THE Reveals Superbrand Universities
Reputation is a significant factor in the dominance of modern English-speaking universities and it is an indicator in the Times Higher Education (THE) world rankings, the QS world rankings, the US News Best Global Universities and the Round University Rankings. It also features in several national and specialist rankings. THE has just published the latest […]
Isidro Aguillo of Webometrics awarded IREG Honorary Medal
At a congenial ceremony during the recent IREG 2020 Beijing Conference, Luis Costa, IREG President announced that Isidro Aguillo had been awarded the IREG Honorary Member Award. Speaking on behalf of the IREG Executive Committee, Waldemar Siwinski, IREG Vice President called Aguillo “the most farsighted visionary among rankers” and explained: “Isidro understood, years earlier than […]
US News Global Rankings Focus on Research Output and Quality
The US News Best Global Universities is usually considered one of the four big global rankings, the others being the Shanghai Rankings and the THE and QS world rankings. It is a research only ranking that uses bibliometric and survey data. The methodology is based on 13 indicators: Global research reputation, Regional research reputation, Publications, […]
Brighter future for national and regional rankings – IREG 2020 Conference
In spite its virtual form, because of COVID-19, the annual IREG conference held on 20 and 21 October turned out to be a success. Over 350 registered participants followed it online in 55 countries on all continents. It does not happen often that practically all the prominent global university rankings were present along with their […]
Taiwan Rankings: Stable Methodology Shows Chinese Success and Indian Stagnation
The National Taiwan University Ranking, also known as the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities, has been published since 2007. It is a straightforward research-based ranking that uses a stable and consistent methodology with eight indicators that measure research productivity (25%), impact (35%) and excellence (40%). The indicators are: Number of articles published […]
Rethinking the Rankings: The Development of a Tool for Rating Rankings
The proliferation of international university rankings has created a need for some sort of critical assessment and comparison. The Research Evaluation Working Group of the International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS) is working to create a rating tool, Rating the Rankers, to guide researchers, students, administrators and other stakeholders in using international rankings. This […]
Maclean’s Canadian Rankings
The latest rankings of Canadian universities and colleges by the magazine Maclean’s have been published. The rankings are divided into three categories: Medical/doctoral universities that offer doctoral programmes and medical courses, Comprehensive universities that provide undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and do a significant amount of research, and Primarily Undergraduate institutions that emphasise undergraduate teaching rather […]
QS Report on International Students and COVID-19
QS has published a report on the response of international students to the COVID-19 pandemic. It seems that universities and students will have to make adjustments to their plans over the coming months. The report was based on responses from 312 current international students mainly studying in the UK, the USA, Canada, India. Russia, and […]
StuDocu Rankings by Students for Students
The Amsterdam-based website StuDocu, originally a platform for the exchange of study documents, has published an international ranking that it reports is based on a survey of 100,000 students who have used the site. Users were asked to rank universities on a scale of 0-10 for fifteen indicators some of which such as Academic Reputation […]
“60 Years of Youth, 60 Years of Brilliance” – Beijing University of Technology Anniversary
Founded in 1960 Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) celebrates the 60th anniversary. BJUT has been perusing the Innovation Path to build a world-class research university. Internationalization, as one of the three major development strategies, has always played a significant role in the history of BJUT. The University established partnership with 176 universities and institutions in […]