The U-Multirank rankings are not conventional rankings that combine several indicators into a single score. Instead, they provide data that can be used to compare universities or to construct personalized rankings. U-Multirank compares university performance in five dimensions: teaching and learning, research, knowledge transfer, international orientation and regional engagement. More...
Malaysia aims for top 100 Ranking
Malaysia’s leading university, Universiti Malaya (UM), has announced its intention of breaking into the top 100 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings. The university has been quite successful in the Shanghai rankings where it is now in the 401-500 band and in the top 200 for engineering. More...
Nature Index Shows a Decline in Japanese Research
Nature Index has published a supplement on Japan indicating that the country’s research output has stagnated over the last few years both relatively and absolutely. Between 2005 and 2015 Japan’s world share of research articles fell from 8.4% to 5.2%. In contrast, the number of papers produced in China has increased remarkably. More...
Aus’s Gold Coast touts high-ranking credentials
By Amy Baker. Australia’s Study Gold Coast, on a trade mission to the UK, used a dinner event at Claridge’s in central London to promote its unique assets as an education destination with high-ranking institutions and beach lifestyle appeal too to education and industry stakeholders. More...
U-Multirank seeks new backers as EU likely to cut funding
By Nic Mitchell. The European Union-backed world university ranking U-Multirank – which claims to have broken the mould of international higher education league tables – has reached a milestone with its latest data release expected to be the last to be fully funded by the European Commission’s Erasmus+ program. More...
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Ranking report: Is your state among the best for higher education?
By Laura Ascione. The annual list, from financial technology company SmartAsset, compares four-year public colleges and universities using various metrics such as undergraduate graduation rates, average net price, 20-year return on investment (ROI), and the student-faculty ratio. More...
Second university ranking adds new overall category
By Ranjit Devraj and Yojana Sharma. India’s second annual round of ranking of its universities and other higher education institutions released last week includes a new overall category which looks at institutions across all disciplines. More...
UAE ranks three universities in top-10 subject lists
By Munyaradzi Makoni. Three South African universities have made it onto the score sheets of the inaugural subjects ranking of the Center for World University Rankings, or CWUR, published earlier this month. More...
New data creates world’s largest university ranking
By Brendan O'Malley. This is the fourth year of U-Multirank’s user-driven rankings – in which users can select the indicators they wish to use for comparison. It involves more universities than before and claims to identify “hidden gem” universities that are bold new competitors on the world stage in a host of different areas. More...