THE World University Rankings 2021: methodology

Here we explain how we assess data on more than 1,500 institutions to produce the tables The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are the only global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and i...

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Published inTimes Higher Education no. 2464
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London THE World Universities Insights Limited 03.09.2020
Subjects
Author productivity
Bibliometrics
Business metrics
College students
Colleges & universities
Educational Environment
Knowledge
Law Enforcement
Periodicals
Productivity
Reputation
Reputations
School environment
Teaching
Teaching Methods
Undergraduate Students
Universities
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Summary:Here we explain how we assess data on more than 1,500 institutions to produce the tables The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are the only global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The full methodology is published in the file at the bottom of this page. [[{"fid":"5192215","view_mode":"wysiwyg","fields":{"format":"wysiwyg","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"WUR methodology graphic","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_css_class[und][0][value]":""},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"2":{"format":"wysiwyg","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"WUR methodology graphic","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":false,"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_css_class[und][0][value]":""}},"attributes":{"alt":"WUR methodology graphic","class":"media-element file-wysiwyg","data-delta":"2"}}]] Teaching (the learning environment): 30% Reputation survey: 15% Staff-to-student ratio: 4.5% Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio: 2.25% Doctorates-awarded-to-academic-staff ratio: 6% Institutional income: 2.25% The most recent Academic Reputation Survey (run annually) that underpins this category was carried out between November 2019 and February 2020. [...]income is crucial to the development of world-class research, and because much of it is subject to competition and judged by peer review, our experts suggested that it was a valid measure.
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