California Institute of Technology (Caltech) was ranked 1st worldwide in the 2015-16 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, followed by Oxford in 2nd place worldwide.

Johns Hopkins University gained four spots in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, moving up to 11th out of 800 universities. In addition, the University was also ranked 7th among U.S. universities on the list, received the highest possible score of 100 in the industry income category, a measurement of the research income that a school generates relative to the size of its academic staff.

The University of Texas at San Antonio is one of just 66 U.S. public universities to make the top 400 list, according to the 2015-2016 Times Higher Education World University Ranking. In addition, UTSA scored particularly strong in the citations category, an assessment that quantifies the number of times UTSA’s scholarly work is cited in global publications.

Other Texas universities included on this year’s top 400 list are: UT-Austin (#46), Rice University (#101), Texas A&M University (#193), UT-Dallas (#201-250), University of Houston (#351-400).

Virginia Tech was ranked in the band of 251-300 of 800 institutions in 41 countries, according to the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2015-2016. Virginia Tech ranks 79th of only 147 U.S. universities to be placed in the top 400.

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