Universities - overseas

Billionaire Bernard Arnault lauds mathematics in $74 million gift to alma mater

Bernard Arnault’s move is the biggest donation ever to Polytechnique since its creation in 1794.

US Supreme Court clears way for states to ban transgender student athletes

The justices overturned decisions by lower courts siding with transgender students who challenged the bans in the two states.

From Harvard to Tsinghua: Indonesian students look east as ties with China deepen

A visiting Chinese arts troupe performing the Indonesian folk song Rasa Sayange at the LSPR Institute of Communication and Business in Jakarta on June 23.

China’s top universities expand enrolment in AI, strategic fields

AI-related disciplines are a major focus at China’s universities.

MIT ‘embarrassed’ by new book on campus anti-Semitism, professor says

The professor says MIT administrators are trying to minimise its impact by denying him access to money to promote the book.

Malaysian public university heads deny ‘seat-selling’ and backdoor admission claims

Elite Iran university expels students over alleged protest roles: Local media

The Disciplinary Committee of Sharif University of Technology expelled six students for their alleged roles in protests in February.

Row over $1,000 condo rent: Man drives SUV into Thai university pool to spite mum

Images online show the white Toyota Harrier nearly submerged in a swimming pool at Chulalongkorn University in central Bangkok.

NUS falls to 10th place while NTU retains 12th spot in latest global university rankings

Singapore is one of only four countries represented in the global top 10 of the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings 2026, alongside UK, US and Switzerland.

Philippines probes deaths of 2 players from top university basketball team

Rene Clert Baterbonia (left) and Divine Adili were playing for Ateneo de Manila’s top-ranked basketball team.

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