UNIVERSITIES AND RANKINGS

UNIVERSITIES AND RANKINGS - Part 1

I do have obsession with the university rankings :). The results of much awaited, the Times Higher Education for 2010 has been released. Each year, most of the university in the world aimed for the best rankings. Although the methodology used being criticized by some of the university's academician , it is evident that the result has been well accepted by the international community, hence to determine the best university to invest with. Before we go through the rankings, understanding the indicators used to gauge the universities performance will be advantageous:

1) Instutional Indicators = 30%

They gauge the learning environment by ratio between staff and students, the ratio of doctoral students to undergraduates, the ratio of successful doctoral degrees awarded per staff member, institutional funding indicator and lastly the results from the academic reputation survey for teaching.

2) Research Indicator = 30%

The number of research papers per staff member, research funding and the results of the reputation survey for research will be a vital reference for determine the university's income, volume and reputation.

3) Citation Impact = 32.5%

The number of citations per article, years of publication and geographic of papers will be the main category in this particular indicators.

4) Economic and Innovation Indicators = 2.5%

The evaluation will be based on the amount of research funding received from industry, the collaboration and the impact which the university possess on economy and innovation.

5) International diversity indicators = 5%

The final indicators. It measures in terms of the combination of the ratio of the international staff members and students.

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