Recently, the update of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)also known as Shanghai Rankingwhich ranks the best universities in the world.
For this occasion, the National University of Colombia managed to position itself not only among the best in the world, but also as the only higher education institution in the country in this select group, ranking in the range of 801-900 globally..
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Even though the country’s leading public university has had another difficult year, this time due to the controversy surrounding the election of its rector, managed to stand out above other renowned academies, such as the University of the Andes and the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana.
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Now, if you zoom in to a scale of Latin Americathe National is ranked seventh, being surpassed, in an ascending manner, by the State University of Campinas (Brazil), the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho State University (Brazil), the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina), the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the University of São Paulo (Brazil).
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National University of Colombia
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The best universities in the world, according to the Shanghai Ranking
1. Harvard University (United States).
2. Stanford University (United States).
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology -MIT- (United States).
4. University of Cambridge (United Kingdom).
5. University of California at Berkeley (United States).
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