General information on ranking
| Name of the ranking | RUR Round University Ranking |
|---|---|
| Geographical scope | Global |
| Name of person in charge of ranking | Oleg Solovyev |
| E-mail of person in charge of ranking | |
| Website of the ranking | https://roundranking.com/ranking/world-university-... |
| Publication frequency | annual |
| First year of publication | 2010 |
| Most recent year of publication | 2024 |
| Date of last update | 2024-07-23 |
| Ranking organization | Round University Ranking LLC |
| Website of the methodology | http://roundranking.com/methodology/methodology.html |
| Methodology | RUR World University Rankings evaluate performance of world’s leading higher education institutions by 20 indicators grouped into four key areas of university activity: Teaching, Research, International Diversity, Financial Sustainability. TEACHING (40%), including: Academic staff per students (8%) Academic staff per bachelor degrees awarded (8%) Doctoral degrees awarded per academic staff (8%) Doctoral degrees awarded per bachelor degrees awarded (8%) Online visibility (8%)
RESEARCH (40%), including: Citations per academic and research staff (8%) Share of graduate degrees awarded (8%) Normalized citation impact (8%) Papers per academic and research staff (8%) Social media visibility (8%)
INTERNATIONAL DIVERSITY (10%), including: Share of international academic staff (2%) Share of international students (2%) Share of international co-authored papers (2%) New Media Impact (2%) International level (2%)
FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY (10%), including: Institutional income per academic staff (2%) Institutional income per students (2%) Financial Sustainability Level (2%) Research income per academic and research staff (2%) Research income per institutional income (2%) |
Additional information
- Type of publication: internet
- Internet users access to ranking: open access
- Language of publication: English
- Main target groups: higher education institutions, policymakers, governments and funding agencies, students and parents
- Level of comparison: institutional: 1169, broad fields: 6
- Major dimensions covered: internationalization, research, teaching, financial sustainability
- Structure of presentation: multi-indicator ranking, ordinary presentation (league tables)
- Data sources: data collected from HEIs by ranking organization, third-party database (data not provided by HEI)
- Quality assurance of ranking: advisory board
- Website of the ranking organization: https://www.roundranking.com
- Types of the ranking organization: commercial/for-profit (incl. media)
- Types of rankings: global