There are three separate rankings within Perspektywy University Ranking: Academic HEIs Ranking, Private Universities Ranking and State Higher Vocational Schools Ranking, each with a different methodology. The Ranking of HEIs presents institutions with a right to confer at least one doctoral degree and with minimum 200 enrolled full-time students. It considers the following indicators:

REPUTATION 12%

• Academic Reputation (Teaching) (10%) – Based on survey responses from academic staff, conducted by the Perspektywy Education Foundation.
• International Recognition (2%) – Determined by the institution’s ranking position in international rankings in 2020, including ARWU, THE, QS, US News, Leiden, MosIUR, FT, and Webometrics.

EMPLOYABILITY 12% 

• Alumni Earnings (6%) – Average alumni earnings from 2018-2021 relative to national averages, sourced from the “Polish Graduate Tracking System" (ELA) by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education using Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) data.
• Alumni Employment (6%) – Average length of employment for alumni from 2018-2021, based on the ELA study by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, using ZUS data.

RESEARCH POTENTIAL 13% 

• Parametric Evaluation (10%) – Total ratings of individual academic disciplines, as evaluated by the Committee for Scientific Evaluation (KEN), weighted by the number of full-time academic staff.
• Highly Qualified Academic Staff (1%) – Ratio of research and teaching staff with full professorships or PhDs with habilitation to the total teaching staff.
• PhD Conferment Rights (1%) – Weighted total of rights to confer PhDs and habilitation degrees, with points awarded based on disciplines authorized for degree conferral.
• Doctoral School Teaching (1%) – Ratio of doctoral students to research staff with habilitation or professorial titles.

RESEARCH EFFECTIVENESS (30%)

• External Research Funding (6%) – Ratio of total external research and development funding (2022-2023) to the number of research staff.
• EU Research and Innovation Funding (3%) – Financial resources from EU framework programs for research relative to research staff.
• Faculty Development (3%) – Ratio of academic titles (PhDs with habilitation weighted 1.5, full professors weighted 2.0) earned by staff in 2022-2023 to total academic staff.
• Academic Titles Awarded (3%) – Ratio of academic titles awarded by the university (PhDs weighted 1.0, habilitated PhDs 1.5, full professors 2.0) to full-time academic staff.
• Publications (3%) – Ratio of publications in SCOPUS (2019-2023) to full-time researchers.
• Citations (3%) – Ratio of citations (2019-2023, SCOPUS) to the number of cited publications.
• FWCI (Field-Weighted Citation Impact) (3%) – Citation ratio for publications relative to average citations for similar works in SCOPUS (2019-2023).
• FWVI (Field-Weighted View Impact) (3%) – Screen view ratio for publications compared to similar publications in SCOPUS (2019-2023).
• Top 10 Publications (3%) – Ratio of publications in journals with the highest CiteScore to all publications from 2019-2023.

INNOVATION (8%)

• Patents and Protection Rights in Poland (3%) – Number of patents and protection rights granted in Poland (2021-2023) relative to research staff in patentable fields.
• International Patents and Protection Rights (3%) – Number of patents and protection rights granted internationally (2021-2023) relative to research staff in patentable fields.
• SDG Contribution (2%) – Contribution of research to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030).

TEACHING (10%)

• Teaching Staff (5%) – Ratio of full-time academic staff to students, weighted by qualifications (professors 2.0, PhDs with habilitation 1.5, PhDs 1.0).
• Accreditations (5%) – Total number of international accreditations, Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA) accreditations with distinction, and PKA Education Excellence Certificates awarded by 2018.

INTERNATIONALIZATION (15%)

• International Students (3%) – Ratio of foreign students to total students.
• Students in Foreign Language Programs (3%) – Ratio of students studying in foreign languages to total students.
• Collaboration Impact (ICI) (2%) – Number of citations in publications co-authored with international partners (2019-2023).
• European University Membership (1%) – Indicator recognizing full membership in EU university consortiums.
• International Faculty (1%) – Ratio of international faculty to total full-time teaching staff.
• Erasmus+ Faculty Mobility (1%) – Ratio of faculty participating in international exchange (minimum five days) to total faculty.
• Outbound Student Mobility (1.5%) – Ratio of students studying abroad for at least three months to total students.
• Inbound Student Mobility (1.5%) – Ratio of incoming international exchange students (minimum three months) to total students.
• Multicultural Student Body (1%) – Number of countries represented by at least 10 international students.

The methodology for Private Universities Ranking:

https://2024.ranking.perspektywy.org/article/methodology-private-universities-ranking-2024

The methodology for State Higher Vocational Schools Ranking:

https://2024.ranking.perspektywy.org/article/methodology-ans