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Two Norway universities among Europe’s top 100

Two Norwegian universities have places within Europe’s top 100 after the Times Higher Education published its European University Top 200 Rankings.

Two Norway universities among Europe’s top 100
University of Oslo. File photo: Vegard Wivestad Grøtt/NTB Scanpix

The highest placed Norwegian institute was the University of Oslo at number 63, while the University of Bergen was ranked 92nd.

The Arctic University of Norway and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology also made it into the top 200 – a respectable Norwegian representation relative to population size.

The list, which is updated annually, is based on measures such as reputation for teaching, income and number of students and number of doctorates per staff member.

The two highest ranking Norwegian universities also made it on to the top two hundred of the international version of the Times list, which was released earlier this year.

The United Kingdom dominates the European list with 46 places in the top 200 including seven of the top ten. But other European nations seem to be gaining on the UK, with Germany landing 36 universities on the list. Sweden’s Karolinska Institute placed ninth, an impressive achievement relative to its population size.

“The rankings show that many institutions in Europe are equal in quality and reputation to some of the UK’s biggest names, but are on offer to global talent at a fraction of the cost and without the endless red tape.  With lower tuition fees, more relaxed visa options, and more and more degrees taught in the English language, universities in Germany and the Netherlands in particular offer outstanding options for international students,” said Phil Baty, editor of Times Higher Education Rankings, in a press release.


Map: Times Higher Education

“International students are hugely important to the health of any higher education system and the wider economy. Drawing in international talent helps universities to drive up teaching standards, and foreign students add a great deal to the overall student experience by supporting a rich, multicultural campus life for all students. They also spend money – on goods and services, accommodation and in many countries, tuition fees – and often bring vital skills to a national workforce after graduation,” Baty continued.

The full top 200 results and analysis can be viewed here.

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Police probe opened after poster campaign against ‘Islamophobic’ lecturers at French university

The French government condemned on Monday a student protest campaign targeting two university professors accused of Islamophobia, saying it could put the lecturers in danger.

Police probe opened after poster campaign against 'Islamophobic' lecturers at French university
Illustration photo: Justin Tallis/AFP

Student groups plastered posters last week on the walls of a leading political science faculty in Grenoble that likened the professors to “fascists” and named them both in a campaign backed by the UNEF student union.

Junior interior minister Marlene Schiappa said the posters and social media comments recalled the online harassment of French schoolteacher Samuel Paty last October, who was beheaded in public after being denounced online for offending Muslims.

“These are really odious acts after what happened with the decapitation of Samuel Paty who was smeared in the same way on social networks,” she said on the BFM news channel. “We can’t put up with this type of thing.”

“When something is viewed as racist or discriminatory, there’s a hierarchy where you can report these types of issues, which will speak to the professor and take action if anything is proven,” Schiappa said.

Sciences Po university, which runs the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) in Grenoble in eastern France, also condemned the campaign on Monday and has filed a criminal complaint.

An investigation has been opened into slander and property damage after the posters saying “Fascists in our lecture halls. Islamophobia kills” were found on the walls of the faculty.

One of the professors is in charge of a course called “Islam and Muslims in contemporary France” while the other is a lecturer in German who has taught at the faculty for 25 years.

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