2009 THE - QS World University Rankings Complete

by Ben Sowter

Apologies for being silent for so long. Not only have we been exceptionally busy compiling the latest version of the World University Rankings, but I am also pleased to announce that I have become a father for first time - further disrupting my plans to update frequently.

We have finished our final checking and analysis for the 2009 rankings and submitted the needful data to Times Higher Education for publication on 8th October - the Top 200 list will emerge on www.topuniversities.com on the 8th of October with the complete tables to follow on the 9th. What's more, if all goes to plan, this year's tables will be interactive, enabling users to add and remove columns, sort by different factors and compare institutions. Busy busy.

This year's results will be the most stable yet, with the average change in position amongst the top 100 down to 7.4 places from last year's 11.6 and across the top 500 an average shift of 25 places down from 31. Good news in general terms, then, but there are still some surprises, some interesting new entries, some regional shifts in influence and even changes in the top 10.