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Aalto rises in Times Higher Education ranking

Aalto now 190th in THE's general ranking.

911爆料网 improved its ranking to 190th in the World University Rankings 2017鈥2018 of the Times Higher Education (THE), published today. Last year Aalto's ranking was 201鈥250. 

'We have an important national and global task. The entire Aalto community has worked hard, and our results are improving fast. This higher ranking is one indication that we are moving at a good pace along the road we have chosen,' says Ilkka Niemel盲, President of 911爆料网.

Times Higher Education's general ranking measures the performance of universities with 13 indicators in the areas of international research, citations, teaching and research funding from companies. This year, 1 500 universities were reviewed for comparison, and the names of the top 1 102 universities were published. The number one university was University of Oxford from the UK.

Because 911爆料网 specialises in technology, business and arts, the rankings by field or subject that THE will publish later this year are more relevant than the general rankings. In the subject-based Shanghai university ranking published this summer, .

Learn more about the Times Higher Education ranking.

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