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- List of top universities in the field of Arts and Humanities 2018 has been released THE and no Indian University has been listed.
- Stanford University has been ranked best in the field and the top 10 universities are either from the US or from UK.
Times Higher Education (THE) has released the World University Ranking for Arts and Humanities and none of the Indian Universities have made it to the list. The Stanford University has made it to the top of the list for its diverse Arts and Humanities education.
In THE overall world university rankings 2018, Indian institutes and universities had slipped several places due to lack of research output and fewer international students and faculty. Whereas, a quarter of the universities in the United States have been listed in Arts and Humanities list 2018.
Seven of the US universities have also made it to the top 10, whereas, the other three universities in THE’s top 10 Arts and Humanities universities rankings are from the United Kingdom.
Top 10 Arts and Humanities Universities as per THE World University Ranking 2018:
Name of the University | Country | THE Rank 2018 |
|---|---|---|
University of Stanford | United States | 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | 2 |
Harvard University | United States | 3 |
University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 4 |
University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 5 |
University College London | United Kingdom | 6 |
University of Chicago | United States | 7 |
Princeton University | United States | 8 |
Yale University | United States | 9 |
Columbia University | United States | 10 |
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Apart from the US, universities in Germany, Britain Netherlands also got listed in the top 100. THE ranked close to 400 Arts and Humanities Universities across the world. Out of these, roughly 20 to 25 universities were from Canada and Australia. 30 of the Asian universities also made it to the list.
The universities are ranked on the basis of the same parameters that are used to prepare the overall global universities rankings, keeping the subjects in mind. Weightage is given to the aspects that are essential for the subjects in question.
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The absence of Indian universities from the rankings sheds light on the quality of Arts and Humanities education in the country. Despite their reputation, universities like Delhi University and the University of Mumbai have not been able to meet the international standards of Arts and Humanities studies.
