HAVANA – The University of Havana (UH) fell more than 200 points in the QS World University Rankings compared to 2023. In 2024, the university is ranked 691 in the QS World University Rankings, considerably lower than the 467 position in 2023.
Regarding the Latin American region, the UH occupies the place 33. The ranking for this area is led by the University of Buenos Aires, the University of São Paulo, the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (UC) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Worldwide, Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads all institutions, followed by Imperial College London and Oxford University, the report also said. portal web CubaNet.
The ranking, prepared by the British company Quacquarelli Symonds, evaluates aspects such as citation of academic articles by faculty, academic reputation, employment opportunities, international students enrolled at the university, international research networks, among others.
With 13,471 students, UH’s reputation continues to decline. Cuba’s leading educational center has plummeted in almost all aspects of quality evaluated, while other universities in the region have made progress.
Indoctrination, lack of funding and political repression continue to mark the future of Cuba’s leading university.
Last year, law students from the University of Havana criticized the repression and lack of freedoms in Cuba through an open letter published.
The authors of the letter claimed that in Cuba “the Law is prostituted”, and said they felt disappointed by the situation the country is going through.
“We, the authors, are students at the Faculty of Law of the University of Havana. A place where we arrived several years ago with the hope of studying a prestigious career. We came with the idea of doing good for the people. That was before we discovered that there can be no justice where law is prostituted. Now we are disappointed, halfway between our life as students and an uncertain professional future,” the text states.
The students argued that in a country marked by poverty and lack of freedom, it is logical that most young people only think about leaving the country, many of them encouraged by their own parents.
Source: EDITORIAL/CubaNet
