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SummaryRound University Ranking (RUR Ranking) is a world university ranking, assessing effectiveness of 930 leading world universities based on 20 indicators distributed among 4 key dimensions area: teaching, research, international diversity, financial sustainability. The RUR Rankings publisher is an independent RUR rankings Agency, located in Moscow, Russia.

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Introduction:Round University Ranking (RUR) is a world university ranking, which measures performance of 930 leading world universities by 20 indicators across 4 key missions: teaching, research, international diversity and financial sustainability. The ranking is published by RUR Rankings Agency and based in Moscow, Russia.

RUR Rankings Agency was founded in 2013 and based in Moscow, Russian Federation. The Agency publishes world university ranking - Round University Ranking (RUR) rankings system and also offers consulting services for universities to strengthen their competitiveness in higher education sector.Round University Ranking (RUR) is an international world university rankings system which measures performance of 850 leading world universities from 80 countries by 20 unique indicators and 4 key areas of university activities:

1- teaching,2- research,3- international diversity, 4- financial sustainability.

All raw data for RUR Rankings is provided by an international company Thomson Reuters. RUR Rankings cover the period from 2010 to the present.RUR Rankings is designed as an evaluation system aimed to provide sufficient information about university performance to address stakeholder's personal tasks: students, academic community, university management, policy makers.

RUR DataAll the raw data (like number of students, academic staff etc.) is provided by Thomson Reuters through a special



data survey called Global Institutional Profiles Project (GIPP). This survey is conducted annually in the spring and covers around 850 higher education institutions through all over the world with the prospective expansion by 1000+.

Three types of the raw data are used in RUR:1. Statistical datao • In GIPP universities provide information about 20

raw indicators which are used to generate 100 scaled indicators (ratio between 2 values) of which in turn 20 are used in RUR Rankings.

2. Bibliomteric datao • For bibliometric/scientometrics information RUR

Rankings use the raw data extracted from Web of Science Core Collection.

3. Reputation datao • As a part of Global Institutional Profiles Project, a

special Academic Reputation Survey is conducted annually. Each reputation survey include around 60,000 responses from 10,000 respondents which present all dimensions of global academic community. Please find more details about reputation survey in the methodology.

Round University Ranking is the comprehensive system of world university rankings which includes 4 main rankings with prospectives for expansions and also sub-rankings within the 4 key rankings:

1. RUR Overall RankingsOverall Ranking evaluates instituional performance by 20 indicators which are grouped in 4 dimensions. In turn each dimension of Overall ranking forms a



separate ranking where 5 metrics of each 4 groups are included. The list of RUR rankings by dimensions is the following:

o • Teaching Ranking;o • Research Ranking;o • International Diversity Ranking;o • Financial Sustainability Ranking.

2. RUR Subject RankingsThe methodology of subject rankings is identical to the methodology of the overall ranking. In rankings by 6 broad subject areas we use the same 20 indicators, grouped in 4 dimension areas. What differentiate these two sets of rankings is the raw data used in each of the group.Each of the subject rankings falls into 5 rankings: overall (20 indicators) and 4 dimension rankings (5 indicators per each ranking).List of RUR Subject Rankings:

o • Humanitieso • Life Sciences;o • Natural Sciences;o • Technical Sciences;o • Social Sciences;o • Medical Sciences.

3. RUR Reputation RankingsRUR Reputation Rankings are aimed to measure universities brand, influence of a particular institution globally. This ranking assess institutions by only two indicators (teaching and research reputation) with the same weight of 50% per each indicator.



4. RUR Research Perfomance Ranking

RUR Research Performance Ranking evaluates institution’s performance in terms of its scientific effectiveness, quality and recognition of researches conducted in certain university. The selection of scientometric indicators, some of which coincides with RUR Research sub ranking metrics, is used in this ranking. The list of indicators is presented below:

o • Normalizaed citation impact;o • Citation per papers;o • Papers per academic and research staff;o • Research reputation;o • International co-authored papers.

RUR MethodologyTo evaluate performance of 850 leading world universities RUR Rankings system use the unique comprehensive methodology and assess higher education institutions performance by 20 separate indicators (see below)

Teaching indicators

Research indicators

Academic staff per students

Citations per academic and research staff



Academic staff per bachelor degrees

Doctoral degrees per admitted PhD

Doctoral degrees per academic staff

Normalized citation impact

Doctoral degrees per bachelor degrees

Papers per Academic and research staff

Teaching reputation

Research reputation

International Diversity indicators

Financial Sustainability indicators

International academic staff

Institutional income per academic staff

International students

Institutional income per students

International co-authored papers

Papers per million research income



International reputation

Research income per Academic staff

International level Research income per institutional income

Key features • 20 indicators that cover key areas of university activities:

teaching, research, international diversity and financial sustainability.

• Detailed statistics on all institutions, which includes user-friendly profiles with both ranks and points on each of 20 indicators and separately measured 4 key areas.

• Access to 850 profiles of leading world universities with prospective increase by 1000 participants.

• Visitors from over 100 countries including world capitals: London, New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Singapore, Hong Kong etc.

• RUR is the international news feed which publishes news of the world higher education sector.

For university management • RUR allows participating institutions to evaluate their

performance by 20 indicators. Advanced analytical services on RUR website allow users to conduct comprehensive analysis by all key missions of institutional performance.

• RUR is an inclusive evaluation system without any limitations for participation. All higher education institutions in the world are welcome to take part in RUR.



For students • Choose your dream university from 850 leading world

universities. • Explore our world map in order to find university with the

best geographical location.World University RankingsRUR World University Rankings evaluate performance of 761 world’s leading higher education institutions by 20 indicators grouped into 4 key areas of university activity: Teaching, Research, International Diversity, Financial Sustainability. You can view the rankings for the period of 2010-2017 by selecting the year on the timeline and by choosing the ranking type in the menu below.

Subject RankingsRUR Subject Rankings evaluate performance of 761 world’s leading higher education institutions by 6 broad subject areas: Humanities, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Technical Sciences, Social Sciences. All universities are assessed by the same 20 indicators and 4 key areas of university activities as RUR World University Rankings. You can view the rankings for the period of 2014-2016 by selecting the year on the timeline and by choosing the ranking type in the menu below.



Indicators Rankings

RUR Indicators Rankings are focused on each of 20 indicators separateley. You can compare universities by RUR World University Ranking as well as all subject rankings. Please choose the year on the timeline and one of six subject areas to generate the ranking by separate indicator.


http://roundranking.com/ranking/indicator_ranking.html


Reputation RankingsRUR Subject Rankings evaluate performance of 761 world’s leading higher education institutions by 6 broad subject areas: Humanities, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Natural Sciences, Technical Sciences, Social Sciences. All universities are assessed by the same 20 indicators and 4 key areas of university activities as RUR World University Rankings. You can view the rankings for the period of 2014-2016 by selecting the year on the timeline and by choosing the ranking type in the menu below.


http://roundranking.com/ranking/reputation-rankings.html


Academic RankingsRUR Academic Ranking evaluates academic staff, their research productivity and citations as well as academic reputation in quality of research. For this purposes, 10 indicators with 10% weighting per each indicator are used compared with 20 indicators in RUR World University Rankings.


http://roundranking.com/ranking/academic-rankings.html


RUR World Map

The world map of RUR Rankings shows the geographic location of universities in the world, their distribution across countries and continents. For brief information about the university, click on the university tag on the map. If you are interested in a particular university, select it from the list on the left or enter the name in the menu on the right. For more information about the university, click on "View full university profile" in the right corner of the small profile located on the right.



RUR Classification

Within the RUR rankings system all higher education institutions are classified along three dimensions: 1. Leagues:The world of higher education is diverse and, to emphasize this diversity, we have introduced a system of the so-called Leagues. Each of the approximately 20,000 universities of the world is unique: one is a global research hub that brings together leading scientists in one place, another focuses on training staff for a necessity of a particular region within the country, while the third aims for teaching middle managers of global companies, to whom the university is an additional boost for career development. Despite of the variety, the universities are united by their commitment to excellence. In order to emphasize this commitment we have introduced a system of the Leagues, resembling the Olympic medals system.



Each league embraces a hundred of universities (1st, 2nd hundred and so on):• Diamond League (Rank 1-100)• Golden League (Rank 101-200)• Silver League (Rank 201-300)• Bronze League (Rank 301-400)• Copperr League (Rank 401-500)• World League (501+)



We note that our task is to show the diversity of higher education institutions on the basis of a simple statistical method of distributing objects to clusters. Leagues represent the universities’ desire for progress and perfection.

Diamond League (1-100)The Diamond League shows professionalism and the highest quality of both research and education. Universities presented in the Diamond League demonstrated themselves as world’s centers of excellence and competence. In the league one can find both centuries-old universities, whose history counts more than 500 years, and young participants, who barely reached the 50 year mark.To get into the Diamond League universities should obtain equally excellent education and research scores, have a high level of internationalization and demonstrate strong financial sustainability.

Golden League (101-200)The noble metal is for the RUR members, who got the second place in the league distribution.Universities included in the Golden league are equally strong both in education and teaching fields, with a focus on one of them. And are equally high internationalized and financially sound.



Silver League (201-300)The third step in the RUR system is the Silver league. Universities included in this league tend to have a pronounced component: either research or teaching.

Bronze League (301-400)The Bronze league unites the universities of the 4th hundred. To be counted as a part of the league the university should get into the 3rd quartile on main RUR indicators and get into the 2nd quartile in International Diversity and Financial Sustainability groups.

Copper League (401-500)The 5th league is copper. It completes the series of the so-called “colored” or “metal” leagues. Higher education institutions included in the Copper League close the prestigious top-500 in RUR Rankings. Universities from this league can be considered as elite, because they are in the top 2-2.5% of world universities.

World League (501+)The World League unites universities from all countries that pursue excellence. The goal of World League universities is to get into top-500 by strengthening their



positions. The World league may be called a reserve bench, pressing forward on to top-500 leaders. 2. Dimension areas:Several groups of measurement and individual rankings exist within the RUR ranking. In addition to the Overall ranking, higher education institutions are evaluated by four areas: • Teaching• Research• International Diversity• Financial Sustainability. In contrast to the overall ranking, the single-area rankings allow to reveal university’s strengths and weaknesses in certain fields, not just in general.

OverallRankings of leading world universities are conducted on the basis of four areas of activity – Teaching, Research, International Diversity and Financial Sustainability.TeachingEducation is commonly underestimated in global university rankings. There is a natural explanation for this - it is very difficult to quantitatively measure the quality of teaching. Anyone who measures the quality of education must operate with quantitative ratios. Teaching is the cornerstone of higher education and, more broadly, education in general.



ResearchResearch is also an important component of a university; it is a key feature of a university as well as Teaching. This area is related to research productivity, measured on the basis of scientometrics data.

International Diversity

In a global world, the ability to attract students and teachers from other countries means more than ever. A high level of internationalization shows how attractive a university is and, consequently, how competitive it is in the global arena. However, internationalization largely depends on the overall circumstances in a given country and universities are unable to change these conditions. In short, internationalization is more dependent on a country's culture and politics rather than on the university.

Financial Sustainability

This group shows the financial position of a university and determines the degree of involvement of the university in the real economy, its ability to attract investment from industry. Financial stability in a global economy is important for universities since they are a part of global economy.



3. Subject Areas (will be added by the end of 2016)University rankings serve a variety of functions, one of the most common is being a source of information. Overall rankings give us a picture that can be used for comparing whole universities. Subject rankings allow comparing university activity in a specific or few specific areas. If one is interested in analysing university by specific subject areas throughout the world, Subject rankings are an ideal way to do so. Using our system of indicators, users will be able to compare programs in details. These comparisons will allow users to obtain subject-specific information. RUR will provide the rankings in six broad subject areas: Arts & Humanities, Life Sciences, Engineering & Technology, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences.

Arts & HumanitiesThis subject area includes such disciplines as history, philosophy, philology, etc. Humanitarian sciences are traditionally underestimated in university rankings. On the contrary, the ranking which is solely focused on humanities can illuminate this subject area better rather than general rankings.

Life SciencesThe subject ranking provides insights into the highest rated universities for life sciences. The subject area includes biology, biomedicine, bioinformatics etc.

Engineering & TechnologyThis subject ranking marks out top universities in the area of Engineering & Technology. Apart from



engineering disciplines, this subject area includes all kinds of IT disciplines, robotics, telecommunications etc.

Medical SciencesCurrent subject ranking provides a list of the best universities for Medical sciences throughout the world. All medical related disciplines are included in this area: oncology, dermatology, nursing etc.

Social SciencesThis subject ranking provides information on the best universities’ offerings in Social Sciences programs. This subject area unites subject categories devoted to the humanities and social studies: law, social work, linguistics, international relations etc.

Natural SciencesThis ranking presents the top universities for Natural sciences subject area. Natural Sciences unifies such disciplines as: physics, mathematics, chemistry, geography etc.

The complex and multi-variable nature of worldwide university rankings demands a multidimensional view. Rankings provide tools for analysing universities to get a clearer picture of university activity throughout the world. RUR Rankings Agency believes that its objective system has made that picture a bit clearer for both academic community and students.



How to participate in RUR Rankings?

In order to participate in RUR Rankings and its further editions your university will need to provide its raw data to our partner Clarivate Analytics through Global Institutional Profiles Project (GIPP). It is an annual survey aimed to cover 1000 higher education intuitions all over the world. GIPP Project provides all the data used in RUR Rankings and participation in this project is required to be included in RUR Rankings.

To participate in Round University Ranking (RUR) your university will need to submit a short application, including the following details:

• University official full name in English; • Name and surname of contact person; • E-mail and phone number of contact person.

Please sent your application to [email protected], [email protected].

Currently, all application will be considered in GIPP 2019 and RUR 2020. It means that if your university send the above details now, you can submit institutional data in spring 2019. After that stage, your university will appear in RUR Rankings 2020 editions.

If your university is already GIPP Participant, you will receive the notification on GIPP Portal opening in early


mailto:[email protected]


http://ips.clarivate.com/globalprofilesproject/

http://ips.clarivate.com/globalprofilesproject/


April 2018 with your login/password combinations. If the contact person of you university was changed, please send the details of new contact person to [email protected] and [email protected]

Key benefits for your university to take part in Round University Ranking (RUR):

• 20 indicators that cover all key areas of university activities: teaching, research, international diversity and financial sustainability.

• Detailed statistics of all institutions, which includes user-friendly profiles with both ranks and scores on each of 20 indicators and separately measured 4 key areas.

• Access to 950 profiles of leading world universities. • Visitors from over 100 countries including world capitals:

London, New York, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Paris, Berlin, Moscow, Singapore, Hong Kong etc.

• RUR is way to promote your university brand in worlds and national mass media by highlighting your university performance in the ranking.

• RUR is an inclusive evaluation system without any limitations for participation. All higher education institutions in the world are welcome to take part in RUR.

Best Technical Universities 2018

RUR Rankings Agency in partnership with Clarivate Analytics and media support of MIA “Rossiya Segodnya”






announced 5th release of RUR Technical Sciences World University Ranking.Internationalization of higher education is the expanding and unstoppable global process. Nowadays millions of students prefer to study abroad instead of their home countries. The one can choose university or program to study relatively easy within national borders. Friends, parents, colleagues are here to help.However, when it comes to education abroad, the story is quite different. By this moment more than 26.000 higher education institutions exists and more are coming. In addition, it’s almost impossible to compare more or less objectively universities between New Zealand or Iceland, Bolivia or Malaysia, France or Russia and so on based on narrow facts sample.In this case so called World University Ranking are becoming crucially important. Because ranking allow comparing completely different education systems based on the same scales, the same data.Recently, on April 9th Round University Ranking (RUR) World University Ranking has been released. RUR Ranking compares universities performance by 20 indicators grouped into 4 areas like teaching, research, international diversity, financial sustainability.Nevertheless, overall rankings are limited and could be likely a beacon in higher education ocean. If the one chooses universities by specific subjects special subject oriented rankings are better choice for finding best university.RUR Technical Sciences 2018 was designed specifically to address key stakeholders requests in Technical Sciences. This ranking evaluates not universities as a comprehensive structures, but instead only technical & engineering oriented divisions and departments. In total,



52 narrow subjects are included in “Technical Sciences” definition like Mechanical Engineering, Mining & Metallurgy, Nanoscience’s & Nanotechnologies and so on.This year 585 universities representing 68 nations took part in RUR Technical Sciences World University Ranking 2018. The US stays as ranking’s unshakable leader with 110 participated universities. US even improved their result adding + 5 positions. Russia surprisingly became #2 in a world with 56 universities compared with 37 last year. Finally, UK is #3 with 54 participants (compared with 68 last year). Such a great fall of UK in terms of its universities representation might be partly the result of Brexit and all connected processes related to higher education sector.The full list of top countries by number of participated institutions is below:

1. USA - 1102. Russia - 563. UK - 544. China -395. Japan - 326. Taiwan - 267. Australia - 218. Canada - 179. Italy - 1710. Spain - 1611. Germany - 1512. Republic of Korea - 14

World TOP-10 universities by Technical SciencesThe distribution of higher education institutions within the first ten remained almost compared with 2017 academic year. Nine out of ten universities have maintained their leading positions in the global top ten. Only Swiss Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) left the



ranking and University of South Australia entered Top-10 for the first time.RUR Global TOP-10 in Technical Sciences 2018

1. Harvard University, USA (same as year before)2. University of Oxford, UK (same as year before)3. Northwestern University, USA (+6 positions)4. Stanford University, USA (+4)5. University of Cambridge (+2), UK6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (-2)7. ETH Zurich, Switzerland (-1)8. Princeton University, USA (-5)9. King`s College London, UK (-18)10. University of South Australia, Australia (-6)

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