Global Research University Profiles GRUP Interactive Ranking Benchmarking

Global Research University Profiles (GRUP): Interactive Ranking & Benchmarking Platform Yan WU Assistant Professor Center for World-Class Universities Graduate School of Education Shanghai Jiao Tong University 16 May 2013

Outline Introduction Global Research University Profiles (GRUP) GRUP Platform

Introduction

Global competition is increasingly fierce • • • Attract international students Recruit world-class scholars Seek funding & donations globally Carry out international collaborations …. Build global reputation

Needs for globally comparable information • What are the strength and weakness for universities in different countries? • What is the gap/difference between my university and world-leading research universities？ • If we aim for top 500/100 in the world, what should we do? • ……

Global Rankings are Helpful • • • Academic Ranking of World Universities (2003 -) THE World University Rankings (2004 -2009, 2010 -) QS World University Rankings (2004 - ) Webmetrics Ranking (2004 -) Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (2007 -) • University Ranking By Academic Performance (2010 -) • ……

Limitations of Global Rankings • Most rankings only publish league tables • Only a limited number of attributes can be observed • Other limitations: e. g. Non-performance indicators are neglected • ……

Global Research University Profiles (GRUP)

Aims of GRUP Build a comprehensive database covering 1200 research universities Provide interactive instruments for benchmarking and ranking research universities

GRUP Data Coverage The information collected by the GRUP database covers the following aspects of individual universities: • Academic Staff • Students • Finance • Research Performance • University Governance and Management

GRUP Indicators - Students S 01: Total Number of Students S 02: Number of Undergraduate Students S 03: Number of Master’s Students S 04: Number of Doctoral Students S 05: Percentage of Graduate Students S 06: Percentage of International Students S 07: Percentage of International Undergraduate Students S 08: Percentage of International Graduate Students S 09: Percentage of International Master’s Students S 10: Percentage of International Doctoral Students S 11: Number of Doctoral Degree Awarded S 12: Employment Rate of Bachelor Degree Recipients S 13: Employment Rate of Master’s Degree Recipients S 14: Employment Rate of Doctoral Degree Recipients

GRUP Indicators - Faculty F 01: Total Number of Academic Staff F 02: Number of Academic Staff (Teaching Related) F 03: Number of Academic Staff (Research Only) F 04: Percentage of Academic Staff (Teaching Related) with a Doctoral Degree F 05: Percentage of Academic Staff (Research Only) with a Doctoral Degree F 06: Percentage of International Academic Staff (Teaching Related) F 07: Percentage of International Academic Staff (Research Only) F 08: Ratio of Academic Staff (Teaching Related) to Students F 09: Ratio of Academic Staff to Students

GRUP Indicators - Resource R 01: Total Amount of Institutional Income R 02: Institutional Income per Student R 03: Institutional Income from Public Sectors R 04: Percentage of Institutional Income from Public Sectors R 05: Institutional Income from Student Tuition and Fees R 06: Institutional Income from Student Tuition and Fees per Student R 07: Institutional Income from Donations and Gifts R 08: Institutional Income from Institution’s Investments R 09: Total Amount of Research Income R 10: Research Income per Academic Staff R 11: Research Income from Public Sectors R 12: Percentage of Research Income from Public Sectors R 13: Research Income from Industry

GRUP Indicators - ARWU Ranking A 01: Number of Alumni of Nobel Laureates and Fields Medalists A 02: Number of Staff of Nobel Laureates and Fields Medalists A 03: Number of Highly Cited Researchers A 04: Number of Nature and Science Papers A 05: Number of SCIE and SSCI Papers

GRUP Data Sources Survey of Universities National Statistical Agencies International Third Parties For example, ARWU Ranking

GRUP Survey – Online Collecting basic facts of 1200 research universities about academic staff, students and finance Number of participating institutions • 2011: 231 (20% participation rate) • 2012: 425 (35% participation rate) - 61% of Top 100 of ARWU - 50% of Top 500 of ARWU

Data from National Statistical Agencies 14 countries were identified to have relatively mature institution statistics: • 64% of institutions in ARWU database • 70% of Top 500 of ARWU

GRUP Platform

Interactive Benchmarking & Ranking Platform The GRUP Platform aims to enable comprehensive comparisons of global research universities. So far, the interactive ranking platform can be used to: • Benchmark institutions with their peers • Estimate ranking positions in ARWU • Rank institutions by indicators

GRUP Platform

Benchmarking Purposes • Provide comprehensive and quantitative descriptions of world leading research universities • Help universities to identify their advantages and disadvantages as compared to those of their concern Features • More than 400 universities • Up to 40 indicators • Different rank ranges and different regions/countries

Benchmarking

Ranking Estimation Purpose • Provide current ranking performance in ARWU based on actual data • Forecast future ranking positions in ARWU based on expected data Features • More than 1200 universities • Up to 40 indicators

Ranking Estimation

Ranking by Indicators Purposes • Help universities to position themselves at a global level from various angles and perspectives based on particular indicators Features • More than 1200 universities • Up to 40 indicators

Ranking by Indicators

Future Efforts Improve the coverage of GRUP Survey • 2013: 600+ • 2015: 900+ - 80% of ARWU Top 100 - 2/3 of ARWU Top 500 Increase the number of indicators For example, indicators on university governance

GRUP Platform: http: //www. shanghairanking. com/grup/index. html E-mail: grup@sjtu. edu. cn

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