Ireland outside world elite in university rankings

Irish universities remain outside the world’s elite when it comes to reputation among global academics, according to the latest rankings.

The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings show improved placements and representation for UK universities, but still no Irish colleges.

Rankings editor Phil Baty said though they only publish the top 100 universities — around 0.5% of around 20,000 third-level institutions globally — TCD unofficially falls between 150th and 200th, with UCD “a little way outside the top 200”.