th year rankings in a row and Stanford stood in three places to third place. Harvard dropped a place to fifth.
Ranks, which assess institutions of over 100 higher education systems in a range of signs including employer surveys and the continued funds forced the British universities to cut down courses and staff.
Vivienne Stern, Chief Executive at University UK, says that the sector works “more” to solve financial pressures. He added that a “long-term and lasting fund settlement” from Government returns “little rain” in performance.
“Other governments around the world make the decision to invest in their university at a time when our government is slow to do so. This decline is inevitable,” he added.
