AFRICA
How to build up a department to become world class
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The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021, released in March, compared 13,883 individual programmes, at 1,440 universities globally, across 51 academic disciplines. Seventeen departments at African universities are among the world’s 100 best places to study their subjects. How does a department or a faculty become a top study destination? University World News asked a few universities to consider some of the important building blocks.
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Seventeen departments at African universities can claim to be among the world’s 100 best places to study their subject, according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject. African universities perform better in the social sciences, arts and humanities, as only three of the 17 top-100 departments are scientific or technological disciplines.
A total of 14% of Egypt’s 63 universities were considered for inclusion in the global academic rankings, according to the 11th edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject released on 4 March. The Egyptian higher education sector as a whole has also improved its ranking, signalling gains in several parts of the system such as research and innovation as well as in the employability of graduates.