RANKINGS some comments from Charles University Jan Skrha

RANKINGS some comments from Charles University Jan Skrha Vice-Rector, Charles University in Prague Dubrovnik, July 3, 2009

RANKINGS Important tasks: 1) Goals of evaluation - science, incoming students (education) 2) 3) 3) 4) 4) Weight of indices 5) 6) 7) Differences: large vs. small institutions pure science vs. science-learing peer-review vs. data based on IF publications differences of IF between specialties (weighted mean) etc. 8) 9) - publications Collection of correct data - quality and quantity Presentation of the results

RANKINGS THES, Academic Ranking of World Universities Problems: - bibliometry - reduction of university tasks only to research publications - reduction to quantitative measures - results related to the whole institution and not to one academician - standardization of different faculties within university (medicine, natural sciences, humanities)

Charles University today • • • 17 Faculties 7. 500 Employees (4. 300 Academic) 143 Bc and Masters Programmes 119 Ph. D Programmes 50. 000 Students (10. 600 Bachelors, 32. 000 Magisters, 7. 300 Ph. D Students, 6. 000 Foreign Students, 1780 in the whole English Curriculum)

Priorities of the University • PGS (1 -2 Semesters abroad) • Research (Charles University as a research university) • Exchange of Academicians between countries

CU for rankings THES: 246. position Shanghai: 264 -268. position Ph. D stud. /acad. position: 2004 – 1. 2 2008 – 1. 6 Number of publications in IF journals