Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will list the ranking tables that will determine the top 150 global institutions for the High Potential Individual visa.

The rankings systems used to compile the ‘Global Universities Lists’ for the High Potential Individual route are set out in Paragraph 6.2 of the Immigration Rules. These are:

• Times Higher Education World University Rankings; and
• Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings; and
• The Academic Ranking of World Universities.

To be included, universities will need to feature in the top 150 in at least two of these rankings for the relevant years.