The Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017 includes only institutions in countries classified as “advanced emerging”, “secondary emerging” or “frontier” by the FTSE, including the BRICS nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

The rankings use the same 13 performance indicators as the flagship “THE World University Rankings” to judge institutions on their teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. But they are re-calibrated to reflect the development priorities of universities in emerging economies.

For the first time the ranking includes 300 universities, up from 200 institutions last year, and 100 institutions in the previous two years.
This year’s table includes 41 countries, up from 35 last year, with institutions in Bulgaria, Latvia, the Philippines and Tunisia featuring for the first time.