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To motivated people around the achieve their by fostering international, educational and career 4
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RANKINGS TIMELINE 2003 Shanghai Rankings emerge 2005 Employer component added to QS ranking 2010 URAP rankings begin February 2012 QS Best Student Cities published 2004 QS (initially with THES) and Webometrics Rankings launched 2007 HEEACT ranking published for the first time 2009 QS University Rankings: Asia launched 2010 Times Higher Education go their own way October 2011 QS University Rankings: Latin America launch June 2012 Improved subject tables extended to embrace 29 disciplines 6
Higher education costs increasing Number of students increasing Number of international students increasing More universities actively recruiting Flooded with information Employers increasingly dissatisfied with graduate skill sets Need for discernment Need for navigation tools 7
Number of foreign students Chart C4.1. Evolution in the number of students enrolled outside their country of citizenship, by region of destination (2000 to 2010) Worldwide OECD G20 countries Europe North America 4,5m 4,0m 3,5m 3,0m 2,5m 2,0m 1,5m 1,0m 0,5m 0,0m 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Source: OECD and UNESCO Institute for Statistics for most data on non-oecd countries. Table C4.5. See Annex 3 for notes (www.oecd.org/edu/eag2012). 8
FASTEST GROWING DESTINATIONS 2000-2010 SOURCE: OECD 2012 SOUTH KOREA BRAZIL NEW ZEALAND CZECH REPUBLIC SAUDI ARABIA IRELAND RUSSIA SPAIN NETHERLANDS GREECE POLAND ITALY CHILE AUSTRALIA UNITED KINGDOM 320% 295% 291% 287% 251% 212% 200% 180% 177% 156% 140% 540% 763% 1069% 1655% 9
INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS ARWU Shanghai Ranking QS World University Rankings Webometrics Ranking HEEACT/NTU Ecole des Mines Leiden Ranking Scimago Global Universities Ranking High Performance Universities Times Higher Education URAP U-Multirank 10
COMPARING METHODOLOGIES ARWU (2003) Alumni Awards Faculty Awards HiCis Nature & Science SCI/SSCI Articles Size QS (2004) Academic Reputation Employer Reputation Faculty Student Intl Fac. Intl Stud. Citations per Faculty WEBOMETRICS (2004) Impact Presence Openness Excellence TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION (2010) Teaching Citations Research Intl Outlook I 11
OUR APPROACH A UNIQUE LENS QS the only global ranking authority to consider it World Class University Central to the life goals of most prospective students An essential inclusion in every QS assessment 12
INDICATORS REPUTATION EMPLOYER PERFORMANCE INTERNATIONAL FACULTY INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CITATIONS PER FACULTY ACADEMIC FACULTY STUDENT 13
academic respondents employer respondents institutions ranked countries overall countries in top students at ranked institutions self-citations excluded visits in first week Avg change in position: Top 100 Top 200 places places Top an average of years younger than 2010 students at top growth in international of all international students at top institutions of 14
Based on the world s largest survey of academics Good geographical balance Strong representation from experienced academics Operated in 13 languages Faculty areas carry equal weight (i.e. discipline independent) Generates over 400,000 statistical observations Ask only questions with realistic probability of qualified response Responding for own institution is prohibited 15
Data drawn from Elsevier s SciVal Scopus (since 2007) Better journal coverage Better coverage of content in other languages Better access to data More usable platform for verification Better affiliation tracking Rapid development rate [Considerably more Russian journals] 16
Beware unsubstantiated claims Source: Alexa.com 17
Official (known) policy recognition in Chile Denmark Brazil Malaysia Netherlands Russia Singapore Kazakhstan 18
Though of course we recognize limitations of all league table methodologies, we greatly value QS for the clarity and quality of the data you use and for the stability which enables us to see and understand trends over time. This, we think, gives your rankings a comparative advantage and considerable authority. DAVID EASTWOOD VICE-CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM 19
2012-2013: TOP 20 1 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) 1 2 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 2 3 HARVARD UNIVERSITY 3 4 UCL (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON) 4 5 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 5 6 IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON 6 7 YALE UNIVERSITY 7 8 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 8 9 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 9 10 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CALTECH) 10 11 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 11 12 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 12 13 ETH ZURICH (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) 13 14 CORNELL UNIVERSITY 14 15 STANFORD UNIVERSITY 15 16 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 16 17 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 17 18 MCGILL UNIVERSITY 18 19 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 19 20 DUKE UNIVERSITY 20 20
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INSTITUTIONS IN TOP 200 UNITED STATES UNITED KINGDOM GERMANY NETHERLANDS JAPAN CANADA AUSTRALIA CHINA SWITZERLAND BELGIUM SOUTH KOREA HONG KONG SWEDEN FRANCE DENMARK IRELAND OTHER 11 11 10 9 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 21 30 54 24
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UK: A surge before the fall? IRELAND: Holding despite challenging economy SOUTH KOREA: Asia s new star CHINA: Huge research volumes CANADA: A major international destination MIDDLE EAST: Major investment seeing returns AUSTRALIA: Facing new levels of competition 28
TAIWAN: Best performance ever US: Gradual erosion of leading position LATIN AMERICA: Not just a new source market FRANCE: Reforms taking time to crystallize HONG KONG: Ramping up for double cohort SINGAPORE: A winning formula? EURASIA: More universities thinking global 29
ARWU QS Webometrics THE 1 Harvard MIT Harvard Caltech 2 Stanford Cambridge Stanford Oxford 3 MIT Harvard MIT Stanford 4 Berkeley UCL Michigan Harvard 5 Cambridge Oxford Pennsylvania MIT 6 Caltech Imperial UCLA Princeton 7 Princeton Yale Berkeley Cambridge 8 Columbia Chicago Columbia Imperial 9 Chicago Princeton Cornell Berkeley 10 Oxford Caltech Minnesota Chicago August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 January 2013 30
ARWU QS Webometrics THE 1 Moscow State [80] Moscow State [116] Moscow State [177] Moscow State [201-225] 2 St Petersburg [401-500] St Petersburg [253] St Petersburg [495] Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute [226-250] 3 Baumann [352] Tomsk State [522] 4 MGIMO [367] Novosibirsk [642] 5 Novosibirsk [371] HSE [766] 6 Ural Federal [451-500] 7 People s Friendship [501-550] National Nuclear Research U [774] Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology [847] 8 HSE [501-550] Southern Federal [869] 9 Tomsk State [551-600] Saratov State [1037] 10 Tomsk Polytechnic [601+] Tomsk Polytechnic [1048] August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 July 2012 31
[CELLRA NGE] [CELLRA NGE] 101-200 Top 100 [CELLRA NGE] [CELLRA NGE] ARWU QS Webometrics THE 32
Year on year indicator performance: Russia IS 80 AR 60 40 20 0 ER Average indicator performance: Russia vs. Global IS 80 AR 60 40 20 0 ER IF FS IF FS CF 2012 2011 Russia CF Global 33
THE TOP 100 CHALLENGE Russia currently has one institution in the top 250 No institution in top 100 today has ever been ranked outside the top 250 Highest climbers in today s top 100 are: Pohang University of Science & Technology Ranked 245 in 2007; 97 in 2012 City University of Hong Kong Ranked 178 in 2006; 95 in 2012 Freie Universitat Berlin Ranked 172 in 2006; 87 in 2012 High climbers in 101-200 include: Groningen, Yonsei, Kyushu, UC Dublin, Bergen, Lancaster, Florida, Sungkyunkwan 34
POSTECH TRAJECTORY 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 49 25 11 17 25 44 41 56 69 29 77 136 134 122 134 112 98 97 164 225 232 242 258 232 245 247 207 233 188 199 158 159 177 210 206 221 257 166 180 289 318 350 344 373 334 368 381 346 Overall Academic Reputation 437 454 475 503 514 Citations per Faculty Faculty Student International Students Employer Reputation International Faculty 520 543 541 35
Year on year faculty area performance 15 AH Average faculty area performance: Russia vs. Global 20 AH SS 10 5 ET SS 15 10 5 ET 0 0 NS LS NS LS 2012 2011 Russia Global 36
Arts & Humanities Top 5 Engineering & Technology Top 5 Lomonosov Moscow State University [110] Lomonosov Moscow State University [132] Saint-Petersburg State University [240] Bauman Moscow State Technical University [210] European University at St Petersburg Saint-Petersburg State University [355] Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) St. Petersburg State Politecnical University Novosibirsk State University Novosibirsk State University Life Sciences & Medicine Top 5 Natural Sciences Top 5 Lomonosov Moscow State University [198] Lomonosov Moscow State University [44] Novosibirsk State University Saint-Petersburg State University [165] Saint-Petersburg State University Novosibirsk State University [208] Kazan Federal University Bauman Moscow State Technical University [300] Tomsk State University Tomsk State University Social Sciences & Management Top 5 Lomonosov Moscow State University [173] Saint-Petersburg State University [330] Natl Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE) [392] Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) Novosibirsk State University Trusted. Independent. Global. 37
SYSTEM ACCESS FLAGSHIP ECONOMIC RUSSIA RANK 27 2010 2011 2012 38
RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY & QUALITY Average change in five-year count of papers published 4.4% Average change in five-year count of citations acquired (excluding self-citations) 19.8% Average change in citations per faculty 21.0% Average change in proportion of self-citations 7.3% STUDENT NUMBERS & DEMOGRAPHICS Average change in total student numbers 3.8% Average change in number of FTE international students -16 Average change in proportion of FTE international students -1.3% FACULTY PROVISION Average change in total faculty numbers -1.1% Average change in faculty student ratio -4.7% Average change in number of FTE international faculty -5 Average change in proportion of FTE international faculty -12.5% 39
The list is the origin of culture How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists. UMBERTO ECO ESSAYIST, PHILOSOPHER & NOVELIST 40
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UNIVERSITY RANKINGS MORE SUBJECTS MORE CONTEXTS MORE DIMENSIONS 29 subject tables in 2012 43
ADAPTIVE WEIGHTINGS ENGLISH LINGUISTICS PHILOSOPHY LANGUAGES HISTORY SOCIOLOGY EDUCATION GEOGRAPHY STATISTICS ACCOUNTING & FINANCE POLITICS ECONOMICS CIVIL ENGINEERING PSYCHOLOGY LAW COMMUNICATION AGRICULTURE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES COMPUTER SCIENCE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY MATHEMATICS PHYSICS BIOLOGY EARTH SCIENCES MEDICINE MATERIALS SCIENCE PHARMACY ACADEMIC EMPLOYER CITATIONS H 44
UC SAN DIEGO SUBJECT PROFILE ARTS & HUMANITIES ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE NATURAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT STATISTICS SOCIOLOGY POLITICS LAW 90 ENGLISH HISTORY LINGUISTICS LANGUAGES ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION COMPUTER SCIENCE COMMUNICATION CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ACCOUNTING & FINANCE CIVIL ENGINEERING PHYSICS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MATERIALS SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GEOGRAPHY EARTH SCIENCES CHEMISTRY MEDICINE PHARMACY PSYCHOLOGY BIOLOGY AGRICULTURE Copyright 2013 QS Intelligence Unit (a division of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd) 45
NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY SUBJECT PROFILE ARTS & HUMANITIES ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE NATURAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT STATISTICS SOCIOLOGY POLITICS 90 ENGLISH HISTORY LINGUISTICS LAW LANGUAGES ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION COMPUTER SCIENCE COMMUNICATION CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ACCOUNTING & FINANCE CIVIL ENGINEERING PHYSICS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MATERIALS SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GEOGRAPHY EARTH SCIENCES CHEMISTRY MEDICINE PHARMACY PSYCHOLOGY BIOLOGY AGRICULTURE Copyright 2013 QS Intelligence Unit (a division of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd) 46
OSAKA UNIVERSITY SUBJECT PROFILE ARTS & HUMANITIES ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE NATURAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT STATISTICS SOCIOLOGY POLITICS LAW 90 ENGLISH HISTORY LINGUISTICS LANGUAGES ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION COMPUTER SCIENCE COMMUNICATION CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ACCOUNTING & FINANCE CIVIL ENGINEERING PHYSICS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MATERIALS SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GEOGRAPHY EARTH SCIENCES CHEMISTRY MEDICINE PHARMACY PSYCHOLOGY BIOLOGY AGRICULTURE Copyright 2013 QS Intelligence Unit (a division of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd) 47
FUDAN UNIVERSITY SUBJECT PROFILE ARTS & HUMANITIES ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE NATURAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT STATISTICS SOCIOLOGY POLITICS LAW 80 ENGLISH HISTORY LINGUISTICS LANGUAGES ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION COMPUTER SCIENCE COMMUNICATION CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ACCOUNTING & FINANCE CIVIL ENGINEERING PHYSICS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MATERIALS SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GEOGRAPHY EARTH SCIENCES CHEMISTRY MEDICINE PHARMACY PSYCHOLOGY BIOLOGY AGRICULTURE Copyright 2013 QS Intelligence Unit (a division of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd) 48
UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH SUBJECT PROFILE ARTS & HUMANITIES ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE NATURAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT STATISTICS SOCIOLOGY POLITICS LAW 80 ENGLISH HISTORY LINGUISTICS LANGUAGES ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION COMPUTER SCIENCE COMMUNICATION CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ACCOUNTING & FINANCE CIVIL ENGINEERING PHYSICS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MATERIALS SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GEOGRAPHY EARTH SCIENCES CHEMISTRY MEDICINE PHARMACY PSYCHOLOGY BIOLOGY AGRICULTURE Copyright 2013 QS Intelligence Unit (a division of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd) 49
MOSCOW STATE SUBJECT PROFILE ARTS & HUMANITIES ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE NATURAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT STATISTICS SOCIOLOGY POLITICS 90 ENGLISH HISTORY LINGUISTICS LAW LANGUAGES ECONOMICS PHILOSOPHY EDUCATION COMPUTER SCIENCE COMMUNICATION CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ACCOUNTING & FINANCE CIVIL ENGINEERING PHYSICS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MATERIALS SCIENCE ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES GEOGRAPHY EARTH SCIENCES CHEMISTRY MEDICINE PHARMACY PSYCHOLOGY BIOLOGY AGRICULTURE Copyright 2013 QS Intelligence Unit (a division of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd) 50
HISTORY LINGUISTICS PHILOSOPHY COMPUTER SCIENCE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AGRICULTURE BIOLOGY MEDICINE PHARMACY PSYCHOLOGY CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCES GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES MATERIALS SCIENCE MATHEMATICS PHYSICS ACCOUNTING & FINANCE COMMUNICATION EDUCATION ECONOMICS LAW POLITICS SOCIOLOGY STATISTICS DETAILED VIEWS Share of global knowledge production (bubble size) vs. citation performance relative to global average (vertical) by discipline: LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY Best Relative Citations Performance COMPUTER SCIENCE -7,3% GLOBAL AVERAGE Largest Share MATHEMATICS 0,33% ARTS & HUMANITIES ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE NATURAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT 51
MOSCOW STATE REPUTATION PROFILE REPUTATION PROFILE EMPLOYER ACADEMIC ENGLISH HISTORY LINGUISTICS LANGUAGES PHILOSOPHY COMPUTER SCIENCE CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEERING ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AGRICULTURE BIOLOGY MEDICINE PHARMACY PSYCHOLOGY CHEMISTRY EARTH SCIENCES GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES MATERIALS SCIENCE MATHEMATICS PHYSICS ACCOUNTING & FINANCE COMMUNICATION EDUCATION ECONOMICS LAW POLITICS SOCIOLOGY STATISTICS 80,3 83,1 52
TOP FIVE BY SUBJECT 2012 English Language & Literature Biological Sciences Physics & Astronomy 1 University of Cambridge 1 Harvard University 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2 Harvard University 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2 Harvard University 3 University of Oxford 3 University of Cambridge 3 Stanford University 4 Yale University 4 Stanford University 4 University of Oxford 5 University of California, Berkeley 5 University of Oxford 5 University of Cambridge History Medicine Accounting & Finance 1 University of Oxford 1 Harvard University 1 Harvard University 2 University of Cambridge 2 University of Oxford 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 3 Harvard University 3 University of Cambridge 3 London Business School 4 University of California, Berkeley 4 Stanford University 4 Stanford University 5 Princeton University 5 Yale University 5 London School of Economics & Political Science Linguistics Pharmacy & Pharmacology Communication & Media Studies 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 Harvard University 1 Stanford University 2 Harvard University 2 University of Cambridge 2 Columbia University 3 University of California, Los Angeles 3 National University of Singapore 3 National University of Singapore 4 Stanford University 4 St. University of Oxford 4 University of California, Berkeley 5 University of Oxford 5 Karolinska Institute 5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Modern Languages Psychology Education 1 Harvard University 1 Harvard University 1 Harvard University 2 University of Oxford 2 University of Cambridge 2 Stanford University 3 University of Cambridge 3 Stanford University 3 University of Cambridge 4 Yale University 4 University of Oxford 4 University of California, Berkeley 5 Princeton University 5 University of California, Berkeley 5 University of California, Los Angeles Philosophy Chemistry Economics & Econometrics 1 University of Oxford 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2 University of Cambridge 2 University of California, Berkeley 2 Harvard University 3 Harvard University 3 Harvard University 3 University of Chicago 4 University of California, Berkeley 4 Stanford University 4 Princeton University 5 Princeton University 5 California Institute of Technology 5 London School of Economics & Political Science 53
TOP FIVE BY SUBJECT Computer Science & Information Systems Earth & Marine Sciences Law 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 Harvard University 1 Harvard University 2 Stanford University 2 University of Cambridge 2 Yale University 3 Carnegie Mellon University 3 Princeton University 3 University of Oxford 4 University of California, Berkeley 4 University of Oxford 4 University of Cambridge 5 Harvard University 5 University of Chicago 5 Columbia University Engineering - Chemical Geography Politics & International Studies 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 University of Oxford 1 Harvard University 2 University of California, Berkeley 2 University of California, Berkeley 2 University of Oxford 3 University of Cambridge 3 University of Cambridge 3 London School of Economics & Political Science 4 ETH Zurich 4 University of California, Los Angeles 4 Yale University 5 Stanford University 5 London School of Economics & Political Science 5 Stanford University Engineering - Civil & Structural Environmental Sciences Sociology 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 Stanford University 1 Harvard University 2 University of Tokyo 2 University of California, Berkeley 2 University of California, Berkeley 3 University of California, Berkeley 3 Harvard University 3 University of Oxford 4 Stanford University 4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 London School of Economics & Political Science 5 National University of Singapore 5 California Institute of Technology 5 University of Chicago Engineering - Electrical & Electronic Materials Science Statistics & Operational Research 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 Stanford University 2 Stanford University 2 Stanford University 2 University of California, Berkeley 3 University of California, Berkeley 3 University of Cambridge 3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 University of Cambridge 4 University of California, Berkeley 4 Harvard University 5 University of Oxford 5 Harvard University 5 National University of Singapore Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manuf. Mathematics 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2 Stanford University 2 Harvard University 3 University of Cambridge 3 Stanford University 4 Harvard University 4 Princeton University 5 National University of Singapore 5 University of California, Berkeley 54
TOP FIVE BY SUBJECT English Language & Literature Biological Sciences Physics & Astronomy 1 Saint-Petersburg State University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (101-150) 2 Tomsk Polytechnic University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 2 State University of Nizhni Novgorod 3 Kazan Federal University 3 Novosibirsk State University 3 Saint-Petersburg State University 4 Chernyshevsky Saratov State University 4 Kazan Federal University 4 Novosibirsk State University 5 State University of Nizhni Novgorod 5 Tomsk State University 5 Bauman Moscow State Technical University History Medicine Accounting & Finance 1 Kazan Federal University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 2 Lomonosov Moscow State University 2 Kazan Federal University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 3 Novosibirsk State University 3 Novosibirsk State University 3 Bauman Moscow State Technical University 4 Saint-Petersburg State University 4 Saint-Petersburg State University 4 State University Higher School of Economics (HSE) 5 Bauman Moscow State Technical University 5 Tomsk State University 5 Linguistics Pharmacy & Pharmacology Communication & Media Studies 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (151-200) 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (101-150) 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 2 Kazan Federal University 3 Tomsk State University 3 Bauman Moscow State Technical University 3 Saint-Petersburg State University 4 Ural Federal University 4 St. Petersburg State Politecnical University 4 Tomsk State University 5 Voronezh State University 5 Tomsk Polytechnic University 5 Ural Federal University Modern Languages Psychology Education 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (101-150) 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 1 Kazan Federal University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 2 Lomonosov Moscow State University 3 European University at St Petersburg 3 Tomsk State University 3 Novosibirsk State University 4 Samara State University 4 People's Friendship University of Russia 4 Saint-Petersburg State University 5 Voronezh State University 5 Southern Federal University (SFedU) 5 Tomsk State University Philosophy Chemistry Economics & Econometrics 1 Kazan Federal University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 1 Kazan Federal University 2 Lomonosov Moscow State University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 2 Lomonosov Moscow State University 3 Saint-Petersburg State University 3 Novosibirsk State University 3 Novosibirsk State University 4 Petrozavodsk State University 4 Ural Federal University 4 Saint-Petersburg State University 5 State University of Nizhni Novgorod 5 Kazan Federal University 5 Tomsk State University 55
TOP FIVE BY SUBJECT Computer Science & Information Systems Earth & Marine Sciences Law 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (151-200) 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 1 Kazan Federal University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 2 Lomonosov Moscow State University 3 Novosibirsk State University 3 Novosibirsk State University 3 Novosibirsk State University 4 Ural Federal University 4 Bauman Moscow State Technical University 4 Saint-Petersburg State University 5 Bauman Moscow State Technical University 5 St. Petersburg State Politecnical University 5 Ural Federal University Engineering - Chemical Geography Politics & International Studies 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (51-100) 1 Kazan Federal University 2 Novosibirsk State University 2 Novosibirsk State University 2 Lomonosov Moscow State University 3 Saint-Petersburg State University 3 Saint-Petersburg State University 3 Saint-Petersburg State University 4 Tomsk State University 4 Bauman Moscow State Technical University 4 Bauman Moscow State Technical University 5 Ural Federal University 5 Moscow State Institute of International Relations 5 State University of Nizhni Novgorod Engineering - Civil & Structural Environmental Sciences Sociology 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 2 Novosibirsk State University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 3 Saint-Petersburg State University 3 Kazan Federal University 3 European University at St Petersburg 4 Tomsk State University 4 Novosibirsk State University 4 5 Bauman Moscow State Technical University 5 Tomsk State University 5 Engineering - Electrical & Electronic Materials Science Statistics & Operational Research 1 Tomsk Polytechnic University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (151-200) 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (101-150) 2 Kazan Federal University 2 Novosibirsk State University 2 Novosibirsk State University 3 Lomonosov Moscow State University 3 Bauman Moscow State Technical University 3 Saint-Petersburg State University 4 Novosibirsk State University 4 4 Ural Federal University 5 Saint-Petersburg State University 5 5 Bauman Moscow State Technical University Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manuf. Mathematics 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University (101-150) 2 Bauman Moscow State Technical University 2 Saint-Petersburg State University 3 Kazan Federal University 3 State University of Nizhni Novgorod 4 Novosibirsk State University 4 Novosibirsk State University 5 Saint-Petersburg State University 5 Kazan Federal University 56
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Strengths of rankings Simple and accessible Over 50 million people have viewed QS results in 12 months Provides a basis for benchmarking performance across borders Limitations of rankings Performance is relative to others Limited data available for rankings globally Specialist strength often overlooked Difficult to capture the diversity of higher education institutions 58
Do university rankings matter Dr Max Price, Vice Chancellor, University of Cape Town Mail & Guardian (2010) 59
A way to address many criticisms of rankings A broad based rating system, designed to identify, evaluate and recognize universities for their diverse and specialist strengths. Once evaluated, universities are awarded with a star rating, based on their performance. Can include all universities including those not in the rankings or low ranked Benefits institutions looking to increase international presence Trusted. Independent. Global. 60
QS STARS METHODOLOGY Points Available 1000 Core Criteria 600 Learning Environment 100 Advanced Criteria 100 TEACHING 6 indicators 150 FACILITIES 6 indicators 100 INNOVATION 3 indicators 50 OR OR EMPLOYABILITY 3 indicators 150 ONLINE/DISTANCE 6 indicators 100 CULTURE 3 indicators 50 OR RESEARCH 5 indicators 150 Specialist Criteria 200 ACCESS 4 indicators 50 INTERNATIONAL N 7 indicators 150 DISCIPLINE RANK 2 indicators 150 OR ENGAGEMENT 4 indicators 50 ACCREDITATION 2 indicators 50 Version 4.0 61
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