General information on ranking

Name of the ranking	CWUR World University Rankings
Geographical scope	Global
Name of person in charge of ranking	Dr. Nadim Mahassen
E-mail of person in charge of ranking	president@cwur.org
Website of the ranking	http://cwur.org/
Publication frequency	annual
First year of publication	2012
Most recent year of publication	2016
Date of last update	2017-02-18
Ranking organization	The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)
Website of the methodology	http://cwur.org/preprint.pdf
Methodology	The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) publishes the global university ranking that measures the quality of education and training of students as well as the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research without relying on surveys and university data submissions. CWUR uses eight objective and robust indicators to rank the world's top 1000 universities: 1) Quality of Education, measured by the number of a university's alumni who have won major international awards, prizes, and medals relative to the university's size [25%] 2) Alumni Employment, measured by the number of a university's alumni who have held CEO positions at the world's top companies relative to the university's size [25%] 3) Quality of Faculty, measured by the number of academics who have won major international awards, prizes, and medals [25%] 4) Publications, measured by the number of research papers appearing in reputable journals [5%] 5) Influence, measured by the number of research papers appearing in highly-influential journals [5%] 6) Citations, measured by the number of highly-cited research papers [5%] 7) Broad Impact, measured by the university's h-index [5%] 8) Patents, measured by the number of international patent filings [5%]

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
• Major dimensions covered: employability, innovation, research, teaching
• Structure of presentation: ordinary presentation (league tables)
• Data sources: third-party database (data not provided by HEI)
• Website of the ranking organization: http://cwur.org/
• Types of the ranking organization: private, non-profit