Kiplinger’s Best College Values 2017,published in February, rank US universities and colleges according to the quality of education provided plus their affordability. It is a ranking for students as consumers. Indicators include admission rate, four-year graduation rate, total cost, average aid, average debt at graduation and salary. More...

The latest edition of Round University Ranking has been published. This ranking is produced by the Moscow based RUR Agency and uses information supplied by Clarivate Analytics that includes statistical data submitted by institutions, bibliometric data from the Web of Science Core Collection, and an academic reputation survey with over 10,000 respondents. More...

The second edition of the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) has been published by the Indian Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). A number of methodological changes have been introduced including assigning an overall score to all large or centrally funded institutions. More...

Etvos Lorand University (member of IREG Observatory) organized a regional seminar “Universities on Crossroads of National and Global Rankings” in Budapest on 31 March 2017 to discuss the meaning and usefulness of global and national rankings for higher education systems in smaller countries with limited number of universities. While positions at the top of global rankings seem out of reach for these universities, they feel a need to compare themselves against institutions and faculties not only in their own countries but also with their counterparts in other countries and especially within the region. More...