Three new members: University of Tunis El Manar (Tunisia), Rzeszow University of Technology (Poland) and “e-kvadrat” (Germany) were unanimously admitted as members of the IREG

Leiden Ranking is produced by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University. It provides a variety of bibliometric indicators and is highly

The latest edition of Nature Index appears to show that the production of high-quality scientific research in North America and Europe has declined alarmingly. The

After the two years of the COVID pandemic IREG 2022 Conference met again in person. Some 150 HE experts from all over the world debated

The General Assembly of IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence meeting in Warsaw, Poland on 24 June, elected Waldemar Siwinski (Poland) its president and members of

To stress the importance of the European integration processes for higher education in Ukraine, the weights of international performance indicators (results in world rankings) are

The latest edition of the QS Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings has just been published. There have been few dramatic changes in the overall rankings,

Over the last few years, there have been complaints that the leading US universities are failing to prepare their graduates for the realities of the

The French consulting company, Emerging, has produced a ranking, Digital Leaders in Higher Education, published in Times Higher Education. The ranking is based on an

For some time, a number of countries have expressed dissatisfaction with the global rankings, especially those based in the UK. Russia has abandoned its Five

Time Higher Education (THE) have published the latest edition of their Impact Rankings. These assess progress towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) declared by

Eight Russian universities, members of IREG Observatory signed the statement of the Russian Union of Rectors in support of the war against Ukraine. Finding this

QS have just published the latest edition of their subject rankings, which are heavily biased towards research. The indicators, the weighting of which according to

The SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR) are published by the SCImago Lab, now part of a Spanish consulting company. They provide data on research, innovation and

In recent years there has been much discussion about ranking universities according to their contribution to teaching and learning rather than their research prowess.  Times

A controversy has erupted following the publication of a report by Michael Thaddeus, a mathematics Professor at Columbia University, in New York City, who has

U-Multirank is committed to the values of peaceful international exchange and cooperation, and strongly condemns the war against Ukraine. We know that many Russian people,

by Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA) has documented a dramatic shift in the global higher education world.  The report, Higher Education: Institutions, Students and Funding,

QS, the international ranking agency, has published a statement condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and offering its support for Ukrainian and international students “through

Times Higher Education (THE) has issued a statement condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and indicating a number of steps to be taken by its

Around the world, private institutions account for a large and growing part of the higher education sector.  Unfortunately, most of them have been neglected by

Over the last two decades, the quality and quantity of scientific research in China has expanded rapidly, a trend that has been reflected in all

The volume and quality of publications and citations have been standard elements in the assessment of research for many years and are usually among the

The University of New South Wales, Sydney, has created an aggregate ranking that combines the results of three well-known global rankings to create an aggregate

Edward Elgar has published the Research Handbook on University Rankings: Theory, Methodology, Influence and Impact, edited by Ellen Hazelkorn, Professor Emerita Dublin Technological University, and

The latest world rankings from the Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics) have just been announced. These are produced by the Cybermetrics Lab, a group that

It seems there are growing concerns about the negative influence of international rankings in many parts of the world.  Some countries and regions are turning

The business education site, Poets and Quants, recently published the latest edition of its ranking of US MBA programmes.  An article by John Byrne notes

The latest edition of University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) provides more evidence that Harvard’s international research dominance is slipping. URAP is published by Middle

Academics have long been concerned about the proliferation of predatory journals that publish substandard papers with little or no review in return for a substantial

QS have released the latest edition of their ranking of universities in Emerging Europe and Central Asia (EECA). These rankings have become quite popular in

The IREG family is growing. This month four higher education institutions were admitted as full members of IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence.

The Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC) was established in 2008 with the objective of indexing scientific journals in the Islamic world, supporting and monitoring

The Financial Times has just published the latest edition of its ranking of European business schools. This ranking combines the scores for three rankings published

A jury in Pennsylvania found a former dean of the Temple University School of Business in Philadelphia guilty of fraud related to falsifying information for

StuDocu is an EdTech company based in Amsterdam that helps students share study materials. It has asked students to rank their universities according to a

U-Multirank published analysis on gender balance. Data from the 2021 U-Multirank edition  confirm that still today there are strong gender imbalances among males and females in

The two day virtual IREG 2021 Jeddah Conference – Effects of Rankings on Community and Society 15-16 November

Clarivate has published their annual list of highly cited researchers who are the leaders in 21 fields or across fields. Altogether there are 6602 researchers.

The Carnegie classification system was first published in 1973 by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education and is now administered by Indiana University. The classification

The Arab World has not performed well for scholarship and scientific research in modern times. In recent years a few universities in Saudi Arabia, the

The latest edition of Best Global Universities has just been published by US News. This is a research-based ranking that uses data derived from InCites

The latest Financial Times (FT) ranking Executive MBA programmes indicate that the global center of gravity for business education is moving eastwards. One remarkable feature

The latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies Rankings has been announced. This includes institutions in those countries that the London Stock

The Carnegie classification system was first published in 1973 by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education and is now administered by Indiana University. The classification

QS has released a new edition of their Arab region rankings. These contain ten indicators, some original and some derived from the World University Rankings.

The latest edition of Maclean’s annual ranking of Canadian colleges and universities has been published. This ranking group colleges and universities into three categories: Medical

CoinDesk has announced the second edition of its University Blockchain Ranking. The first edition was confined to the USA while the current ranking covers 230

The QS Graduate Employability Rankings, now in their fourth year of publication, are an effort to find the universities that produce the most employable graduates. 

U-Multirank is a “multi-dimensional user driven” approach to global university ranking that provides comparative data on performance in teaching and learning, research, knowledge transfer, international

The latest edition of the US News Best Colleges has just been published. Now in its 37th year, it has long dominated the US ranking

Indian universities have never performed well in the major global rankings and there has been considerable concern over their validity and fairness, especially with the

Times Higher Education (THE) has completed its virtual summit, a “Festival of Data”, hosted by the University of Toronto. In addition to various sessions and

The “Three Missions” ranking assesses, for the first time the third — public — mission of a university, along with science and education. The ranking

Luiz Costa, President of IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence is a member of the THE Impact Ranking Advisory Board. The THE World Academic

The latest edition of the National Taiwan University Rankings (also known as the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities) has just appeared. The

In recent years, a number of Arab universities have attempted to upgrade their research capabilities, attract international students, and rise in the major global rankings.

Elsevier has issued an updated (August 10) edition of its guide to university rankings for research leaders. It contains some basic information that might be

The latest edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as the Shanghai Rankings, has been published by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. This

Articles in NHK World and The Asahi Shimbun have noted a recent report from Japan’s National Institute of Science and Technology Policy which finds that

The website Business Insider has recently published an article by Walt Hickey that is critical of the America’s Best Colleges rankings published by US News.

CodeSignal is a technical assessment platform that has just released its first university ranking report based on the coding skills of Computer Science students in

The Ranking Web of Universities, also known as Webometrics, is produced by the Cybermetrics Lab which is affiliated to the Spanish Consejo Superior de Investigaciones

The Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating has published the International Ranking of Higher Educational Institutions of the Eurasian Region. It is calculated based on

Times Higher Education (THE) has published the latest edition of their Latin American rankings. These are based on the methodology of the THE World University

Nine members of IREG observatory in Poland including top rated universities in the country represented by rectors and vice rectors met at a dinner in

The University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) is published by the Graduate School of Informatics at Middle East Technical University, Ankara. The latest rankings show

The AD (Alper-Doger) Scientific Index is a ranking system developed by two Turkish scientists, Murat Alper of the University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, and Cihan

Prof. Luiz Costa (Brazil), President of IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence has been appointed a members of the newly created Advisory Board of

Articles on the website China.org.cn and in China Daily have reported on the latest ranking of Chinese universities by Xinchou.cn. The salary index covers 100

Jagiellonian University first in the 22nd University Ranking Perspektywy 2021. The University of Warsaw was second, followed by the Warsaw University of Technology. The Kozminski University

The Top 500 ranking is a list of the most powerful supercomputers in the world currently compiled by experts at the NERSC/ Lawrence Berkeley National

The National Academy of Inventors and the Intellectual Property Owners Association have published the latest edition of their ranking of universities granted US utility patents

Positive Impact Rating is a rating of business schools organised by a group of business school experts based on a survey of students. Data is

In addition to America’s Best colleges and Best Global Universities the US News also produces rankings of high schools. The latest edition shows that excellence

The international centre ”Euroosvita” has published the fifteenth ranking of higher education institutions of Ukraine “Top-200 Ukraine 2021”. This year’s ranking was calculated on the

The 2022 edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings has been published. There has been a lot of comment about the improvement in

Dr. Edmund Adam of University of Toronto, Canada is a winner in the IREG Competition for the Best PhD Theses on Academic Ranking 2021. The

Leiden Ranking is published by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University. It does not produce overall scores or ranks although public

Shanghai Ranking has released its annual subject rankings. There are 58 rankings in Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. The rankings

Nature Index is a ranking of research of the highest quality. Its database consists of 82 leading international journals in chemistry, earth and environmental sciences,

Guide2Research is a Philippines-based Computer Science research portal. It collects information on top conferences, journals, scientists and institutions. It was originally created by Imed Bouchikra,

Paul Howarth was appointed a new chief executive of Times Higher Education. He joined THE from Law Business Research, a provider of business information, legal

Times Higher Education (THE) has just published the second edition of their China Subject Rankings. These are based on the classification of subjects by the

The Nab’a Al-Hayat Foundation of Iraq has just announced the publication of its national university rankings. These provide data going back to 2008, when there

The publication of three papers in the last few days has drawn attention to the issue of conflict of interest in the ranking of global

The latest edition of the rankings published by the Center for World University Rankings has just been published. These rankings are unusual in that they

Times Higher Education (THE) has published its latest Impact Rankings. These measure the contributions of universities to meeting the 17 sustainable development goals announced by

In 2019 the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in South Africa evaluated the research output of local universities. An article in the Mail

The Academic Freedom Index is published by the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi). The latest edition is the result of collaboration between researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität

The IREG family has gain four new members: Al Maarefa University (UM), Riyadh – Dariyah, Saudi Arabia, Medical University of Warsaw (WUM), Warsaw, Poland, Kazakhstan Association

The Scimago Institutions rankings are produced by the Spanish National Research Council. They have a distinctive methodology with three sets of indicators clustered in three

US News has just published its latest American graduate school rankings. As usual, they have attracted a lot of attention from potential graduate students and

The Working Group of the Conference of Italian University Rectors has published a report on international rankings edited by Mirko Degli Esposti of the University

An article in Nature Index by Bec Crew has reviewed the annual ranking by Google Scholar of the most influential papers published in 2020. It

Times Higher Education (THE) has published the latest edition of its Emerging Economies Rankings.

In recent years global rankings by subject have become popular, providing students and other stakeholders with a more relevant and finely grained approach to comparative

The Executive Committee of IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence at its March 4th meeting announced two major events in 2021.

An article in the New York Times by Amelia Nierenberg indicates that the current virus crisis has opened up a massive gulf between elite universities

There has been much discussion around the world about academic freedom and free speech on campus. There have been suggestions that academic freedom should be

Predatory publishing has become a serious menace to research quality in the last few years. The situation has been made worse by universities’ perceived need

Japanese research has been stagnant over the last few years and the country’s leading research universities have been pushed aside by the rising stars of

The latest edition of the Financial Times (FT) Global MBA rankings has just been published. It is noteworthy for the absence of several elite American

The website, Intelligent, has published a report comparing the performance of American states in various metrics. The best performing states (including the District of Columbia)

AppliedHE, a Singapore based higher education website, has just published the first edition of Rankometer, a composition system that combines the results of five well

The Ranking Web of Universities (or Webometrics) is one of the oldest of the current global rankings and the most comprehensive, now ranking over 30,000

The current pandemic crisis has created massive interest in online teaching and learning. The US News ranking of online programs, which is now in its

The latest edition of the Economist full-time MBA ranking has just been published. In 2019 it was dominated by prestigious US schools such as Chicago,

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Studies (TIMSS) is a series of international tests of science and mathematics knowledge conducted by the International Association

The Cybermetrics Lab, a research group affiliated to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) in Spain, has just announced the latest edition of its

The Global Public Policy Institute in Berlin along with two German and one American universities have been measuring the level of academic freedom in 144

Academic Influence is a site maintained by academics and data scientists with the objective of providing “an objective, non-gameable influence-based ranking for the people, schools,

In recent years Chinese scientific research and higher education have developed dramatically. Chinese universities have risen rapidly through global and regional rankings and the number

The Aggregate Ranking of Top Universities (ARTU) is published by the University of New South Wales. It is not an original ranking but rather a

Universitas Indonesia has published the GreenMetric ranking since 2010. This measures the commitment of universities to the creation and maintenance of a sustainable world economy.

The European Ranking of Engineering Programs (EngiRank) is a pilot project for the ranking of engineering institutions and programs in 13 countries that joined the

The 2020-21 edition of University Ranking by Academic Performance has just been published by the URAP Research Laboratory at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara.

PLOS Biology has published an article by John Ioannidis, Kevin Boyack and Jeroen Baas describing the updating of the standardised citation databases of scientists across

A World View article in Nature by Elizabeth Gadd, Research Policy Manager at Loughborough University, argues that the current global university rankings are flawed and

Clarivate Analytics have just published the latest edition of their lists of highly cited researchers. The lists now include 6167 researchers in 21 fields, of

IREG 2020 Conference have shown that young women students and researchers are particularly adversely affected by COVID-19. To help avert this trend Perspektywy Education Foundation,

Times Higher Education (THE) has published a Graduate Employability Ranking commissioned by Emerging, the French human resources consulting company, and conducted by Trendence, the independent

IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence welcomes the three new members: the SGH Warsaw School of Economics, Warsaw, Poland, the Independent Agency for Recognition

Shanghai Ranking has announced the latest ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments. Institutions included are sport universities or sport related units that have published

Libya has been in a state of turmoil since 2011 and that has had a dire effect on the country’s universities and research capacity. Libyan

Will university rankings adjust to our uncertain times? – under this title University World News published a report on IREG 2020 Beijing Conference held in

Elsevier, the leading academic publisher, has just published a report, University rankings: A report for research leaders, on the global ranking scene. The report acknowledges

Reputation is a significant factor in the dominance of modern English-speaking universities and it is an indicator in the Times Higher Education (THE) world rankings,

At a congenial ceremony during the recent IREG 2020 Beijing Conference, Luis Costa, IREG President announced that Isidro Aguillo had been awarded the IREG Honorary

The US News Best Global Universities is usually considered one of the four big global rankings, the others being the Shanghai Rankings and the THE

In spite its virtual form, because of COVID-19, the annual IREG conference held on 20 and 21 October turned out to be a success. Over

The National Taiwan University Ranking, also known as the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities, has been published since 2007. It is a

The proliferation of international university rankings has created a need for some sort of critical assessment and comparison. The Research Evaluation Working Group of the

The latest rankings of Canadian universities and colleges by the magazine Maclean’s have been published. The rankings are divided into three categories: Medical/doctoral universities that

QS has published a report on the response of international students to the COVID-19 pandemic. It seems that universities and students will have to make

The Amsterdam-based website StuDocu, originally a platform for the exchange of study documents, has published an international ranking that it reports is based on a

The Human Capital Index published by the World Bank was launched in 2018 as part of the Human Capital Project. It compares the knowledge, skills

The US News America’s Best Colleges is the protype of modern university ranking and has had an important influence on American higher education over the

The latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings has just been published. Although the University of Oxford remains in first place

Higher education is in the process of deep changes in a way it functions. This new situation will certainly affect university rankings. Many indicators in

The fourth issue of The Three University Missions ranking features 1500 universities representing 97 countries and territories. The list has expanded by 300 over last

Based on an analysis of its database, U-Multirank concludes that universities in Australia and the UK may be financially hurt most by the COVID-19 crisis.

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) of the UK has published its latest ranking of where heads of state and government around the world attended

The Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training has set up the University Performance Metrics system to assess the ability of the country’s universities and those

The latest Academic Ranking of World Universities, produced by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy shows a continuing trend of American decline and Chinese advance. This ranking

The QS I-GAUGE rating system is designed to provide an evaluation tool that is appropriate to the values and priorities of Indian higher education. The

The IAAR Eurasian University Ranking – 2020 was published by the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IAAR) based in  formerly Nur Sultan (Astana),  Kazakhstan.

The massive expansion of scholarly and scientific journals in recent decades has been a serious headache for researchers and administrators who have to distinguish between

uniRank is a web-based ranking that is complementary to a search engine. It is currently based on an algorithm that includes five web metrics derived

The Ranking Web of Universities, usually just known as Webometrics, has been published since 2004 and ranks more than 30,000 universities. At the moment it

As universities seek to redefine themselves or change their priorities, rankings will follow suit – writes Richard Holmes, an expert on academic rankings in the

University Ranking by Academic Performance (URAP) was first published by the Informatics Institute of the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, in 2009. It is a

In recent years many countries including Germany, Russia, China and India have introduced policies to improve the quality of research and higher education by concentrating

The international projects centre ”Euroosvita” has published the fourteenth ranking of higher education institutions of Ukraine “Top-200 Ukraine 2020”.

Leiden Ranking is published by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University (the Netherlands). It is a research-based ranking that now includes

The Scimago Institutions Rankings are produced by the Scimago Lab and analyse data relevant to scientific and online reputation. In addition to conventional metrics related

The Executive Committee of IREG Observatory met online 30 June. Taking into account the circumstances created by the coronavirus pandemic, the Executive Committee decided to

Top 500 is a ranking of the world’s most powerful computer systems and is published twice a year. The current authors are Erich Strohmeier and

ShanghaiRanking have just produced their latest rankings of universities by subject. These cover 54 subjects in Engineering and the Natural, Life, Medical and Natural Sciences.

The Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2020 has been released by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. ShanghaiRanking has published the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by academic

The European University Association (EUA) is an organisation of over 800 European universities that seeks to represent higher education with regard to EU policies on

India has never done well in any kind of international education comparison, but Indian universities have done especially badly in global university rankings. There are

The latest edition of U-Multirank has been published. This is not a conventional ranking but rather a tool that allows prospective students and other stakeholders

Among the highlights of the latest QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Rankings are a further decline of British universities while those in Malaysia continue to

The Center for World University Rankings is now based in the United Arab Emirates, having migrated from Saudi Arabia. It has a distinctive methodology based

Recent events have increased the importance of social media in tertiary education. The Australian based search engine UniRank (formerly ic4u) has produced several global rankings

Guide2Research, a portal of computer science research, has published the latest edition of its University Ranking for Computer Science and Electronics. Data are derived from

African universities, with the exception of a few in South Africa and Egypt, have not performed well in the better-known global rankings and in some

The current coronavirus crisis has caused a dramatic decline in the numbers of internationally mobile students that is likely to continue for several years. Global

The Nature Index is a ranking of institutions and countries according to publications in a group of highly selective science journals. This year’s institutional table

The Centre for Higher Education (CHE) has been publishing rankings of German universities since 1998. The latest edition, which was published recently in cooperation with

Universitas 21 has announced the “ninth and final” ranking of national higher education systems which is based on four groups of indicators: Resources, Environment, Connectivity

The Moscow based Round University Rankings use bibliometric and survey data from Clarivate Analytics combined with information from the institutions. There are 20 indicators grouped

The current crisis has spurred a massive shift to online teaching and learning. The publication of the QS online MBA rankings is therefore especially appropriate.

Times Higher Education (THE) has announced the results of its second global impact rankings. These rankings measure universities’ contribution to the 17 Sustainable Development Goals

For some years Indian institutions have not performed well in the global rankings. This is especially true of the Times Higher Education (THE) world and

The Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GCTI), now six years old, is a measure of the ability of countries to “grow, attract and retain talent.”

Nature Index has published a short report on the leading institutions in the life science in Continental Europe. It includes a list of the top

A recent article in the Annals of Saudi Medicine has indicated that there has been a substantial increase in health-related research in Saudi Arabia over

The current crisis has spurred a massive expansion in online learning throughout the world. The website Class Central has been publishing annual rankings of online

Over the past month, universities, academic community as well as the entire international society, and the staff of IREG Observatory have been facing the unprecedented

The h-index has been a major tool for the assessment of university research over the last few years. The index is included in Google Scholar

Times Higher Education (THE) has produced the latest edition of its Japan University Rankings. These are part of a series that includes European and US

A survey by the Institute of Engineering and Technology has shown that many British engineering and technology companies are concerned about the lack of practical

There have been many complaints about university rankings and observers have suggested that the rankers themselves should be subject to some sort of ranking or rating. The International Network of Research Management Societies (INORMS), an association of groups

Audio Assemble is a music industry site that produces a variety of lists. They recently announced the collection of data about 250 top music schools

IREG Observatory conducted audit of National ranking of higher educational institutions  of Kazakhstan qualified it to use the ”IREG Approved” seal.

An article by Johnny Rich, Director of PUSH, a higher education outreach organisation dedicated to helping students make informed and impartial decisions about education, training

In recent years the publication of broad and narrow subject rankings has become common. They can be helpful to students and other stakeholders seeking more

In recent years the Chinese government has encouraged its researchers to publish in journals included in the Science Citation Index (SCI). One result of this

Times Higher Education (THE) has just published a ranking of universities in the World’s emerging economies derived from data collected for their world rankings. The

IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence organizes a competition to recognize an outstanding PhD conducted in the area of academic ranking.

Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), a member of IREG Observatory, invites to international conference: Humanities and Social Sciences about University Rankings, Budapest, Hungary, 1-2 April 2020.

Russian universities have not performed very well in the global rankings with the exception of a few elite universities such as Lomonosov Moscow State University

Nigerian universities have not done very well in the global rankings. In this they are typical of African universities which, with the exception of South

The American Marketing Association (AMA) has published the latest edition of its ranking of researchers and institutions. It publishes top 50 lists of authors and

The latest edition of the Ranking Web of Universities, often known as Webometrics, has just been published by the Spanish National Research Council (Consejo Superior

Times Higher Education (THE) has published a ranking of the world’s most international universities. The data is derived from the three components of the intentional

U-Multirank coverage outside Europe is rather patchy. It does, however, include many indicators and provides information that is not found anywhere else. It contains data

The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), publisher of the Webometrics rankings, has released the new edition of its ranking of universities according to the

An article by Louise Nicol of the Asia Careers Group in University World News argues that the 2020s will be the decade of Asian higher

Although it has not fulfilled its early promise online higher education continues to grow. At the moment the leader in the ranking of online programmes

An article in the PIE (Professionals in International Education) News by Kerrie Kennedy has discussed a report from Cturtlle based on a survey of the

Arab universities have not performed very well in the global rankings.  A few Saudi universities have reached the top of the Shanghai Rankings and Lebanese

The CSRankings show that China is on the way to dominate research in Artificial Intelligence. These rankings are produced by Emery Berger, a Professor at

This year’s URAP ranking is headed by Harvard followed by the University of Toronto and University College London. Sorbonne University, formed in 2018 through a

Brazilian Association of Rectors of Public Universities, ANDIFES, honored IREG President Luiz Cláudio Costa. In a tribute session celebrating the 30th anniversary of ANDIFES, the

The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is published every three years by the OECD and has received a large amount of media attention. It

The GreenMetric World University Ranking has been produced since 2010 by Universitas Indonesia. Its objective is to evaluate the commitment and contribution of world universities

The new law on higher education  and the Excellence Initiative – Research University, opened a fresh path for the most ambitious universities in Poland. Last

TOP500 is a ranking of computer systems that is published twice a year by experts at the NERSC/ Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, the University

Times Higher Education (THE) has published the latest edition of the Global University Employability Rankings which are produced by Emerging, a French human resource consulting

In the last few years there have been several attempts to move beyond the ranking of universities by research output and impact. Octopus Ventures, a

US business schools are facing a difficult time with growing competition from abroad and online courses and the need to adapt to changing demands of

In November IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence has added two new members: ISPA – Aeronautical and Space Systems Engineering School (IPSA Ecole d’Ingenieurs

In recent years, Malaysian universities have reported some success in global and regional rankings. Leading national institutions such as Universiti Malaya, Universiti Sains Malaysia, and

QS has published the 2020 edition of its India University Rankings. The upper level is dominated, as expected, by the Indian Institutes of Technology which

Reuter’s have announced the World ‘s Innovative Universities. This ranking measures the contribution of universities to technology through patents and articles.  It shows that some

The US News has published the Best Global Universities rankings. These are entirely research based and do not include metrics related to teaching or third

The US News has published its Best Global Universities rankings. These are entirely research based and do not include metrics related to teaching or third

Universities have often claimed that adequate funding is a prerequisite for academic research and teaching. However, a paper presented at the recent World Class Universities

QS have released their Emerging Europe and Central Asia university rankings which now ranks 350 institutions. The rankings are dominated by Russia with Lomonosov Moscow

At the end of every year, the complete picture of annual university rankings is unveiled. As for every university administrator (whether my colleagues admit it