General information on ranking

Name of the ranking (in English) DGP Ranking of Law Faculties
Name of the ranking (in original) Ranking Wydziałów Prawa Dziennika Gazety Prawnej
Scope of the ranking general ranking
Website of the ranking https://edgp.gazetaprawna.pl/e-wydanie/58479,24-czerwca-2022/74668,Gazeta-Prawna-Poradnik.html/783909,XVI-Ranking-wydzialow-prawa.html
First year of publication 2007
Most recent year of publication 2022
Date of last update 2023-05-08
Publication frequency annual
Ranking organization Dziennik Gazeta Prawna
Methodology website https://www.gazetaprawna.pl/konferencje/XVI-ranking-wydzialow-prawa
Methodology

The Ranking considered over 40 indicators grouped in the following four criteria:

PASSING LEGAL APPLICATIONS (10 POINTS)

ACADEMIC STAFF (MAX 29 POINTS)

  • student-staff ratio (max. 6 points),
  • the number of recently hired academic staff (from 2019) in relation to all academic staff (max. 1.5 points),
  • the number of research grants received by the faculty or its academic staff (max. 3.5 points), 
  • the number of scientific publications (books) in relation to the number of academic staff (max. 4 points),
  • the number of scientific publications (articles) in relation to the number of academic staff (max. 2 points),
  • the number of scientific publications in Scopus database in relation to the number of academic staff (max. 2 points), 
  • the number of PhD degrees in law granted to the academic staff of the faculty since 2019 (max. 1 point), 
  • the number of habilitation degrees granted to the academic staff of the faculty since 2019 (max. 3 points),
  • the number of professors’ titles awaded to the academic staff of the faculty since 2019 (max. 4 points),
  • participation of employees in supreme state bodies, local governments or professional corporations (max. 2 points). 

 

QUALITY AND CONDITIONS OF EDUCATION (MAX. 47.5 POINTS) 

  • rights to confer PhD degrees (max. 5 points),
  • right to confer PhD with habilitation degree (max. 7 points),
  • the number of books in the library per one student (max. 2 points),
  • the ability to share books online (max. 2 points),
  • the number of books in the library’s online version per one student (max. 1 point)
  • number of computer workstations with the LEX program or an equivalent program per 100 students (max. 3 points), 
  • access to legal information systems from home (max. 1 point),
  • the number of foreign language courses available (max. 1 point), 
  • functioning of the law clinic (max. 2 points),
  • obligatory law clinic (max. 1 point),
  • functioning of a foreign law school (max. 3 points),
  • functioning of the alumni club (0.5 points), 
  • functioning of the career office (0.5 points),
  • the number of active associations, student organizations and research clubs (max. 2 points), 
  • external distinctions and awards obtained by the faculty, its academic staff and students (max. 2.5 points),
  • the number of national face-to-face and online conferences organized by the faculty (max. 3 points), 
  • the number of international face-to-face and online conferences organized by the faculty (max. 3.5 points),
  • the number of post-diploma studies conducted at the faculty (max. 2 points),
  • the number of contracts signed with law faculties in Poland and abroad (max. 1.5 points),
  • requirements for candidates for studies (number of Olympians admitted) (max. 2 points),
  • implementation of "the academic freedom package" (max. 2 points)

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENTS AND QUALITY OF GRADUATES (MAX. 30.5 POINTS) 

  • the number of compulsory courses completed with an exam (max. 2.5 points),
  • obligation to pass an exam in a foreign language (max. 3.5 points),
  • the number of foreign language exams that must be passed (max. 1 point),
  • obligatory internships in courts (max. 2 points),
  • possibility to complete internships in other institutions (max. 1.5 points), 
  • monitoring the careers of graduates (max. 0.5 points), 
  • current assessment results of the Polish Accreditation Committee (max. 3 points),
  • current assessment results of the Scientific Evaluation Committee (max. 2 points), 
  • possibility of studying law in English (max. 1.5 points),
  • the number of teaching hours (lectures) assigned to the specific courses (max. 1.75 points), 
  • the number of teaching hours (tutorials) assigned to the courses (max. 5.25 points), 
  • participation of graduates in the highest state bodies, local governments or professional corporations (max. 2 points),
  • employability (max 4 points).

Additional information

  • Main target groups: students and parents, higher education institutions
  • Level of comparison: institutional: 33 (two separate lists for public universities and for private universities)
  • Major dimensions covered: teaching, research, student facilities
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