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       INTRODUCTION
       “Times Higher Education’s goal is                                                                          TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION IS DEDICATED TO HELP HIGHER 
       to work with the sector to help                                                                            EDUCATION DELIVER TRANSFORMATIONAL TEACHING, 
       universities understand their position                                                                     RESEARCH AND INNOVATION.
       against their mission, and to support 
       them in their endeavour to deliver                                                                         THE’s globally-recognised rankings reflect this vision:
       transformational teaching, research, 
                                                                            Phil Baty                                                           WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
       innovation and impact.                                               CHIEF KNOWLEDGE OFFICER, THE                                        The only global performance tables that judge research-
       The THE World University Rankings                                                                                                        intensive universities across all their core missions: 
                                                                                                                                                teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international 
       – as the world’s most comprehensive                                                                                                      outlook.
       and balanced university rankings 
       system – is a vital part of that mission,                                                                                                IMPACT RANKINGS
       offering a headline view of the rapidly                                                                                                  With a focus on impact and sustainability, THE’s Impact 
                                                                                                                                                Rankings are the only global performance tables that 
       changing global higher education and                                                                                                     assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable 
       research environment.”                                                                                                                   Development Goals (SDGs). 
                                                                                                                                                TEACHING RANKINGS
                                                                                                                                                Regional specific rankings that evaluate universities’ 
                                                                                                                                                resources, student engagement, outcomes and the learning 
                                                                                                                                                environment. 
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                                                                                                            RANKINGS METHODOLOGY                                                                                                                                                INTERNATIONAL           INDUSTRY 
          UNIVERSITY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            OUTLOOK                 INCOME
                                                                                                            TEACHING                                                          RESEARCH                                         CITATIONS                                        (staff,students,        (knowledge 
          RANKINGS                                                                                          (the learning environment)                                        (volume, Income and reputation)                  (research influence)                             research)               transfers)
          THE MOST ROBUST METHODOLOGY                                                                         30%                                                              30%                                              30%                                              7.5%                         2.5%
          UNDERPINNED BY SOUND DATA                                                                           15%                                                              18%                                                                                                   2.5%
          108 million citations analysed                                                                      4.5%                                                             6%                                                                                                       2.5%
          14.4 million research publications                                                                  2.25%                                                            6%                                                                                                           2.5%
          430,000 data points from institutions
          140,000 reputation survey votes                                                                     6%
          22,000 reputation survey respondents                                                                2.25%
          2,144 institutions submitted data
          1,662 institutions included                                                                         15% Teaching reputation survey                                  18% Research reputation survey                                                                    2.5% 
                                                                                                              4.5% Staff to student ratio                                     6% Research income                                                                                Proportions of 
          99 countries/territories included                                                                   2.25% Doctorate to bachelor’s ratio                             6% Research productivity                                                                          International 
                                                                                                              6% Doctorate to academic staff ratio                                                                                                                              student
                                                                                                              2.25% Institutional income                                                                                                                                        2.5% 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Proportions of 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                International staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                            To see the full methodology                                         2.5% 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   CLICK HERE                                                   International 
          ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 collaboration
            Must publish at least 1,000 
               papers over a 5-year period (using                                                                                                                             “There is no world department of education, but Times 
               Elsevier’s Scopus database)                                                                                                                                    Higher Education are doing a real service to universities 
            Must teach undergraduates across                                                                                                                                 by developing definitions and data that can be used for 
               a variety of subjects                                                                                                                                          comparison and understanding.”
                                                                                                                                                                              LYDIA SNOVER, Director of Institutional Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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         WHY                                                                                                                                                                                                   “The Trends in Higher 
         RANKINGS                                                                                                                                     02 BRAND AND                                             Education Marketing, 
         MATTER                                                                                                                                                       VISIBILITY                               Recruitment, and 
                                                                                                                                                  THE’s World University Rankings – a vital resource           Technology study [Hanover 
         THE’s rankings offer a popular and digestible way to measure and                                                                         for students and their families as well as for academics     Research, 2014] shows 
         benchmark university performance across a variety of key metrics.                                                                        and university administrators and governments across 
         They also provide an influential platform for building international brand                                                               the world – help to attract more than 30 million people 
                                                                                                                                                  to our website each year, and as they make headlines         that university branding 
         visibility,forging strategic partnerships and recruiting international                                                                   around the world, they touch hundreds of millions more 
         students and academic talent. Here are some reasons why your                                                                             individuals.                                                 requires constant effort and 
         university should participate in THE’s World University Rankings:                                                                        In the Rankings in Institutional Strategies and Processes    data to support a desired 
                                                                                                                                                  (RISP) report by the European University Association 
                                                                                                                                                  (2014), a survey of 171 higher education institutions        image. A university’s 
                                                                                                                                                  from 39 countries found that more than three-quarters of 
                                                                                                                                                  institutions used their position in rankings for marketing   position in rankings serves 
                                                                                                                                                  and publicity purposes.                                      this purpose well. Ranking 
             01 ORGANISATIONAL  “The university governing                                                                                         DOES YOUR INSTITUTION USE 
                             MANAGEMENT                               body has set very clear                                                     ITS POSITION IN RANKINGS FOR                                 outcomes are often 
                             AND STRATEGY                             targets about where they                                                    MARKETING OR PUBLICITY PURPOSES?                             mentioned on institutional 
         THE’s rankings encourage a healthy internal dialogue                                                                                                                 4%                               websites, on social 
         regarding multiple facets of performance. According to       want the university to be 
         an OECD survey of university leaders, 68 per cent use                                                                                                                                                 media and institutional 
         rankings as a management tool to bring about strategic,      internationally…and [the                                                                                              20%
         organisational, managerial and/or academic change.           ranking] that the governors                                                                                                              presentations in order 
         Rankings can be used to create target agreements on                                                                                                                                                   to increase institutional 
         an institutional-level or within specific faculties, and     asked us to map on to and 
         many institutions form dedicated steering committees to                                                                                    46%                                                        visibility and credibility.”
         discuss such topics.                                         set our objectives with is 
                                                                                                                                                                                                               ANNA-MALIN SANDSTROM, 
                                                                      the Times Higher Education                                                                                                               Policy officer, EAIE
                                                                      World University Rankings.”                                                                                         30%
                                                                      STEVE SMITH, 
                                                                      Vice-chancellor (former), University of Exeter, UK
                                                                                                                                                       Yes, always         Only if the position has 
                                                                                                                                                                           changed from previous editions
                                                                                                                                                       Occasionally        No
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