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The drafters of the rating of the best universities in the world QS World University Rankings assess universities on six metrics: research, teaching, opinion of employers and career potential, the number of foreign students and teachers. In order to participate in the ranking the University has to offer undergraduate and graduate programs, at least two broad subject areas (e.g., arts and social Sciences, engineering and technology, the right and business).
The QS focuses on the reputation of the universities in the academic environment.
Leaders of the QS for many years consistently are the universities of the USA and the UK. Read more about the U.S. education system and how to enroll in American universities can be found here. About British higher education and applying to British universities here.
Criteria | Indicator | Weight |
---|---|---|
Academic reputation | Academic reputation is measured using a global survey, in which academics are asked to identify the institutions where they believe the best work is currently taking place within their own field of expertise. | 40% |
Employer reputation | The employer reputation indicator is also based on a global survey, this time asking employers to identify the universities they perceive to be producing the best graduates. | 10% |
Student-to-faculty ratio | This is a simple measure of the number of academic staff employed relative to the number of students enrolled. | 20% |
Citations per faculty | This indicator aims to assess universities’ research impact. | 20% |
International faculty ratio & international student ratio | This indicator aims to assess universities’ research impact. | 10% |
World Rank |
Institution |
Country
|
Score
|
Academic Rep.
|
Citations per Fac.
|
Employer Rep.
|
Faculty Student
|
Int'l Faculty
|
Int'l Students
|
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499= | Universidad de Alcalá | 23.9 | 9.8 | 10.6 | 13.2 | 58.6 | 22.4 | 70.6 | |
499= | University of Eastern Finland | 23.9 | 14.7 | 33.5 | 9 | 42.9 | 25.8 | 7.3 | |
501-510 | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | 0 | 18.6 | 19 | 0 | 51.6 | 0 | 0 | |
501-510 | East China Normal University | 0 | 0 | 31.6 | 0 | 31.9 | 72.8 | 26.3 | |
501-510 | Hitotsubashi University | 0 | 18 | 0 | 77.8 | 26.5 | 22 | 20.7 | |
501-510 | The University of Georgia | 0 | 23.8 | 36.7 | 28.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
501-510 | Universidad de Granada | 0 | 37.3 | 22.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.9 | |
501-510 | Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) | 0 | 34.6 | 0 | 60.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
501-510 | Universidad de Zaragoza | 0 | 19.9 | 0 | 0 | 57.4 | 0 | 0 | |
501-510 | University of Balamand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.5 | 0 | 20.3 | |
501-510 | University of Connecticut | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 41.7 | 29 | |
501-510 | University of Delhi | 0 | 34.7 | 19.3 | 37.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
501-510 | University of Szeged | 0 | 17.8 | 0 | 0 | 52.7 | 0 | 60.1 | |
511-520 | Aston University | 0 | 0 | 27.5 | 37.5 | 0 | 95.8 | 35.6 | |
511-520 | Singapore Management University | 0 | 0 | 27.8 | 20.3 | 0 | 100 | 55.7 | |
511-520 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | 0 | 25.1 | 0 | 35.1 | 30.9 | 0 | 0 | |
511-520 | Universitá degli Studi di Roma - Tor Vergata | 0 | 32.9 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.4 | |
511-520 | Université Aix-Marseille | 0 | 34.8 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | 21.4 | 23.6 | |
511-520 | Université de Montpellier | 0 | 20.1 | 39.8 | 0 | 0 | 22.3 | 35 | |
511-520 | University of Klagenfurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 92.4 | 73 | |
511-520 | University of Limerick (UL) | 0 | 0 | 28.7 | 24.9 | 0 | 84.7 | 22.4 | |
511-520 | Warsaw University of Technology | 0 | 24.7 | 0 | 53 | 27.4 | 0 | 0 | |
521-530 | Airlangga University | 0 | 24.3 | 0 | 35.3 | 39.4 | 20.7 | 0 | |
521-530 | Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (IAU) (formerly University of Dammam) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | 96 | 0 | |
521-530 | National Research Saratov State University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 95.9 | 0 | 0 | |
521-530 | Sabanci University | 0 | 0 | 19.9 | 21.4 | 36.8 | 48.3 | 0 | |
521-530 | Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO) | 0 | 31.2 | 36.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
521-530 | Universität Bayreuth | 0 | 0 | 32.3 | 0 | 34.3 | 45.5 | 25.9 | |
521-530 | University of Debrecen | 0 | 17.2 | 0 | 0 | 41.9 | 0 | 88.5 | |
521-530 | University of Milano-Bicocca | 0 | 19.6 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
521-530 | University of Ulsan | 0 | 0 | 32.6 | 0 | 64.8 | 0 | 0 | |
531-540 | Bogor Agricultural University | 0 | 17.6 | 0 | 21.7 | 47.2 | 57.4 | 0 | |
531-540 | Inha University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.9 | 0 | 0 | |
531-540 | Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen | 0 | 0 | 74.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
531-540 | MU | 0 | 22.8 | 0 | 22.4 | 0 | 30.6 | 68.5 | |
531-540 | Nagasaki University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.2 | 0 | 0 | |
531-540 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 0 | 59.1 | 26.9 | 0 | |
531-540 | Sichuan University | 0 | 17.7 | 42.8 | 0 | 24.7 | 20.7 | 0 | |
531-540 | Universidad Central Marta Abreu de Las Villas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99.6 | 0 | 0 | |
531-540 | Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41.5 | 22.6 | 74.9 | |
531-540 | University of Texas Dallas | 0 | 0 | 45.8 | 0 | 0 | 17.9 | 49.2 | |
531-540 | York University | 0 | 21.4 | 0 | 30.4 | 0 | 24.6 | 74.6 | |
541-550 | Coventry University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.9 | 0 | 72.2 | 99.6 | |
541-550 | Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.3 | 41 | 32.1 | 81.8 | |
541-550 | Iowa State University | 0 | 19.1 | 44.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
541-550 | Niigata University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.1 | 0 | 0 | |
541-550 | Osaka City University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.9 | 0 | 0 | |
541-550 | Satbayev University (previously Kazakh Technical University named after K.I. Satpaev) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.5 | 69.6 | 0 | 0 | |
541-550 | Universität Bremen | 0 | 20.1 | 27.5 | 0 | 0 | 39.9 | 20.5 | |
541-550 | Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83.8 | 0 | 24 | |
541-550 | Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.5 | 44.1 | 84 | 17 | |
541-550 | University of Delaware | 0 | 0 | 57.3 | 0 | 0 | 35.9 | 20.5 | |
551-560 | Ajou University | 0 | 0 | 22.5 | 0 | 56.8 | 0 | 0 | |
551-560 | Bar-Ilan University | 0 | 0 | 57.4 | 0 | 0 | 59.9 | 0 | |
551-560 | Bilkent University | 0 | 18.5 | 24.8 | 23 | 0 | 58.8 | 0 | |
551-560 | Hallym University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.4 | 0 | 0 | |
551-560 | Konkuk University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.2 | 0 | 0 | |
551-560 | Lebanese American University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.5 | 29.9 | 96.6 | 45.6 | |
551-560 | Lehigh University | 0 | 0 | 40.6 | 0 | 37.1 | 0 | 39.3 | |
551-560 | Management and Science University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.1 | 41.5 | 58.1 | 41.8 | |
551-560 | Technische Universität Braunschweig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62.1 | 0 | 30 | |
551-560 | Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III | 0 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | 46.9 | 0 | 27.6 | |
551-560 | Victoria University | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 45.8 | 86 | |
561-570 | Cairo University | 0 | 35.9 | 0 | 34.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
561-570 | Kumamoto University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76.1 | 0 | 0 | |
561-570 | Kyungpook National University | 0 | 0 | 18.6 | 0 | 49.3 | 0 | 0 | |
561-570 | New School University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49.1 | 0 | 93.3 | |
561-570 | Thammasat University | 0 | 22.4 | 0 | 38.4 | 33.7 | 0 | 0 | |
561-570 | Universidad Externado de Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.4 | 57.7 | 0 | 0 | |
561-570 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 0 | 0 | 73.8 | 31.4 | |
561-570 | University of Pretoria | 0 | 22.7 | 25.4 | 34.8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | |
571-580 | Abo Akademi University | 0 | 0 | 27.9 | 0 | 39.4 | 41.5 | 17.6 | |
571-580 | Altai State University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.4 | 0 | 37.9 | |
571-580 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | 0 | 25.3 | 34.8 | 22.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
571-580 | China University of Geosciences | 0 | 0 | 31.5 | 0 | 61.9 | 0 | 0 | |
571-580 | Lingnan University (Hong Kong) | 0 | 0 | 20.8 | 0 | 24.8 | 100 | 65.8 | |
571-580 | Murdoch University | 0 | 0 | 38.8 | 0 | 0 | 80.5 | 58.4 | |
571-580 | Okayama University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.3 | 0 | 0 | |
571-580 | Universidad de Costa Rica | 0 | 25.5 | 0 | 42.3 | 29.2 | 0 | 0 | |
571-580 | Universidad Panamericana (UP) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 68.4 | 0 | 0 | |
571-580 | University of Guelph | 0 | 0 | 38.4 | 28.3 | 0 | 49.8 | 0 | |
571-580 | University of South Carolina at Columbia | 0 | 17.1 | 35.5 | 19.2 | 0 | 47.5 | 0 | |
581-590 | Clark University | 0 | 0 | 42.3 | 0 | 33.4 | 0 | 57.1 | |
581-590 | Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz | 0 | 19.8 | 18.7 | 0 | 0 | 50.2 | 33 | |
581-590 | Kingston University, London | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.1 | 97.1 | |
581-590 | National Chengchi University | 0 | 18.6 | 0 | 30.1 | 28.9 | 0 | 53.8 | |
581-590 | Pusan National University | 0 | 18.7 | 25 | 0 | 27.2 | 0 | 0 | |
581-590 | Renmin (People’s) University of China | 0 | 23.7 | 0 | 39.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
581-590 | Universidad de Sevilla | 0 | 32.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
581-590 | University of Aveiro | 0 | 0 | 56.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
581-590 | University of South Florida | 0 | 0 | 38.9 | 0 | 0 | 37.8 | 29.3 | |
591-600 | Central Queensland University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 94.8 | 98.5 | |
591-600 | Dalian University of Technology | 0 | 0 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
591-600 | Jeonbuk National University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.5 | 0 | 0 | |
591-600 | Kanazawa University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
591-600 | Kazakh National Agrarian University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 29.5 | 18.4 | |
591-600 | Palacký University in Olomouc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42.7 | 35.4 | 18.8 | |
591-600 | Samara National Research University (Samara University) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.8 | 0 | 18 | |
591-600 | Южный федеральный университет | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.5 | 0 | 24.5 | |
591-600 | Universitat de Valencia | 0 | 28.6 | 23.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Differences in criteria and methods of evaluation of universities that use the leading compilers of the ratings affect the result largely depends on the final position of the universities in the League table. Please specify what first of all pay attention to the compilers of QS.
An important feature of the QS – considerable attention to the reputation of the universities in the academic environment. The experts weigh 40 %.
The following important factors - the contribution to global scientific research activities and teaching quality - weight 20 %. Contribution to research activities is defined as the citation index of scientific discoveries of the University, designed for every individual. The quality of teaching is evidenced by the number of teachers per student.
Finally, 5% in the world ranking of universities QS weigh ratios of foreign and local students, as well as foreign and local teachers, in the aggregate, showing the degree of internationalization of the University.