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	o.solovyev@roundranking.com
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: http://www.roundranking.com
• Types of the ranking organization: commercial/for-profit (incl. media)
• Types of rankings: global