General information on ranking

Name of the ranking THE Young University Ranking
Geographical scope Global
Name of person in charge of ranking Phil Baty
E-mail of person in charge of ranking phil.baty@timeshighereducation.com
Website of the ranking https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-univers...
Publication frequency annual
First year of publication 2004
Most recent year of publication 2024
Date of last update 2024-07-23
Ranking organization Times Higher Education
Website of the methodology https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/young-university-rankings-2024-methodology
Methodology

The Times Higher Education Young University Rankings apply the same methodology as the flagship World University Rankings to assess research-intensive universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. However, the weightings are recalibrated to reflect the profile of missions of young universities. The rankings include institutions that were founded between 1974 and the present.

 

Teaching (the learning environment): 29.5%

Teaching reputation: 10%

Staff-to-student ratio: 6%

Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio: 3%

Doctorates-awarded-to-academic-staff ratio: 7.5%

Institutional income: 3%

 

Research Environment: 29%

Research reputation: 12%

Research income: 8.5%

Research productivity: 8.5%

 

Research Quality: 30%

Citation impact: 7.5%

Research strength: 7.5%

Research excellence: 7.5%

Research influence: 7.5%

 

International Outlook: 7.5%

Proportion of international students: 2.5%

Proportion of international staff: 2.5%

International collaboration: 2.5%

 

Industry: 4%

Industry income: 2%

Patents: 2%

 

Additional information

  • Type of publication: internet, print - magazine, newspaper
  • 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: 673
  • Major dimensions covered: internationalization, knowledge transfer, reputation, research, teaching
  • Structure of presentation: ordinary presentation (league tables)
  • Data sources: data collected from HEIs by ranking organization, survey conducted exclusively by ranking organization, third-party database (data not provided by HEI)
  • Quality assurance of ranking: certification (e.g. IREG Audit)
  • Website of the ranking organization: http://www.timeshighereducation.com
  • Types of the ranking organization: commercial/for-profit (incl. media)
  • Types of rankings: global-sub