US News Releases Global Rankings
The US News has announced the latest edition of its Best Global Universities. This follows a long delay resulting from controversies over the agency’s American law and medical school rankings. This is a research-based ranking that does not attempt to measure teaching quality or social impact. There are 13 indicators: Global research reputation, Regional research […]
Top-200 Ukraine 2024 ranking
Despite great losses as a result of the full-scale military invasion of Russia in Ukraine universities of this country do their best to educated their youth and carry on research. The Center for International Projects “Euroeducation” based in Kyiv published its 18th Academic ranking of higher education institution of Ukraine. The top place won Igor […]
Nature Index Confirms China’s Science Superpower Status
Nature Index is a database of 145 high-quality journals selected by leading active researchers. It currently covers publications in the biological sciences, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, health sciences, and physical sciences. Tables can be displayed for academic, government, corporate, healthcare, and NPO/NGO organisations. The social science and the humanities are not included. Countries and […]
Latest THE Impact Rankings
The latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings has just been released. This ranking attempts to assess universities’ commitment to meeting the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. The overall score combines one mandatory goal, Partnership for the Goals, and the best three scores for the other goals. The rankings now include […]
QS World Rankings: Chinese, Korean, Australian, and Indian Universities Rising
QS have released the 2025 edition of their World University Rankings. Chinese and Indian universities continue to rise while their British and American counterparts continue, with the notable exception of Imperial College London, to decline. There is a significant amount of volatility in these rankings partly because of the introduction of three additional indicators. The […]
Latest Round University Ranking (from Tbilisi)
The Round University Ranking was originally based in Russia but have moved to Tbilisi, Georgia. However, it still seems to be perceived as a Russian ranking since it has been subject to Western sanctions, including cutting off survey and bibliometric data from Clarivate. There are twenty indicators grouped into four categories: Teaching (40%); including academic […]
Report on University Rankings from South African
The Council on Higher Education, located in Pretoria, South Africa, has published a report on university rankings, which Sioux McKenna researched and drafted. The report focuses on five rankings: the Shanghai Rankings, the QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, Webometrics, and the National Taiwan University Rankings. Other ranking systems are […]
Latest Ranking from CWUR
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) is now based in the United Arab Emirates. It publishes annual global rankings with seven indicators as follows: Education: alumni who have achieved academic awards (25% weighting) Employability: alumni who have held top positions in public companies (25%) Faculty: faculty members who have received academic awards (10%) Research: […]
Losers and Winners in the New THE Asian Ranking
Times Higher Education (THE) have announced the latest results of their Asian University Rankings at a summit in Kuala Lumpur. These results reflect significant methodological changes to the world rankings and further adjustments to the regional rankings. The Asian rankings now have a “pillar” that combines the number of patents citing a university’s research with […]
What happens to universities that leave ranking?
In an article in University World News “THE’ rankings: What happens to universities that leave” Richard Holmes analyses what happens (ranking and reputation wise) to universities that decided to no longer provide their data to the THE’ WUR. Holmes focuses on technology universities in India to see if leaving THE ranking really hurts their standing […]