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Compareuniversi(esyourway:
U-Mul(rankand
itsusesforins(tu(onalmanagement
DonF.Westerheijden
SGroupGeneralAssembly
LasPalmasdeGranCanaria
November2015
www.umul(rank.org
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Agenda
PartOne
U-Mul(rank,whyandhow
PartTwo
Thewebtool
PartThree
U-Mul(rank2015
PartFour
U-Mul(rank’susesforins(tu(onalmanagement
PartFive
Whatistocome?
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Agenda
PartOne
U-Mul(rank–whyandhow
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WhyU-Mul(rank?
U-Mul(rankprovidesinforma(on
fordiverseneeds(informeddecisions),
e.g.choosingstudyprogrammes,strategicplanning
Dr.JoséJoaquínBrunner,DirectorCátedraUNESCOde
Polí(casComparadasdeEducaciónSuperior,Chile,
“U-Mul'rankisagreatinstrumentforstudents,faculty,
thepublicandpolicymakers.”
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WhyU-Mul(rank?
U-Mul(rankmakesperformancetransparent
beyondtheresearchfunc(onoftheuniversity
(5dimensions)
FernandoM.Galán,Vice-ChairpersonoftheEuropeanStudentsUnion(ESU)
“U-Mul'rankwillbeanextremelyusefultoolfor
studentsallovertheworld,beingthefirstglobal
rankingthatincludesinaseriousmannerthe
teachingandlearningdimension.”
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U-Mul(rank–how?
Thebasicprinciples:
mul(-dimensional(withoutcompositescores),
userdriven,
mul(-level(incl.field-basedrankings)
ProfessorSirHowardNewby,formerVice-Chancellor,UniversityofLiverpool,UK,
“U-Mul'rankprovidesanelegantsolu'ontoaproblemwhich
underminesconven'onalrankings.Itdoesnotseektoweight
differentac'vi'esofauniversitybutallowsuserstodevisetheir
ownrankingaccordingtowhattheybelieveisimportant."
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U-Mul(rank’sindicators
addressuniversi(es’needs
Source:EUARISPstudy
Intheframeworkof
yourstrategicplanning
andinterna(onalmonitoringofac(vi(es,
doesyourins(tu(on
payspecialaien(on
tothefollowing?
Notcoveredby
U-Mul(rank
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Agenda
PartTwo
Thewebtool
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Thewebtooloffersfouraccess
pointsfordifferentneeds
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Defaulttables
offeraselec(onofindicators
Thisisthedefaultforthe
“comparetrack”–overview
ofalldimensions
(“studenttrack”:default
focusesonteachingand
relatedissues)
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Moreinterna(onalisa(on
indicators
Ins(tu(onasawhole
Field-level,specific
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Comparisonsaremadeusing
5performancegroups
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Thewebtoolallows
snapshotperformance
overviews
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Thewebtoolallowsyoutosee
specificdetails
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Agenda
PartThree
U-Mul(rank2015
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U-Mul(rank2015givesthemost
comprehensiveinterna(onaldata
comparisoninhighereduca(on
1,200
universi(esareincludedwithpubliclyavailabledata
80
countrieshaveuniversi(esinU-Mul(rank
670
ofthe1,200universi(eshaveprovidedcomprehensivedata
1,800
facul(es/departmentsareincludedinthe7field-based
rankings(psychology,medicine,computerscience,physics,electrical
7,500
studyprogrammeswithinthesefacul(esareincluded
85,000
studentscompletedthestudentsa(sfac(onsurvey
andmechanicalengineering,businessstudies)
AlexUsher,PresidentofHigherEduca(onStrategyAssociates(HESA),Canada
“U-Mul'rankisthemostglobal,mostdiverseandleastreduc'verankingever.”
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U-Mul(rankoffersaglobalview
ofalargevarietyofuniversity
profiles
2014
2015
27 13
121
Worldwide
25
coverage
2016
32 24
33 37
241
292
146
32
PhD-awarding
684
ins(tu(ons
Asia +
LatinAmerica
small
universi(esof
Europe
Oceania
+
appliedsciences
large
2014
546
Africa
US/Canada
27 13
121
25
41
197
765
191
specialised
+
32 24
241
comprehensive
2015
146
2016
33 37
old(pre1870)
+
young(aqer1980)
32
546
41
684
Africa
Asia
LatinAmerica
US/Canada
Europe
Oceania
292
197
765
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U-Mul(rankshowsawide
distribu(onof“A”scores
someunivs.with
no“A”scores
Nouniv.has
“acrosstheboard”
“A”scores
“A”scoresper
univ.
%ofunivs.
0
8%
1to5
50%
6to9
31%
10ormore
12%
Manyunivs.have
specificstrengths
Nearly150univs.
haveawiderange
(10ormore)
“A”scores
Ofthenearly150universi(eswith10
ormore“A”scores,morethan40do
notappearintheother3global
rankings(ARWU,QSandTHE)
Onindividualindicatorsperformance
differencesbetweenunivs.areclearly
visible
TomBoland,ChiefExecu(veoftheHigherEduca(onAuthority,Ireland,
“U-Mul'rankdemonstratesverywellthatdifferentuniversi'eshavedifferentkindsofstrengths.”
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Thehighestscoringuniversi(es
perindicatorarediverse
Indicator(examples)
TopScoringUniversity
Cita(onrate
RockefellerUniversity(US)
No.ofresearchpublica(ons
HarvardUniversity(US)
Shareofco-public.withindustrialpartners
UASReutlingen(GER)
No.ofpatentsawarded
MIT(US)
Studentmobility
IESEGSchoolofManagementLille(F)
Internat.jointpublica(ons
UASWienerNeustadt(A)
Incomefromprivatesources
ESSECBusinessSchoolCergy(F)
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The“world’stop100
universi(esoverall”?
•  U-Mul(rankdemonstratesthediversityofuniversityprofiles
intheinterna(onalcontext
•  Thefindingsindicatethatitisnotpossibletomeaningfully
iden(fy“theworld’stop100or200universi(esoverall”
•  U-Mul(rankiden(fiesthetopperformers–buttheseare
differentdependingontheindicator
•  U-Mul(rankisaflexibletoolwherestudents,parents,
academics,policy-makers,administrators,etc.,canfind
informa(ontosupportdecision-making
Dr.SimonMarginson,ProfessorofInterna(onalHigherEduca(onatthe
UCLIns(tuteofEduca(on,UniversityCollege,London,
“U-Mul'rankisavitalcorrec'vetothe‘footballleaguementality’thathascreptintohighereduca'on.”
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Agenda
PartFour
U-Mul(rank’suses
forins(tu(onalmanagement
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U-Mul(rankisawebtooland
notasingletable
Inten(onofU-Mul(rank:evidence-baseddecisions
Ourcoremissionistoberelevantforins(tu(onalmanagement
(andforstudentchoices,etc…)
Understand
compe(tors
Demonstrate
profile
Measure
strategy
Support
student
recruitment
Create
marke(ngmessages
Support
target
agreements
Realise
SWOT
Beier
understanding
ofdata
Find
benchmarking
partners
Realise
benchmarking
…..
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Example1
U-Mul(rankcouldbeusedtoclarifyan
ins(tu(onalstrategy
thatisdis(nc(vefromothers
Example:strategyofappliedresearch
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Example1
Researchprofiles
ForschungsprofileBeispielPhysik
(examplephysics)
Externalresearchincome
1
Regionaljointpublications
Researchpublications(absolute
numbers)
2
Internationaljointpublications
Citationrate
3
4
Publicationscitedinpatents
Topcitedpublications
5
Patentsawarded(absolute
numbers)
Interdisciplinarypublications
Co-publicationswithindustrial
partners
Researchorientationofteaching
Incomefromprivatesources
UGöttingen
UPaderborn
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Example2
U-Mul(rankcouldbeused
foraSWOT-analysis
asstar(ngpointforinternaldiscussions
aboutqualityenhancement
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Example2
ExamplePanthéon-SorbonneU,computersciences,teachingdimension:
goodoutcomes,exceptroomsandITfacili(es–averyspecificweakness!
Basedonstudentsurvey:eachindicatorconsistsofseveralitemsassessedby
students
Par(cipa(nguniversi(esgetalldetailedinforma(onforinternaluse
Example:organisa(onofstudyprogramme
Exis(ngins(tu(onalstudentsurveys:combinewithU-Mul(rank?
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Example5
U-Mul(rankcouldbeusedforbenchmarking
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Example5
•  U-Mul(rankcanbeusedforbenchmarkingby:
•  Informalgroupsofuniversi(es,mutuallyagreeingtoexchangedata
•  Formalassocia(onsofins(tu(onswithpar(cipa(ngmembers
•  U-Mul(rankisusedforbenchmarkingbyCESAER
(groupofleadingEuropeantechnicaluniversi(es;
50membersfrom24countries)
•  ProvisionofcompleteU-Mul(rankindicatordata
•  Poten(aladdi(onalanalysis&indicators:
•  e.g.,normalisa(onbyincomeinsteadof!eacademicstaff,to
measureefficiency
•  Newon-demandindicatorswhichcouldbecalculatedoutofdata
•  Specialgraphicalpresenta(onofdata
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Agenda
PartFive
Whatistocome?
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U-Mul(rankwillagainbe
extendedin2016
Currentsampleof1,210ins(tu(ons
+250ins(tu(ons
+6newfields:
(biology,chemistry,
mathema(cs,history,
sociologyandsocial
work/welfare)
2017
registra(on
willopen
soon
(un(lMay
2016)
U-MulLrank2016releases
inMarch2016
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Whatdoespar(cipa(on
entail?
•  Weaskforpar(cipa(onindatacollec(on
•  Ins(tu(onaldata–includingprofileindicators
•  Field-baseddata
•  Studentsurvey
•  Inaddi(onwewillusepubliclyavailabledatafromother
sources
•  Bibliometricdata
•  Patentdata
•  Na(onaldataifavailable(e.g.Norwegianstudentsurvey)
•  Nomonetarycoststopar(cipate
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Thecurrentprojectwilllast
uptofouryears
TheEuropeanCommissiongivesseed
moneytoanew,innova(veini(a(ve
U-Mul(rankisnotapoli(calinstrument,
itwillneverbeanofficialEC/EUranking
Aqer4yearsitneedsagovernanceand
fundingstructure.
Theprojectteamisworkingonnon-profit,
openaccesssolu(ons.
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