Pioneering university ranking technology compares higher education systems across 40 countries

The innovative methodology provides a direct comparison between the world’s higher education-providing nations. It contains new criteria which avoid the pitfalls of ranking nations simply according to the number of universities those nations have in the top 200.

Developed over the last twelve months by QS, SAFE allows a more direct comparison between two nations using four key criteria:

System: the capacity of each country to produce world-class universities, taking the number of universities that each country has in the top 500 of the THE-QS World University Rankings and dividing it by their average position.

Access: how good a country’s system is at getting students into internationally reputable universities, calculated by taking each country’s number of full-time equivalent students at the top 500 universities, factored against its population.

Flagship: a score based on the position of the top institution in each country, according to the THE-QS World University Rankings listed www.topuniversities.com.

Economic: acknowledging countries that have a viable university system despite their relative wealth, and awarding points for high-performing schools compared with the country’s GDP per capita.

Ben Sowter, head of the QS Intelligence Unit behind the SAFE methodology, says: “Each country faces different economic and demographic realities. This preliminary analysis attempts to take these into account whilst evaluating the success of each national system in terms of its global competitiveness. It represents a first step in benchmarking the strength of different countries’ systems in today’s rapidly changing international higher education landscape.” QS SAFE – National System Strength Rankings

Countries Score

United States 100
United Kingdom 98
Australia 94
Germany 92
Canada 92
Japan 90
France 89
Netherlands 86
Korea, South 79
Sweden 79
Switzerland 79
Italy 77
Belgium 77
New Zealand 76
China 75
Hong Kong 72
Ireland 71
Finland 70
Taiwan 66
Austria 66
Denmark 66
Thailand 66
Israel 65
India 65
Singapore 63
Malaysia 61
Brazil 57
Spain 56
Greece 54
South Africa 54
Norway 53
Indonesia 53
Philippines 52
Mexico 51
Russia 49
Czech Republic 44
Poland 43v Chile 43
Argentina 41
Turkey 35

Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds topuniversities
© QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd 2008

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