{"id":505108,"date":"2026-06-17T23:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505108\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:46:08","slug":"ireland-home-to-most-improved-higher-education-system-in-europe-as-two-universities-reach-top-100-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/505108\/","title":{"rendered":"Ireland home to most improved higher-education system in Europe, as two universities reach top 100 globally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ireland has made an \u201coutstanding\u201d performance in the latest round of international university rankings, with two institutions among the top 100 globally for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The QS World University Rankings 2027, published on Thursday, places University College Dublin (UCD) and Trinity College Dublin (TCD) in the top 100 universities worldwide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">UCD, which placed 118th in 2026, joins the international league table at 100th for 2027, the first time it has entered the top 100 universities in the last 15 years, while TCD maintains its ranking of 75th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The university has placed within the top 100 for the last five years consecutively.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">With six out of eight universities rising in the latest round of the rankings, Irish universities have improved at a faster pace than many of their global counterparts, according to QS.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">University College Cork (UCC) rose 26 places, ranking at 220 for 2027, compared to 246 in 2026. University of Galway ranked 275th, compared to 284th in 2026, while the University of Limerick (UL) recorded its highest ranking to date at 388th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">QS said TCD\u2019s ranking for 2027 \u201cdemonstrates the sustained progress the institution has achieved compared with international peers\u201d, while Irish institutions in general also improved in reputation amongst both academics and employers for 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu caption\">Most improved<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">QS official Ben Sowter said Ireland was home to the most improved higher education system in Europe in 2026, and this year the upward trajectory continues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThe 2027 QS World University Rankings demonstrate how Ireland\u2019s eight ranked universities are going from strength to strength in key areas such as reputation among both academics and employers, sustainability, and appealing to international students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThese rankings measure what matters most to prospective students, and we expect Ireland to build on its reputation among both global students and scholars in the future as universities rise further in the rankings. <\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">\u201cThey also reveal where global universities are improving at a faster rate than Irish peers. In 2027, this ranges from employment outcomes to influence of research completed on Irish campuses and student access to faculty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">The QS rankings evaluate more than 1,500 institutions across 106 countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contextmenu Body Body\">Globally, Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been ranked number one in the world for the 15th consecutive year. It is followed by Imperial College London, Stanford University, University of Oxford, and Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>                Jess Casey is Education Correspondent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ireland has made an \u201coutstanding\u201d performance in the latest round of international university rankings, with two institutions among&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[79,835,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-505108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cork-news","tag-education","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}