Most Irish universities see decline in global rankings

Most Irish universities have dropped in the latest global rankings despite increases in many of their overall scores.

The latest table from QS, one of the most-cited world ranking systems, show Trinity College Dublin as the only one of our seven universities in the top 100. At 71st, it dropped from 61st last year, but said the fall is against a backdrop of upward moves by universities in Asia-Pacific countries.

This may be supported by the fact that Trinity’s score actually increased, from 75.1 to 75.3. So too did the score of University College Dublin (UCD), from 61.2 to 62.6, keeping it in 139th.