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10/03/2013
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Publication Reuters shows that the USP 158 left the place and today is between 226 and 250 best institutions ; Unicamp has not even entered the list of top 300
Updated 3 days , at 10h51 .
The University of São Paulo ( USP ) fell in the ranking of the Times Higher Education ( THE) , the main list of higher education in the world . In 158 . Place in the past , the institution Paulo now ranks among the top 226 and 250 , according to the 2013-2014 survey , released yesterday . The State University of Campinas ( Unicamp ) does not even appear among the 300 institutions . With the setback , USP , Brazil leaves the top of the top 200 universities in the world .
The THE not reveal the exact position of each university after 200 . Place . Countries that had at least one university in the top , Brazil is the only one that is no longer on the list . Today there are 26 nations and evaluated , with the return of Turkey, Spain and Norway. There is no country in Latin America .
The United States , with 77 universities , lead the pack , followed by UK with 31 , and the Netherlands , with 12 . The California Institute of Technology appears first for the third consecutive year , ahead of Harvard , Oxford and Stanford .
The ranking takes 13 criteria to examine universities divided into five categories : teaching ( 30 % ) , research ( 30 % ) , citations ( 32.5 % ) , partnerships with industry ( 2.5 % ) and international diversity ( 5 % .)
" The output of USP and Unicamp surprised because both had advanced in previous years ," said the editor of THE, Phil Baty , told the State . For him, the Brazilian universities face bureaucratic difficulties and to hire new teachers . Baty also said he believed that English classes and exchange programs such as the Science Without Borders , can stimulate internationalization .
Alert . The Dean of Research at Unicamp , Glaucia Maria Pastore , sees worsening productivity . " The rankings are usually punctual , do not indicate a trend," he says. For her , however , the result serves to signal possibilities , how to harness the momentum to cross the country's borders. " As scientists sends and receives , the institution increases visibility , which affects the ranking ," he says .
The replacement of retired teachers for new talent and the reduction of bureaucratic obstacles for research are also challenges . " In addition , companies have to approach the university ," says Glaucia .
The article requested interviews with representatives of USP . The institution was manifested by note, in which he stated that the university was well in other reviews that there are policies and partnerships with other institutions and exchange of students and teachers .
Criteria . According to cienciometrista ( expert analyze scientific production ) USP Rogério Meneghini , methodological variations between a list and explain other discrepancies . " Each rank has a different focus , which impacts the bottom line," he explains.
For him , international lists usually focus on factors that foreign universities are superior , as the number of citations in scientific publications . " The tendency is to quote some countries less visible ," he says .
The president of the Brazilian Society for the Advancement of Science ( SBPC ) , Helena Nader , strange results . " USP and Unicamp has increased its presence in the international academic scene . 's Important to consider what questions were evaluated ," he says . For her , English is one of the main obstacles to Brazilian researchers in foreign scientific works and publications .
Check here for a list of the 199 best placed .
Source : Estadão online
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