The Politecnico di Milano is the first Italian university for the QS World University Rankings, which every year draws up the ranking of universities around the world based on six indicators. The Polytechnic is placed in 170th position in the 2018 ranking, in all there are 959 universities in 84 countries. In the top two hundred places this year for the first time there are four Italian universities: in 188th place is the Alma mater studiorum university of Bologna, at the 92nd the Sant'Anna High School and the Normal School of Pisa. In 325th place is the University of Milan.
The six criteria that are followed to draw up the ranking are: academic reputation, reputation linked to the labor market, the number of teachers per student, citations by faculty in terms of scientific publications and the ability to attract students from abroad and at international. "Italy is an extraordinary country and I hope that the ruling class decides to increase investment in universities and research - he commented QS Research Manager Ben Sowter -. Promote generational change among researchers and stop the worrying emigration of brilliant young minds. It is essential to increase the country's competitiveness. Important investments – public or private – and ongoing in research and tertiary training, are the element that unites growing countries”.
Anchored to the summit for the second consecutive year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which takes first place. Stanford and Harvard universities hold second and third place. The universities of Russia, Australia, Singapore, China and India are making great progress.
