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Our rankings methodology Sources Metrics Pillars Ranking As Times Higher Education s flagship performance monitoring and benchmarking platform, THE DataPoints is designed with the forward-looking and growth-focused institution in mind. How it works Built upon the 500,000+ datapoints that comprise THE s global university database, THE DataPoints is the strategic dashboard that you need to keep your finger on the pulse of your institutional performance. THE DataPoints is a single, cloud-based, interactive platform for your institution s data, accessible from anywhere and online. Key features Built on the THE global database of 500,000+ data points and more than 1,300 institutions, growing monthly and annually Framed by THE performance indicators, including rankings and other critical measures of performance, with credibility globally Showcases stand-alone and comparative performance, helping you to identify strengths and weaknesses in your institution s performance Immediate takeaways for strategic planning, further internal investment analysis, or to frame a highprofile funding or marketing case. The data behind our rankings are based on institutional data submitted via our portal, the Academic Reputation Survey and Scopus data provided by the 12.1 million papers in the Elsevier database. These data form the 13 metrics that feed into the five pillars of the rankings to give you an accurate and credible picture of your global performance. The data can be used to build a better understanding of your institution and its peers potential partners or competitors that you want to make comparisons with in a global context. Institutions featured in the THE World University Rankings THE Data+ provides an informed overview of how your university compares to similar institutions also in the rankings. Institutions yet to feature in the THE World University Rankings THE NewData provides an insight into your institution s characteristics and is based on the same analysis as our World University Ranking. Even if you are not currently ranked, you can benchmark against those that are. The THE World University Rankings have expanded to include approximately 1,000 institutions this year. We are committed to increasing our global view year on year to ensure our rankings remain the most complete in the world. 2 3
THE Data+ THE Data+ benchmark institutions Get a high-level analysis of how your institution is performing See how your institution is ranked against others across the five pillars in different regions, countries and worldwide, helping you to identify your strengths and weaknesses. Compare you and your peers against various institutions View an analysis of your peers, including key performance indicators Read recent news concerning individual peers, produced by our dedicated editorial team (coming soon) There are no limits to how many peers you can benchmark against. We can help you choose a benchmark group that is relevant to your needs. Review year-on-year data Benchmark your data against: Download our detailed data for further analysis Our metrics allow you to drill down to the granular data behind the rankings, allowing you to identify opportunities for investment within your institution The world Your region Your country Custom 4 5
THE Data+ pillars THE Data+ pillars View in-depth analysis on the similarities and differences among your peers Assess the relative performance of your institution and your peers across the five pillars of the rankings, against the general distribution of institution in a region, country or worldwide. Use cross-pillar comparison to compare institutions across different aspects of their performance, revealing new insights and challenging current assumptions. Select the peers you would like to visualise in our box plot distribution graph 6 7
THE Data+ metrics THE Data+ metrics Access and analyse the data behind the pillars to dig deeper into the performance of your institution Metrics data can be downloaded in CSV format for analysis at a later date These allow you to identify the specific aspects of the pillars that are the strongest for your institution and those that offer the most opportunity for improvement The tables allow you to compare your institution s figures against your peers, your region, your country and worldwide across all metrics at once The colour of the plot of each metric corresponds to the pillar to which it belongs teaching (blue), research (orange), citations (purple), industry income (pink) and international outlook (green). Using cross-metric comparisons can reveal new insights and challenge assumptions about your chosen peer group, helping you to identify new potential opportunities. 8 9
THE Data+ subjects THE Data+ subjects Compare how your institution ranks against peers across all 13 metrics at a subject-area level Visualisations provide a quick analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of your institution, and that of your peers, highlighting possible areas for investment. View scores or values and download for further analysis 10 11
THE Data+ peer group analysis (student view) THE Data+ executive summary Discover which other universities are most often viewed by the students who view your institution on the THE website The executive summary gives you a report of your institution s performance and provides comparisons with other institutions in order to: The student view peer group analysis builds a relationship between universities based on user sessions on the THE website. This allows us to identify universities that are most often viewed together, and others that are viewed alongside them Support strategic decision making Help you understand and plan your institution s position in a global context Facilitate mutually beneficial collaborations outside your institution. In the beta release, this is only performed at the overall level. In future releases, you will be able to choose to look at the universities viewed alongside yours based on the country of origin of users, as established by their IP address. All user data are anonymous and only used in aggregate form Recommendations are made on student similarity inside and outside your peer group CONTINENTS: STUDENTS: The analysis shows your institution s similarity to its peers as well as similar institutions outside your peer group. 30,000 8,000 *Please note, this information is only available with THE Data+ 12 13
THE Data+ year-on-year changes in performance THE Data+ year-on-year changes in performance See how your benchmark performance and that of your peers change in scores and ranking. Understand how the performance of top universities has affected your relative position across the 13 metrics. Analyse how changes at the metric level have contributed to changes in overall score. The red bars show deterioration while green indicates improvement. 14 15
Create hypothetical scenarios THE Explore simulates the portal we use to collect data from institutions for inclusion in our rankings. Here, you can create scenarios to explore how changes in your institutional statistics would have historically affected your performance. Data can be explored at all the subject levels we consider in our rankings. NEW FOR 2017/18 THE Explore (NEW) This powerful new addition to the THE DataPoints suite provides another indispensable tool for your strategic planning by allowing you to create hypothetical scenarios featuring changes to your university s core data and then shows you how these changes would have affected your performance, as measured by Times Higher Education. As with all our data tools, you are also able to compare yourself in this scenario against a variety your peers in 13 key performance indicators. THE Explore will be particularly powerful when a leadership team faces a range of similarly attractive strategic options the scenario planning tools in THE Explore may provide critical insights into the impact of the decisions characterised by each choice and provide a previously unavailable guide to decision making. Create as many scenarios are you need and save them for later analysis Disclaimer: Data in this tool are based on the previous year s World University Rankings and the output shows how that year s performance may have differed, with alternative inputs. Times Higher Education is not able to predict the outcome of future rankings; the output of THE Explore cannot indicate potential future performance. All scenarios tested within THE Explore are archived and can be compared with institutions submissions during future World University Rankings data collection periods. 16 17
See the impact of change Make sense of how your scenarios would impact your performance with the same interactive visuals and detail you get with THE Data+. See how the scenarios you create would have affected your performance in the current year s ranking Lamb University View your theoretical updated ranking position here THE Advisory Drawing on five decades of expertise in leading debate and analysis in higher education, Times Higher Education offers a tailored consultancy service to help you achieve your performance goals. We produce the world s largest and most comprehensive rankings of research-led universities that continue to inform the decision making of institutional leaders and government policymakers alike. These rankings are powered by the world s richest database of global university performance and reputation data and our advisory sessions can help you to harness the intelligence from these data to inform your strategic planning. Our advisory team also provides insights into the practices of high-performing higher education institutions and turn these into operational recommendations suited to your mission. Our interactive and focused half-day or full-day consultancy sessions can provide: Insight into your performance in key performance indicators Details of your research and teaching reputation globally and closer to home Comparative analysis against other institutions Exploration of case-studies from success stories In-depth understanding of global issues and trends in rankings Clarity on your strengths and opportunities for growth Realisation of the full potential of THE DataPoints to support strategy Contact us to see how our advisory team can help you. 18 19
Working closely with our data clients, including: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Amity University Amrita University Australian Catholic University Australian National University Auckland University of Technology Botho University Brunel University London Central Queensland University CETYS University Chalmers University of Technology Chaoyang University of Technology Charles Darwin University Chinese University of Hong Kong Covenant University Cyprus University of Technology Czech University of Life Sciences Prague East China Normal University Emory University ETH Zürich Ewha Womans University Federico Santa María Technical University Higher School of Economics, National Research University Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Johns Hopkins University (KAIST) Kindai University King Abdulaziz University King s College London Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology La Trobe University LMU Munich Macquarie University Manipal University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massey University McMaster University Monash University Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Nanyang Technological University National and Kapodistrian University of Athens National Research Nuclear University MEPhI National Taiwan Normal University National University of Science and Technology (MISIS) National University of Singapore Newcastle University Northwestern University NOVA University of Lisbon Nove de Julho University Örebro University Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University PSL Research University Paris Qatar University Queen Mary University of London Saint Petersburg State University Shantou University SOAS University of London Sun Yat-sen University Taipei Medical University Tokai University Tomsk Polytechnic University Toyo University Trinity College Dublin Tsinghua University University of Calgary University of Canberra University of Cyprus University of East Anglia University of Essex University of Glasgow University of Groningen University of Helsinki University of Hong Kong University of Liverpool University of Macau University of Melbourne University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Newcastle University of New South Wales University of Portsmouth University Of Queensland University of Seville University of South Australia University of Southern California University of Southern Queensland University of Surrey University of Sydney University of Taipei University of Tasmania University of Technology, Sydney University of Texas at San Antonio University of the Sunshine Coast University of the Witwatersrand University of Tsukuba Victoria University Victoria University of Wellington Yonsei University Zhejiang University Our offices London (global head office) 26 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4HQ, UK +44 (0) 20 3194 3000 Chicago 1010 Lake Street, Suite 200, Oak Park, IL 60301, US +1 (708) 203 2884 Singapore 16 Collyer Quay Level 18, 049318, Singapore +65 6818 9659 Melbourne 12/75 Bay Street, Brighton, VIC 3186, AU +61 3 9596 3549