Rankings Workshop - Ben Sowter

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WORLD 100
CONFERENCE
Ben Sowter
QS Intelligence Unit
16 SEPTEMBER 2013
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ON A MISSION FROM GOD
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To enable
MOTIVATED
PEOPLE
around the
to achieve their
POTENTIAL
by fostering
EDUCATIONAL
ACHIEVEMENT
INTERNATIONAL
MOBILITY
and
CAREER
DEVELOPMENT
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OUR AUDIENCE
ACADEMICS
ALUMNI
PROSPECTIVE
STUDENTS
PROSPECTIVE
PARTNERS
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SCHOLARSHIP
PROVIDERS
GOVERNMENT
CURRENT
STUDENTS
EMPLOYERS
UNIVERSITY
LEADERS
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
GROWTH
Worldwide
4.3m
OECD
G20 countries
Europe
North America
Oceania
2.1m
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Source: OECD and UNESCO Institute for Statistics for most data on non-OECD countries.
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STUDENT CHALLENGES
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INCREASING
COST
INCREASING
STUDENT
NUMBERS
INCREASING
INTERNATIONAL
STUDENT
NUMBERS
GENERIC
MARKETING
MESSAGES
EMPLOYER
SKILLS GAP
INFORMATION
OVERLOAD!
LACK OF
INDEPENDENT
FILTERING TOOLS
MORE
UNIVERSITIES
RECRUITING
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OUR APPROACH
WORLD
CLASS
UNIVERSITY
A UNIQUE LENS
QS the only global ranking
authority to consider it
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Central to the life goals of
most prospective students
An essential inclusion in
every QS assessment
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ACADEMIC
REPUTATION
EMPLOYER
REPUTATION
INT’L
FACULTY
FACULTY
STUDENT
CITATIONS
PER FACULTY
INT’L
STUDENTS
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DRAMATIC
SURVEY
RESPONSE
GROWTH
SURVEY MEASURES
ACADEMIC
EMPLOYER
20 20 20 20
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10 11 12 27,957
15,050
33,785
46,079
5,007
16,744
25,564
INT’L
RESPONSES
RESPONSES
EXCLUSIVE
TO SUBJECT
SPECIFIC
SUBJECT
RESPONSES
62,084
GEOGRAPHIC
BALANCE
EMPHASIS
APPLIED
THROUGH
WEIGHTING
10
EMPLOYERS
TARGETING
SUBJECT
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QS
THE
(2004)
(2010)
LEIDEN
(2009)
GLOBAL
UNIVERSITIES
RANKING
(2009)
MINES
PARIS
TECH
(2003)
UMULTIRANK
(2014)
(2007)
HEEACT/
NTU
SCIMAGO
(2009)
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ARWU
(2007)
WEBO
URAP
CWUR
(2004)
(2010)
(2013)
HIGH
PERFORMANCE
UNIVERSITIES
(2009)
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COMPARING
METHODOLOGIES
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ARWU
QS
(2003)
(2004)
WEBOMETRICS
(2004)
TIMES
HIGHER
EDUCATION
(2010)
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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
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ALISON RICHARD
Former Vice-Chancellor
University of Cambridge
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RANKINGS
INEVITABLE
SIMPLE
DANGEROUS
POWERFUL
“SEXY”
USEFUL
SIMPLISTIC
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DISEASE
BIASED
CONSUMERIST CONTROVERSIAL
EMOTIVE
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Essentially all models
THE wrong,
“Halo EffEct”
are
but (1920)
some
are useful
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GEORGE E.P. BOX
“Accidental Statistician”
1919-2013
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IN NUMBERS
OVER
OVER
OVER
3,000 15m
50m
800
UNIVERSITIES
CONSIDERED
DIRECT WEB
VISITORS
TOTAL WEB
VISITORS
UNIVERSITIES
RANKED
COVERED IN
OVER
USED BY OVER
RUN FOR
500+
70k
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10
MAJOR MEDIA
OUTLETS
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OVER
SURVEY
NATIONAL
RESPONDENTS GOVERNMENTS
OVER
LED BY
OVER
30
50+
100
ACADEMIC
ADVISORS
YEARS RANKING NEW ENTRIES
EXPERIENCE
IN 2013
YEARS IN
2013
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UNESCO BOOK
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IREG APPROVED
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2013-2014: TOP 20
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3
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10=
10=
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17=
18=
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
UCL (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON)
IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
YALE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CALTECH)
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
ETH ZURICH (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY)
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
19=
19=
ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL)
KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (KCL)
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The list is the origin of
culture…
How does one attempt to
grasp the incomprehensible?
Through lists.
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UMBERTO ECO
Essayist, Philosopher & Novelist
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NEW LOOK TABLES
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topuniversities.com
iu.qs.com
@bensowter
@worlduniranking
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
facebook.com/
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linkedin.com/in/bensowter
THANK YOU
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GLOBAL RELEASE
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10=
PRINCETON
UNIVERSITY
ESTABLISHED
1746
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
WOODROW
WILSON
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10=
CALIFORNIA
INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
ESTABLISHED
1891
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
SHELDON
COOPER
FRANK
BORMAN
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GLOBAL RELEASE
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9
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UNIVERSITY OF
CHICAGO
ESTABLISHED
1890
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
ELIOT
NESS
INDIANA
JONES
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YALE
UNIVERSITY
ESTABLISHED
1701
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
THE
CLINTONS
MERYL
STREEP
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STANFORD
UNIVERSITY
ESTABLISHED
1891
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
SIGOURNEY JOHN F.
WEAVER
KENNEDY
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UNIVERSITY OF
OXFORD
ESTABLISHED
~1096
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
MR.
BEAN
DAVID
CAMERON
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IMPERIAL
COLLEGE
LONDON
ESTABLISHED
1907
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
H.G.
WELLS
ROGER
BANNISTER
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UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE
LONDON
ESTABLISHED
1826
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
H.G.
WELLS
ROGER
BANNISTER
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UNIVERSITY OF
CAMBRIDGE
ESTABLISHED
1209
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
BORAT
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
STEPHEN
HAWKING
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HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
ESTABLISHED
1636
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
MARK
BARACK
OBAMA
ZUCKERBERG
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MASSACHUSETTS
INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY
ESTABLISHED
1636
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
NOTABLE
ALUMNI
BUZZ
ALDRIN
KOFI
ANNAN
2010
2011
2012
2013
25
20
AVG SHIFT IN POSITION
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AVG SHIFT IN POSITION
WITHIN RANGE
7.5
15
10
5
46
0
50
100
200
300
RANKED WITHIN
400
500
Top 100
Top 200
Top 300
Top 400
Top 500
5,500
5,000
AVG. FTE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
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RUNNING TO STAND STILL?
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4,500
22.8%
increase in
three years
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
2010
2011
2012
2013
Top 100
Top 200
Top 300
Top 400
Top 500
30,000
25,000
AVG. PAPERS PUBLISHED - SCOPUS
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RUNNING TO STAND STILL?
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15.4%
increase in
two years
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
2011
2012
2013
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ASIA’S LEADERS
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Tokyo
NUS
HKU
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RANKING HISTORY
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625
21
23
25
27
29
31
49
33
675
35
2007
2008
2009
2005 2006 2007 2008
2010
2009
2011
2012
2013
2010 2011 2012 2013
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FAST CLIMBERS
15
65
SKKU
PUC Chile
Groningen
RANKING HISTORY
625
115
165
215
265
315
50
365
675
415
2007
2008
2009
2005 2006 2007 2008
2010
2009
2011
2012
2013
2010 2011 2012 2013