IDP Education Limited is an Australian-based international company that specializes in student placement, language testing, and advisory services. Its web pages frequently refer to the global rankings published by Shanghai Ranking, QS, Times Higher Education (THE), and US News, in addition to the Complete University Guide and the Guardian University Guide. They have recently published a report on the use of rankings by international students.
The report indicates that over two thirds of prospective, applied, current and complete students are interested in the overall rankings while smaller but substantial numbers refer to employability, subject, student satisfaction, affordability, and value for money rankings.
Students were asked which rankings they used or were aware of. The largest number mentioned the THE World University Rankings, followed by the QS world rankings, the Shanghai Rankings, Macleans University Rankings Guide, and CEOworld magazine University Rankings .
The report found that Indian and Bangladeshi students favoured the THE world rankings while Chinese and Indonesian students preferred those published by QS. It also noted that students associate highly ranked universities with global reputation, strong academic programmes, career opportunities, respected degrees, and renowned faculty.
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