In conjunction with 4th QS-MAPLE, an exclusive QS rankings session will be conducted after the main conference on Thursday, May 8, 2014. This year’s rankings workshop will be a very special one: QS World University Rankings: Arab World.
The QS Intelligence Unit aims to execute a regional ranking that enables us to dig deeper into what is happening in the developing economies of the Arab world. Rather than a sole source of information pertaining to quality, this ranking should also be seen as a tool that can help improve transparency and accountability in the regional and global market of higher education.
We would like to kick-off this project with you helping us identify most relevant indicators for evaluating universities in the Arab world according to feasibility, applicability and priority of those indicators, measuring key features such as research and teaching quality, graduate employability, internationalization, inclusion, university output, innovation and knowledge transfer, third mission or infrastructure. Your input will be essential in defining a strong yet practical methodology for which we are able to collect data as complete and accurate as possible.

U-Multirank will launch Tuesday, 13 May 2014!
The press event will be livestreamed for the public’s viewing. Details regarding the livestream will be made available once available. U-Multirank will cover more than 800 higher education institutions from more than 70 countries worldwide.
The fields of study for 2014 will include Business, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Physics.
Additional information about the project, participation and the benefits of participating can be found in our “Frequently Asked Questions”.
Pre-registration for U-Multirank 2015 is open!
At this time registration of interest is possible for institutions that want to join in 2015. The fields then will probably be Computer Science, Psychology, Sociology/Social Sciences and Music.
Institutions which have already registered for 2014 do not have to re-register for 2015!
Pre-register your university’s interest for 2015.

What is it?
U-Multirank is a new user-driven, multidimensional, world ranking of universities and colleges covering many aspects of higher education: research, teaching and learning, international orientation, knowledge transfer and regional. U-Multirank is an independent ranking, with financial support in its initial years from the European Union.
Why is it being done?
The potential of European higher education institutions to fulfil their role in society and to contribute to economic and social development is underexploited. More transparency is needed so that different stakeholders – students, institutions, businesses, policy makers – can deepen their understanding of how higher education institutions are performing. U-Multirank is a key tool for this.
What has been done?
Following a feasibility study, U-Multirank is now being implemented. See more...

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