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Reading is one of the planet's top 2.5% universities

Release Date : 09 October 2008

The University of Reading has once again been ranked as one of the world's top 200 universities. The THE - QS World University Rankings 2008, published on October 9th, has re-affirmed the University of Reading's standing in the premier league of world universities. Across the world there are over 9000 universities*. Being ranked in the top 200 places Reading in the world's top 2.5% of higher education institutions.

The Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings have been running since 2004 and are amongst the highest profile global evaluations of comparative university quality.

Gordon Marshall, University of Reading Vice Chancellor, said: "While high rankings in league tables are always pleasing they can only tell a part of the picture. The University of Reading has an international reputation in areas of research ranging from the study of climate change and the nation's diet to the understanding of markets and the plays of Samuel Beckett. In the National Student Survey our students rank the teaching they get here as excellent and we continue to be a major player in the regional economy. It is the quality of our scholarship and of our graduates of which we are most proud."

*UNESCO recognises over 9,000 universities in the world.