Inside the 2019 THE World University Rankings&

Reputation data and Generation Z

Zainab Malik, Head of Consultancy, THEMichael Lubacz, Brand Director, THE

The 2019 results

A word about methodology

Geographical• Asia• Europe• Latin America• Emerging Economies• Asia Pacific• Arab World

Subjects• Arts and Humanities• Social Sciences• Business and Economics • Clinical and Medical• Life Sciences• Physical Sciences• Engineering• Computer Sciences• Psychology• Law• Education

Young Universities

ReputationImpact and InnovationApril 2019

Understanding universities across the world

Europe Teaching Rankings

The data for the World University Ranking

Performance data1643 Universities

Reputation data173,037 Votes

Bibliometric dataElsevier

Inclusion criteria

• More than 1 000 papers with a lower limit of 150 per year

• Teach undergraduates

• No single subject more than 80% of staff

Number of universities ranked up

2004-2009 2010-2014 2015/16 2016/17 2018 2019

Data flows

New countries

• University of Dar es Salaam

(Tanzania)

• University of Baghdad

(Iraq)

• Tribhuvan University

(Nepal)

• The University of the West Indies

(Jamaica)

• Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

• L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National

University

(Kazakhstan)

Methodology changes 2019

• Increased number of universities in World University Ranking

• Widened criteria for subject rankings

ARTS AND HUMANITIES

506 Ranked

Up from

400 Ranked

SOCIAL SCIENCES

666 Ranked

Up from400 Ranked

BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

585 Ranked

Up from 200 Ranked

CLINICAL, PRE-CLINICAL AND HEALTH

721 Ranked

Up from500 Ranked

LAW

187 Ranked

Up from100 Ranked

EDUCATION

428 Ranked

Up from100 Ranked

LIFE SCIENCES

751 Ranked

Up from500 Ranked

PHYSICAL SCIENCES

963 Ranked

Up from500 Ranked

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

903 Ranked

Up from500 Ranked

COMPUTER SCIENCE

684 Ranked

Up from300 Ranked

PSYCHOLOGY

463 Ranked

Up from100 Ranked

Subject Rankings 2019

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Insights - Country-level results

Overall performance 2019

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Internationalisation

Internationalisation (n>5)

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Insights - China

Exponential growth in student numbers in China and India

A (few) quick note(s) on China

• Maturing higher education system

• Growth in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings

• Significant increase in research production and quality

• Drastic funding change

Exponential growth in student numbers in China and India

Mobility and enrolments in China

The rise of China from 40 Universities to 72

Scholarly output: US, UK, Germany, India and Australia

Source: Elsevier

Scholarly output: US, UK, Germany, India, Australia and China

Source: Elsevier

Percentage of publications that are highly cited: Elite university groupings

Source: Elsevier

Percentage of publications that are highly cited: Elite university groupings

Source: Elsevier

Rapid growth in budget of the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Funding has increased 360 times in 31 years.

Now stands at 28 billion RMB (£3.2 billion).

R&D funding in China

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Insights – Australia & China

Changes in performance: China

Changes in performance: Australia

Reputation and citations

Reputation and citations

Reputation and citations

Reputation

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Insights – Internationalisation

World distribution

World vs. Australia

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Excluding the USA

International publications vs. FWCI

Source: Elsevier

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