World University Research Rankings: Europe Excels for Multidisciplinary and Collaborative Research
A new international research ranking has made its debut. The World University Research Rankings (WURR) are published by World Scientific, a leading scientific and professional publishing company based in Singapore, which is well known for publishing the Nobel Lectures. WURR do not measure only the quantity of publications or citations. There are three elements: multidisciplinary […]
World Bank Human Capital Index
The Human Capital Index published by the World Bank was launched in 2018 as part of the Human Capital Project. It compares the knowledge, skills and health that people accumulate over a lifetime and which contribute to long term economic growth and development. The latest report is based on data accumulated before the advent of […]
US News Revises Ranking Methodology
The US News America’s Best Colleges is the protype of modern university ranking and has had an important influence on American higher education over the last few decades. The rankings are based on a mix of indicators that include graduation and retention rates, social mobility, academic reputation, student selectivity, financial resources, alumni giving and graduate […]
Latest THE World Rankings Show Asian Advance
The latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings has just been published. Although the University of Oxford remains in first place there are signs that British and American universities continue to decline while Chinese universities advance. This year Tsinghua University reached 20th place, jointly with Duke University. The restructuring of higher […]
University rankings in the time of uncertainty – IREG 2020
Higher education is in the process of deep changes in a way it functions. This new situation will certainly affect university rankings. Many indicators in ranking methodology will become less important while some new will appear. To answer questions on the future of rankings, IREG Observatory has invited those directly involved in the construction of […]
Moscow Three University Missions Ranking 2020
The fourth issue of The Three University Missions ranking features 1500 universities representing 97 countries and territories. The list has expanded by 300 over last year. Like last year, U.S. universities dominate the top of the list. Their positions were challenged: Cambridge University entered top 3, followed by Oxford University ranked fourth. Oxbridge pushed last […]
U-Multirank: universities in Australia and UK more afflicted by COVID-19 crisis than EU and US universities
Based on an analysis of its database, U-Multirank concludes that universities in Australia and the UK may be financially hurt most by the COVID-19 crisis. Particularly because of a decline of the number of international fee-paying students, the potential decrease of income as percentage of the total institutional budget for Australian universities is on average […]
Soft Power Index: US Universities Increase Their Lead
The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) of the UK has published its latest ranking of where heads of state and government around the world attended university. The annual Soft Power Ranking shows that the UK is gradually losing influence compared to the USA. In 2017 British universities had educated 58 leaders of 49 countries compared […]
Rating and Ranking System for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Universities
The Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training has set up the University Performance Metrics system to assess the ability of the country’s universities and those in other South East Asian countries to prepare for the fourth Industrial Revolution. It is only recently that Vietnam has become interested in university rankings and so far its performance […]
Shanghai Rankings reveal Long-Term Changes
The latest Academic Ranking of World Universities, produced by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy shows a continuing trend of American decline and Chinese advance. This ranking has a straightforward methodology. It is based on six indicators: Nobel and Fields awards to alumni and faculty, papers in Nature and Science, publications in the Science Citation Index and […]