In ranking the schools, THE’s report takes into account several factors: the proportions of international students, international staff and journal publications with at least one international co-author. It also weighs a school’s international reputation based on survey. After tallying scores, it turns out that the top two universities in terms of international credentials are based in Switzerland. After scoring, THE gave the university a 94.3 for its international reputation and graded it a 98.1 for its proportion of international students, faculty and authors of published papers. The school received a Staff/Student/Co-Author score of 99.4 and an international reputation score of 88.0.

Source: Forbes February 01, 2017 21:45 UTC