Ranking News
Report on Rankings from the Netherlands
In recent years there has been considerable concern about the impact of international rankings, especially the well-known ones, on higher education. This has led in
Webometrics: the Most Inclusive Global Ranking
The Ranking Web of Universities, better known as Webometrics, is published twice a yuear by Cybermetrics Lab, a research group of the Consejo Superior de
URAP Shows a Polarised Research World
The University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) has been published annually by the Informatics Institute at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, since 2009 and
Sustainability initiatives of GreeMetirc Ranking
The GreenMetric World University Ranking organized an international workshop on “Innovation, Impacts, and Future Direction of Sustainable Universities”. The main theme of the event concerned responsibilities of
Proposal for a New BRICS Ranking
The education ministers of the fives BRICS countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa have agreed to set up a new global university ranking. This
THE Publishes New Africa Ranking
Times Higher Education (THE) have announced the publication of their Sub-Saharan University Rankings. These resulted from consultations with universities, organisations, and companies across the continent
In pursuit of academic excellence
In the Perspektywy University Ranking 2023 Jagiellonian University in Krakow shares the top place ex aequo with the University of Warsaw; on the third place
QS World Rankings Reveal New Methodology
The latest edition of the QS World University Rankings has been announced with a new methodology. QS have reduced the weighting given to the Academic
New Edition of Leiden Ranking
The Leiden Ranking is published annually by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University, the Netherlands. It is specifically designed to
Nature Index Shows Changes in Research Quality
Nature Index is a database of articles in leading journals in the fields of life sciences, earth and environmental sciences, chemistry, physics and, starting this
“Top-200 Ukraine 2023” ranking published despite the war
The Center for International Projects “Eurosvita” in Kyiv published the seventeenth academic ranking in Ukraine. In defiance to the war, Ukrainian universities demonstrate stability. Faculty,
PhD on Rankings
IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence competition to recognize an outstanding PhD conducted in the area of academic ranking.
IREG Initiatives
IREG Inventory
of international rankings
The purpose of “IREG Inventory of International Rankings” is to collect and make available on the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence website information on the current state and scope of this important group of rankings.
Recent comments
“The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings was announced on Wednesday,
April 22 2020. “
Cesar Wazen
Director of International Affairs Office at Qatar University
Conferences by IREG
IREG 2023
Conference
Rankings and University International Exposure
Tashkent/Samarkand 26-28 April 2023
IREG 2021
Jeddah Conference
Effects of Rankings on Community and Society
virtual/15-16 November 2021
News from Ireg Members
Polish universities are aiming high!
A short video Polish Universities – Aiming High, produced by the Perspektywy Education Foundation, tells about steps of ambitious higher education institutions in Poland taken
Bejing University of Technology
Bejing University of Technology published a Report on its activities in the period 2016 – 2020.
Poland’s institutions top new European Ranking of Engineering Programes (EngiRank)
Warsaw University of Technology and AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow secured the first and second place in the European Ranking of Engineering Programs
Invitation for female students and PhD candidates in IT
Join the biggest event for women in technology and IT in Europe. The online Perspektywy Women in Tech Summit (8-9 December 2020) will be a
Al-Farabi KazNU aims to be a research university
The Academic Council of university Al-Farabi KazNU, Almaty, Kazakhstan announced a new program for the strategic development of the University until 2025. Al-Farabi KazNU aims