Not a good year for Irish universities…
Trinity College Dublin has fallen outside the top 100 in the QS World University Rankings for the first time ever.
In what was a bad year for the Irish universities, only two universities managed to avoid sliding down the rankings.
In Dublin, the QS World University Rankings show Trinity fell from 88th to 104th in the world, while UCD slipped from 168th to 193rd place.
DCU was down from 391st place to 422nd while DIT is down from the 651-700 category to the 751-800 category.
NUIG slid from 243rd place to 260th while UCC had a dramatic drop from 228th to 383rd place.
University of Limerick managed to remain in the 501-550 category while Maynooth University remained in the 701-750 category.
The fall in places was blamed on a lack of funding by Trinity College Dean of Research Linda Doyle.
In a statement released after the rankings were released, she said: “The fact that Trinity College for successive years remains in the top 150 global universities despite intense international competition is significant.
“While Trinity continues to do world-class research, attract international staff and students, partner with industry, and deliver a strong education, this is no longer enough when far better funded universities internationally are storming ahead. Irish universities are sliding because we can’t compete on funding.”
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