Three Czech schools make world’s top 500 universities ranking

Three Czech universities are included in the list of the best 500 universities in the world, according to the UK education specialists’ Quacquarelli Symonds rankings released on Thursday.

Prague’s Charles University finished 246th, improving by two places on the previous year. Masaryk University in Brno followed in 408th place, and the Czech Technical University in Prague came third on 420th spot, having improved by 34 places compared to last year.

The World University Rankings ranked over 1500 schools this year, 16 of which were from the Czech Republic.