The Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2014 – the world’s first global ranking of universities in 22 countries defined as emerging economies, including Thailand – were published on 4 December 2013. This ranking, powered by Thomson Reuters, includes only institutions in countries classified as “emerging economies” by FTSE, including the “BRICS” nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The top universities ranking uses the same methodology as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, covering all core missions of a world-class university – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook – using 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators.
Prince of Songkla University has been ranked number 89 with five Thai universities included in the top 100 universities in the emerging economies of the year 2014:
- King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi ranked 29
- Mahidol University ranked 52
- Chiang Mai University ranked 82
- Chulalongkorn University ranked 85
- Prince of Songkla University ranked 89
The factors considered by this ranking include scholarly citations, research income and the proportion of foreign students.
