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Copyright © 2012 QS Intelligence Unit
Ben Sowter Head of Division, QS
Intelligence Unit
November 2012
To motivated people around the
achieve their by fostering international ,
educational and career
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Prospective Students
Government
University Leaders
Employers
Current Students
Scholarship Providers
Prospective Partners
Academics
Alumni
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Shanghai Rankings emerge
2003
QS (initially with THES) and Webometrics Rankings launched
2004
Employer component added to QS ranking
2005
QS University Rankings: Asia launched
2009
URAP rankings begin
2010
QS University Rankings: Latin America launch
October 2011
QS Best Student Cities published
February 2012
Improved subject tables extended to embrace 29 disciplines
June 2012
HEEACT ranking published for the first time
2007
Times Higher Education go their own way
2010
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
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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
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).
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1655% 1069%
763% 540%
320% 295% 291% 287%
251% 212%
200% 180% 177%
156% 140%
South Korea
Brazil
New Zealand
Czech Republic
Saudi Arabia
Ireland
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Greece
Poland
Italy
Chile
Australia
United Kingdom
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Source: OECD 2012
160,955 inbound students Top five destinations: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan, China 291% growth between 2000 and 2010
68,696 outbound students Top five destinations: Germany, US, UK, France, Czech
Republic
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Source: OECD 2012
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Academic Reputation Employer Reputation Faculty Student International Faculty International Students Citations per Faculty
Alumni Awards Faculty Awards HiCis Nature & Science SCI/SSCI Articles Size
Size Rich Files Scholar Visibility
Teaching Reputation PhDs per academic Undergrads per academic Income per academic PhDs/BachelorsCitations Papers per academic Research income Research reputation Co-authored papersInternational Staff International Students Industry income
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A UNIQUE LENS
QS the only global ranking authority to
consider it
Central to the life goals of most prospective
students
An essential inclusion in every QS assessment
World Class
University
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Academic Reputation
40%
Faculty Student
20% Citations per Faculty
20% Employer Reputation
10%
International Faculty 5%
International Students 5%
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 – places
Top 200 – places
Top an average of years younger than 2010
growth in international students at top
of all international students at top of institutions
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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
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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]
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Beware unsubstantiated claims…
Source: Alexa.com
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Official (known) policy recognition in
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Chile Denmark Brazil Malaysia
Netherlands Russia Singapore
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
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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
2012-2013: TOP 20
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United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Netherlands
Japan
Canada
Australia
China
Switzerland
Belgium
South Korea
Hong Kong
Sweden
France
Denmark
Ireland
Other
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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
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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
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ARWU QS Webometrics THE
1 Harvard MIT Harvard Caltech
2 Stanford Cambridge MIT Oxford
3 MIT Harvard Stanford Stanford
4 Berkeley UCL Berkeley Harvard
5 Cambridge Oxford Cornell MIT
6 Caltech Imperial Minnesota Princeton
7 Princeton Yale Pennsylvania Cambridge
8 Columbia Chicago Wisconsin Imperial
9 Chicago Princeton UIUC Berkeley
10 Oxford Caltech Michigan State Chicago
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August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 July 2012
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] National Nuclear Research U [774]
7 People’s Friendship [501-550]
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]
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August 2012 September 2012 October 2012 July 2012
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Year on year indicator performance: Russia
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Average indicator performance: Russia vs. Global
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Year on year faculty area performance
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Average faculty area performance: Russia vs. Global
Russia Global
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
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SYSTEM ACCESS FLAGSHIP ECONOMIC
2010 2011 2012
RUSSIA RANK
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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%
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The list is the origin of culture…
How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible?
Through lists.
Umberto Eco Essayist, Philosopher & Novelist
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Copyright © 2012 QS Intelligence Unit
Ben Sowter Head of Division, QS
Intelligence Unit
November 2012
Rankings have many faults and do not adequately describe universities and cannot show
whether one institution is better than another…
…but I am very happy when Cambridge is rated as the top university in the world
Alison Richard Former Vice-Chancellor, University of
Cambridge
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UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
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MORE DIMENSIONS
MORE CONTEXTS
29 subject tables in 2012
MORE SUBJECTS
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Med
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Chem
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Mat
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Phys
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Com
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Chem
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Eng
Elec
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Mec
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cal E
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Envi
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l Sci
Econ
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Civi
l Eng
Psyc
holo
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Acc
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Com
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Polit
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Educ
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Law
Geo
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Stat
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Lang
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His
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Ling
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Philo
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Soci
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Engl
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Citations Employer Academic
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100 80 60 40 20 0 20 40 60 80 100
EnglishHistory
LinguisticsLanguagesPhilosophy
Computer ScienceChemical Eng
Civil EngElectrical Eng
Mechanical EngBiology
MedicinePharmacy
PsychologyChemistry
Earth SciencesGeography
Environmental SciMaterials
MathematicsPhysics
Acc & FinanceCommunication
EducationEconomics
LawPolitics
SociologyStatistics
Academic Employer
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Radial bar chart depicting overall performance by discipline
Arts & Humanities
Engineering & Technology
Life Sciences & Medicine
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences & Management
Strongest Discipline
Chem
istry
70*
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Radial bar chart depicting overall performance by discipline
Arts & Humanities
Engineering & Technology
Life Sciences & Medicine
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences & Management
Strongest Discipline
Chem
istry
60*
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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
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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
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TOP FIVE BY SUBJECT
City Rank
Paris 1
London 2
New York 18
Moscow 37
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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
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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. 52
Learning Environment 100
Specialist Criteria 200
Advanced Criteria 100
Core Criteria 600
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Points Available – 1000
Facilities 6 indicators 100
Online/Distance 6 indicators 100
Discipline Ranking 2 indicators 150
Accreditation 2 indicators 50
Teaching 6 indicators 150
Employability 3 indicators 150
Research 5 indicators 150
Internationalization 7 indicators 150
Innovation 3 indicators 50
Culture 3 indicators 50
Access 4 indicators 50
Engagement 4 indicators 50
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