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Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is a Russell Group research university in east London, formed from four institutions dating to 1785, with 32,000 students, joint 7th UK research ranking (REF 2021), and a strong social-mobility record.
Queen's University at Kingston
Queen's University at Kingston, historically Queen's College, Kingston, Ontario, is a public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, chartered by Queen Victoria in 1841 with about 28,500 students today.
Queen's University Belfast
Queen's University Belfast (QUB) is a Russell Group research university in Belfast, Northern Ireland, founded 1845, chartered 1908; 24,000+ students, REF 2021 top-20% UK research, Nobel laureates Heaney and Trimble.
Queens College, City University of New York
Queens College is a public senior college of the City University of New York in Flushing, Queens, founded in 1937 and offering degrees through four schools.
Quincy University
Quincy University, founded 1860 as St. Francis Solanus College, is a private Catholic Franciscan liberal arts university in Quincy, Illinois, with about 1,185 students, 21 NCAA Division II sports, and Higher Learning Commission accreditation.
Quinnipiac University
Quinnipiac University, formerly Quinnipiac College, is a private university in Hamden, Connecticut, with about 9,700 students and nine schools, including a law school and medical school.
Radboud University Nijmegen
Radboud University Nijmegen (Radboud Universiteit), a Dutch research university founded 17 October 1923 as the Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen and renamed in 2004; seven faculties, Nijmegen campus, Radboudumc hospital, 2010 graphene Nobel work.
Radcliffe Camera
The Radcliffe Camera is James Gibbs' domed Baroque library in Radcliffe Square, Oxford, built 1737-49 from John Radcliffe's bequest, now a Grade I listed Bodleian reading room housing the History Lending Collection.
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe College (1879–1999), a Cambridge, Massachusetts women's college founded as the Harvard Annex and chartered in 1894, gave women access to Harvard faculty instruction before fully merging with Harvard University on October 1, 1999, creating the Radcliffe Institute.
Radford University
Radford University is a public university in Radford, Virginia, founded in 1910 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford. Coeducational since 1972, university since 1979, it enrolls about 7,917 students and competes as the Highlanders in NCAA Division I.
Ragging
Ragging is the initiation abuse of new students in South Asian universities (equivalent to hazing elsewhere). Banned under India's UGC 2009 regulations and Supreme Court guidelines, with a national helpline and documented prevalence around 40-59%.
Raków Academy
Raków Academy (Polish: Akademia Rakowska) was a school of the Polish Brethren founded by Jakub Sienieński in Raków in 1602 and closed by a Sejm court in 1638.
Rankings of universities in Canada
Rankings of universities in Canada: annual comparisons led by Maclean's (since 1991), historically in Medical Doctoral, Comprehensive, and Primarily Undergraduate categories, reorganized in 2027 into Large, Mid-Size, and Small size tiers covering 56 schools, scored on 15 indicators including retention, graduation, research, and reputation.
Rankings of universities in France
How French universities fare in Shanghai, QS, THE, CWUR and domestic classements: top-100 positions, EPE mergers, IDEX funding, methodology critiques, and 2023-2026 position changes.
Rankings of universities in Pakistan
University rankings in Pakistan: HEC's national quality-and-research ranking (resumed 2023, 61 parameters) plus QS, THE, Webometrics, and uniRank tables; QAU and NUST lead recent editions.
Rankings of universities in South Africa
How South Africa's 26 public universities rank in QS, THE, ARWU, CWUR, Webometrics, SCImago, and EduRank: UCT leads QS, THE, ARWU, and US News; Wits tops CWUR; Rhodes University alone withdrew.
Rankings of universities in the European Union
Rankings of universities in the European Union: how EU institutions place in QS, THE, and ARWU (Shanghai) tables, the methodologies behind them, EU responses like U-Multirank, and effects such as French mergers.
Rankings of universities in the United Kingdom
UK university league tables (Complete University Guide, Guardian, Times Good University Guide) and global systems (QS, THE, Shanghai) rank British universities by weighted metrics such as entry standards, student satisfaction, research quality, and graduate outcomes; methodologies differ so positions diverge across tables.
Rathindranath Tagore (রথীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর)
Rathindranath Tagore, also known as Rathindranath Thakur (রথীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর), was an Indian agriculturist and eldest son of Rabindranath Tagore who served as the first vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati from 1951 to 1953.
Reader (academic rank)
Reader is a UK academic rank above senior lecturer and below professor, often described as a professor without a chair, awarded for distinguished original research; several universities now replace it with associate professor.
Rector (academia)
Rector (academia): title for a university's head, equivalent to president or vice-chancellor. Covers medieval origins at Bologna and Paris, the Vienna model, and modern appointment methods.
Redshirt (college sports)
Redshirt (college sports): an NCAA athlete held out of varsity competition for a year to extend eligibility under the Five-Year Rule (four seasons in five years); football allowed four games per redshirt year, and the June 2026 age-based eligibility model eliminated redshirt rules.
Reed College
Reed College, founded 1908 in Portland, Oregon, is an independent liberal arts college known for its humanities core, senior thesis, conference teaching, 1995 U.S. News rankings boycott, and Reed Promise tuition-free aid.
Regent University
Regent University, formerly CBN University, is a private Christian university in Virginia Beach, Virginia, founded by broadcaster Pat Robertson in 1977 and renamed in 1990.
Regina Peruggi
Regina S. Peruggi is an American educator and administrator, first lay president of Marymount Manhattan College (1990-2001), president of the Central Park Conservancy, and president of Kingsborough Community College (2004-2013).
Regis University
Regis University is a private Jesuit Catholic university in Denver, Colorado, founded in 1877 and the only Jesuit institution of higher learning in the Rocky Mountains.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), founded 1824 in Troy, New York by Stephen Van Rensselaer with Amos Eaton, is the first U.S. technological research university, enrolling about 7,000 students across five schools.
Research fellow
Research fellow: a doctoral-level researcher in a time-limited, research-focused post; also called postdoctoral fellow. Title varies by country, from NIH trainee appointments (8-year cap) to senior UK research-only grades, often fixed-term and grant-funded.
Research university
Research university: institution whose core mission is original research integrated with doctoral training. Originated in Humboldt's 1810 University of Berlin; US variant began with Johns Hopkins (1876); classified in the US by Carnegie Research Activity Designations.
REVA University
REVA University is a state private university in Yelahanka, Bengaluru, established under Karnataka Act No. 13 of 2013 by the Rukmini Educational Charitable Trust, with a 45-acre campus, over 15,000 students, NAAC A+ grade, and QS I-Gauge Diamond rating.