China, India universities rise up in QS rankings

Western universities have continued to lose their grip on the QS World University Rankings, as institutions from China and India have improved quickly.

China had several universities in the top 100 of this year's rankings, which look at the achievements of the world's best 1,500 institutions in terms of academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratios, sustainability, employment outcomes and international research networks.

Peking University was China's best, in 14th place, up from last year's 17th. The University of Hong Kong rose to 17th from 26th last year, and Tsinghua University rose to 20th from last year's 25th.