Zoya Zaitseva

Regional Director | QS Intelligence Unit

Association of Asian Universities:Rankings Game

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• QS Rankings

• QS Star Ratings

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• Academic Reputation Dataset

• Employer Reputation Dataset

Consulting &

Technology

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• Branding & Conference Solutions

• Best practice consulting

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GLOBAL UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

’03 ’04 ’05 ’06 ’07 ’08 ’09 ’10 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ‘17

1 ARWU/Shanghai

2 Webometrics

3 QS

4 4icu

5 NTU/HEEACT

6 Leiden

7 URAP

8 SCImago R R R R R R R

9 THE

10 Trendence/Emerging

11 RUR R R R

12 U-Multirank

13 UI GreenMetric E E E E E e

14 CWUR

15 Youth Incorporated

16 nature INDEX

17 RankPro

18 US News

19 Reuters I I i

20 3 Missions

Source: Illuminate Consulting Group

INTELLIGENCE UNIT

▪ Academic performance with league table

▪ Academic performance without league table

▪ Broad based league table

▪ “Multidimensional” ranking

▪ Employability based league table

▪ Web presence league table

▪ Retroactive

▪ Environmental Focus

▪ Innovation Focus

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GLOBAL MBA

EMBA

DISTANCE/ ONLINE MBA

48 SPECIFIC SUBJECTS

5 BROAD AREAS

BUSINESS MASTERS

ARAB REGION

BRICS

EECA

ASIA

LATIN AMERICA

QS STARS

GRADUATE EMPLOYABILITY

REIMAGINE EDUCATION

BEST STUDENT CITIES

HE SYSTEMS

QS CLASSIFICATIONS

TOP 50 UNDER50

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BY REGION

BY CONTEXT

BYTYPE

BYSUBJECT

BYMISSION

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7WUR

(2004)

ASIA(2009)

Latin(2011)

BRICS(2013)

EECA(2014)

ARAB(2014)

QS RANKINGS METHODOLOGY

QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2019 IN NUMBERS

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1,000PUBLISHED

1,011RANKED

60NEW ENTRANTS

21SPECIALISTS

CONSIDERED

OVER

1,200INSTITUTIONS EVALUATED

OVER

1.4mSURVEY NOMINATIONS

OVER

42,000EMPLOYER RESPONSES

OVER

83,000ACADEMIC RESPONSES

151COUNTRIES COVERED IN SURVEY ANALYSIS

NEARLY

67mCITATIONS

NEARLY

13mPAPERS

OVER

4,700UNIVERSITIES CONSIDERED

1,000UNIVERSITIES

DISTRIBUTION OF INSTITUTIONS BY REGION

6.4%

9.1%

39.9%

QSWorld University

Rankings

2019

18.1%

26.5%

85COUNTRIES COVERED

(TOP 1000)

1,011INSTITUTIONS

RANKED

21SPECIALISTS

EVALUATED

ACADEMIC REPUTATION

83,877ACADEMIC

RESPONDENTS

+12%

1,258,811ACADEMIC

NOMINATIONS

+38%

151COUNTRIES

FEATURED

NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS NOMINATED BY ACADEMICS

2018

2019

4,764

4,378

There has been an

increase of almost 9% in

the number of

institutions nominated

by academics

globally.

EMPLOYER REPUTATION

42,862EMPLOYER

RESPONDENTS

+6%

199,123EMPLOYER

NOMINATIONS

+38%

142COUNTRIES

FEATURED

NUMBER OF INSTITUTIONS NOMINATED BY EMPLOYERS

2018

2019 4,063

3,494

The US, Europe and Australia

dominate the Employer Reputation

indicator, with particular success in the

attraction of international nominations.

China, India and Russia are also

showing solid results but with stronger

focus on their national markets.

38%INCREASE IN ACADEMIC & EMPLOYER NOMINATIONS

RECEIVED ACADEMIC NOMINATIONS: DISTRIBUTION BY COUNTRY

International Domestic

1,258,811ACADEMIC

NOMINATIONS FROM

83,877RESPONDENTS

NOMINATING

4,764UNIVERSITIES

RECEIVED EMPLOYER NOMINATIONS: DISTRIBUTION BY COUNTRY

International Domestic

199,123EMPLOYER NOMINATIONS

FROM

42,862RESPONDENTS

NOMINATING

4,063UNIVERSITIES

4,964 AVERAGE RECORDS

PER INSTITUTION

12.1% YEAR ON YEAR

INCREASE

47,199AVERAGE CITATIONS

PER INSTITUTION

22.2%YEAR ON YEAR

INCREASE

RUSSIA IN THE QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2019WUR University – RUSSIA - 27 2017 2018 Change

Lomonosov Moscow State University 95= 90 5

Saint-Petersburg State University 240= 235 5

Novosibirsk State University 250= 244= 6

Tomsk State University 323= 277= 46

Bauman Moscow State Technical University 291 299= -8

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology State University 355= 312 43

National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI" 373= 329= 44

NRU - Higher School of Economics (HSE) 382= 343= 39

MGIMO University 373= 355= 18

Tomsk Polytechnic University 386= 373= 13

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University 401-410 404 6

Ural Federal University 491-500 412= 88

Kazan Federal University 441-450 439= 11

RUDN University 501-600 446= 154

National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" 501-550 476= 74

National Research Saratov State University 551-600 501-510 50+

ITMO University 601-650 511-520 100+

Southern Federal University (SFEDU) 551-600 531-540 50+

Far Eastern Federal University 601-650 541-550 100+

Altai State University 601-650 New

N.I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhni Novgorod 701-750 601-650 100+

Samara National Research University (Samara University) 801-1000 701-750 200+

Siberian Federal University 801-1000 New

South Ural State University 801-1000 New

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics 801-1000 801-1000 0

Voronezh State University 801-1000 801-1000 0

Novosibirsk State Technical University 801-1000 801-1000 0

2019 2018

220 236=

394= 336

464= 411-420

480 501-550

481= 491-500

651-700 651-700

651-700

651-700 651-700

751-800

801-1000 801-1000

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Two new entries from

Kazakhstan this year and

rather positive dynamic for

the country – out of 10

ranked 3 improved and 3

stayed within the same

group which means not

only they’ve performed

better than themselves last

year, but also better than

world average change.

Best growth was achieved

in Student/Faculty ratio.

Employer Reputation came

second best.

Most challenging

indicators: Citations per

Faculty and Academic

Reputation.

WUR University – Kazakhstan - 10

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University

Kazakh National Technical University after K.I.Satpayev

M.O.Auezov South Kazakhstan State University

Kazakh National Pedagogical University Abai

E.A.Buketov Karaganda State University

Kazakh National Agrarian University

Kazakh-British Technical University

Karaganda State Technical University

Kazakh Ablai khan University of International Relations and World Languages

BUT WHICH RANKING IS MORE USEFUL?

❑ Do you know what your 5 strongest subjects are?

Source: QS Student Ranking Survey

SUBJECT SENSITIVE WEIGHTINGS

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WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

REGIONAL RANKINGS: EECA

Faculty Staff & International Faculty Staff

Undergraduate & International Undergraduate Students

Graduate / Postgraduate & International Students

Overall Student & International Students

Domestic & International Tuition Fees

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE ?

FACULTY STAFF WITH PHD

CRITICAL RANKINGS STATISTICS

ALISON RICHARDFormer Vice-ChancellorUniversity of Cambridge

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

Global Engagement & Visibility

• Greater insight, understanding and intelligence regarding the national and global rankings of the institution through access to QSIU proprietary data

• Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the different unaggregated reputational and research components and identify the very elements of strengths and weaknessesbeyond scores and data

• Mapping and modelling of existing and potential partnerships based on existing and possible university research competencies

• Greater global visibility through an effective PR strategy highlighting specific actions, platforms and directions in line with the institution’s history and competencies

Samara can enhance its global presence through a more targeted and aligned approach to planning, partnerships and global engagement

Institutions can enhance their global presence through a more targeted and aligned approach to planning, partnerships and global engagement

WHAT INSTITUTIONS NEED

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USEFUL RESOURCES

QS.com

Methodology:

• QS World University Rankings:http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/

• QS University Rankings by Subject: http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/subject-tables/

• Data sources: http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/links/

Academic Reputation:

• Sources: http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/indicator-academic/

• Profile of respondents: http://www.iu.qs.com/academic-survey-responses/

Results:

• QS World University Rankings:https://www.topuniversities.com/qs-world-university-rankings

• QS University Rankings by Subject: https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2018

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