UWI Ranks as 1 of the Best Universities in the World
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Channel: Greater Belize Media | GBM · 2018 · News & Politics
For the latest news across Belize, visit: http://edition.channel5belize.com/ There is good news for the hundreds of Belizeans studying at the University of the West Indies. That’s because it is in the top five percent of best universities in the world. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings published its list at the end of September ranking the world’s universities according to thirteen performance indicators underlying five metrics, including research, teaching, research influence, industry income and international outlook. U.W.I. was the only Caribbean university to make the list. U.W.I. held a press conference in Saint Lucia today where the Vice-Chancellor spoke on the university’s debut on the list at five hundred and ninety-one out of one thousand two hundred and fifty-eight universities placing the U.W.I. in the top five percentile. Here’s what Professor Hilary Beckles had to say on the achievement.
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