Previous IREG Observatory events

• IREG 2019 Conference in Bologna, Italy
• IREG-9 Conference, 23-25 May 2018, Belgium, Hasselt
• IREG Forum 2017, 12-14 March 2017, Doha, Qatar
• IREG-8 Conference: University Rankings and International Academic Relations - a Bridging Tool or a Hindrance?, Lisbon, Portugal 2016
• IREG Forum, Aalborg, Denmark 2015
• 2nd Academicus Event Maribor on Academic Excellence
• IREG-7 Conference, London 2014
• IREG Forum on Ranking Methodologies, Warsaw 2013
• Central Asia Regional Forum, Almaty 2012
• IREG-6 Conference, Taipei 2012
• IREG Forum on National Rankings, Bratislava 2011
• Academicus Event, Maribor 2010
• IREG-5 Conference, Berlin 2010
• IREG Round Table, Warsaw 2010
• IREG-4 Conference, Astana 2009. More...

Aside of the analysis of the position of Polish universities in global rankings, the conference focused on the experience of other countries in building research universities and improving the management of the research. The conference took place in a very special time for the higher education in Poland, just a few months after the Parliament passed the new “Law on Higher Education and Science”. The new law is primarily aimed at improving research and enhance internationalization brings radical changes to the way the academic life functions in Poland. More...

HackerRank a technology company that assesses student software developer skills on behalf of potential employers. It has just released rankings based on 14 million student assessments covering four criteria, Problem Solving, Language Proficiency, Data Structure Knowledge, and Computer Science Fundamentals. More...

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), better known as the Shanghai Rankings, is the oldest global university ranking. First published in 2003, it is well regarded for a consistent and transparent methodology. It has usually avoided the volatility that has sometimes undermined other global rankings. More...

The Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics) has been produced by the Cybermetrics Lab, a branch of the Spanish Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), since 2004. It currently ranks nearly 29,000 universities in every country in the world except North Korea. More...