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Utrecht University chose not to be included on the Times Higher Education rankings (nltimes.nl)
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It is “virtually impossible to capture the quality of an entire university with all the different courses and disciplines in one figure," the university said.

Utrecht University said it did not provide any data to the makers of the British trade magazine Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings, so they couldn’t determine a score. According to Utrecht University, the rankings place “too much emphasis on scoring and competition,” while the university says it considers collaboration and openness of scientific research to be more important.

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[–] Endorkend@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

MedUni near me used to be like that, which ended up deteriorating the quality of doctors they put out so considerably, the hospitals in the country that historically would employ the graduates coming out of there instantly, were starting to hire primarily elsewhere.

They since switched to being far less "churning out papers" focused and putting a lot of time and effort in applicable research and experience training and that turned everything around again.

Their ranking on that shitlist Times puts out dropped (considerably) as a result, yet the request from foreign students to study there surged.

Your reputation in your region and sector is still more important than some fictitious score some media outlet gives you.