The 15 most popular World University Rankings stories of 2017
A look at the most-read Times Higher Education university rankings articles from the past 12 months

A look at the most-read Times Higher Education university rankings articles from the past 12 months

Investment is ‘necessary but not sufficient’ to enable world-class research, which also relies on international collaboration

Up to 24,000 students will study at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University’s two campuses near Shanghai by 2028

Fears over international impact of UT Tyler’s decision, with Nepalese applicants hardest hit

Faculties without borders are the key to turning multidisciplinarity into more than a buzzword, says Duncan Ivison

Looking at past trends, Rahul Choudaha predicts the motivations and expectations of the next wave of global students

Universities in the US lead Times Higher Education’s rankings for engineering and technology and computer science; Peking and NUS are Asia’s top performers

As Malaysian politicians flirt with fee-free higher education, our Asia-Pacific editor John Ross, reflects on how promises of free tuition are often at the detriment of more useful policy

History shows that the Belt and Road initiative will be successful only if it boosts human capital, as well as physical infrastructure, says Alan Ruby

The best of those universities founded since the year 2000

Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, funded by £1.7 billion bequest, to fund degree courses in several institutions

Unesco report suggests that institutions’ research ‘does not yield large financial payoffs’

To what extent can universities drive economic development – or vice versa? Rachael Pells explores the ways in which higher education and economic success interact
The feature “Censors and sensitivities” (4 January) explored the question “how can scholars tackle the rise of Chinese censorship in the West?”. The key issue is not really that difficult for anyone...