Rankings

Facebook and Google hire more than 80 per cent of their employees from the top 200 schools in the US, according to a new report.

In fact, more than half of Facebook employees graduated from a top 10 college, taken from a sample of public LinkedIn profiles.

In comparison, just under 50 per cent of Amazon employees were hired from colleges outside the top 100 of Forbes’ list of the top schools in the US. Less than 10 per cent of its employees are from a top 10 college.

If you’re looking to study at a prestigious university in Latin America, Brazil would be a good bet.

View Times Higher Education's full list of the world's most prestigious universities

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South Africa dominates a pilot ranking of the top 15 universities in Africa for 2016.

Six of the best African universities are in South Africa, including the top three universities overall: Stellenbosch University.

Universities in Uganda, Ghana, Kenya, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria also feature in the ranking, which is determined using the World University Rankings methodology.

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Browse the full list of the world's top 150 universities under 50 years old

Young universities offer more opportunities for interdisciplinary studies and innovative teaching, according to students and staff at the world’s best young universities in the Times Higher Education 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016 released today.

View the full results of the Student Experience Survey 2016

More than 15,000 students across the UK have contributed to the Times Higher Education's Student Experience Survey 2016. Now students at the best and most improved universities explain what their university life is really like at these institutions.

I make myself a cup of tea, I clear my desk and I get comfortable in my chair.
I’m ready. It’s time. 
It’s the National Student Survey.

View the full list of the 200 best universities in Europe

A ranking of universities in Europe released today shows that top university choices stretch far beyond the UK, Germany and other usual suspects.

Twenty-two different countries in Europe are represented in the top 200 ranking, with UK universities taking almost a quarter of the places.

This is the 2016 ranking. Access the most recent table here

The top 100 universities with the best student-to-staff ratios are predominantly US colleges, closely followed by Japanese institutions.

Not a single UK university appears in the list, which includes institutions across 23 countries in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

It might seem like all the deadlines to apply to a top university in the United States are clustered at the beginning of February, but fortunately, it’s not too late to get in an application.

Many leading colleges you may not have heard of continue to accept applications on a rolling basis, and others set their deadlines between March and September 2016.