Trusted. Independent. Global. WORLD 100 CONFERENCE. Ben Sowter QS Intelligence Unit 16 SEPTEMBER 2013

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1 WORLD 100 CONFERENCE Ben Sowter QS Intelligence Unit 16 SEPTEMBER 2013

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4 To enable MOTIVATED PEOPLE around the to achieve their POTENTIAL by fostering INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT and CAREER DEVELOPMENT

5 OUR AUDIENCE ACADEMICS PROSPECTIVE PARTNERS PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS ALUMNI GOVERNMENT 5 SCHOLARSHIP PROVIDERS CURRENT STUDENTS EMPLOYERS UNIVERSITY LEADERS

6 INTERNATIONAL STUDENT GROWTH Worldwide OECD 4.3m G20 countries Europe North America Oceania 2.1m Source: OECD and UNESCO Institute for Statistics for most data on non-oecd countries.

7 STUDENT CHALLENGES INCREASING COST INCREASING STUDENT NUMBERS INCREASING INTERNATIONAL STUDENT NUMBERS MORE UNIVERSITIES RECRUITING GENERIC MARKETING MESSAGES EMPLOYER SKILLS GAP INFORMATION OVERLOAD! 7 LACK OF INDEPENDENT FILTERING TOOLS

8 OUR APPROACH 8 WORLD CLASS UNIVERSITY A UNIQUE LENS QS the only global ranking authority to consider it Central to the life goals of most prospective students An essential inclusion in every QS assessment

9 ACADEMIC REPUTATION EMPLOYER REPUTATION FACULTY STUDENT CITATIONS PER FACULTY INT L FACULTY INT L STUDENTS

10 SURVEY MEASURES DRAMATIC SURVEY RESPONSE GROWTH ACADEMIC EMPLOYER 20 15, , ,079 5,007 16,744 25, ,084 27,957 GEOGRAPHIC BALANCE EMPHASIS 10 APPLIED THROUGH WEIGHTING INT L RESPONSES RESPONSES EXCLUSIVE TO SUBJECT SPECIFIC SUBJECT RESPONSES EMPLOYERS TARGETING SUBJECT

11 QS (2004) THE (2010) LEIDEN (2009) GLOBAL UNIVERSITIES RANKING (2009) ARWU (2003) MINES PARIS TECH (2007) U- MULTIRANK (2014) SCIMAGO (2009) HEEACT/ NTU (2007) 11 WEBO (2004) URAP (2010) CWUR (2013) HIGH PERFORMANCE UNIVERSITIES (2009)

12 COMPARING METHODOLOGIES ARWU (2003) QS (2004) WEBO- METRICS (2004) TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION (2010) 12

13 Rankings have many faults and do not adequately describe universities and cannot show whether one institution is better than another but I am very happy when Cambridge is rated as the top university in the world 13 ALISON RICHARD Former Vice-Chancellor University of Cambridge

14 RANKINGS DANGEROUS INEVITABLE SIMPLE POWERFUL SEXY USEFUL SIMPLISTIC BIASED 14 DISEASE CONSUMERIST CONTROVERSIAL EMOTIVE

15 Essentially all models THE Halo EffEct (1920) are wrong, but some are useful 15 GEORGE E.P. BOX Accidental Statistician

16 IN NUMBERS OVER OVER OVER OVER 3,000 UNIVERSITIES CONSIDERED 15m DIRECT WEB VISITORS 50m TOTAL WEB VISITORS 800 UNIVERSITIES RANKED COVERED IN OVER USED BY OVER RUN FOR 500+ MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS 70k SURVEY RESPONDENTS 9 NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS 10 YEARS IN 2013 OVER LED BY OVER ACADEMIC ADVISORS 50+ YEARS RANKING EXPERIENCE 100 NEW ENTRIES IN 2013

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19 UNESCO BOOK 19

20 IREG APPROVED 20

21 : TOP 20 1 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) 1 2 HARVARD UNIVERSITY 2 3 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 3 4 UCL (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON) 4 5 IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON 5 6 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 6 7 STANFORD UNIVERSITY 7 8 YALE UNIVERSITY 8 9 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 9 10= CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CALTECH) 10 10= PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ETH ZURICH (SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CORNELL UNIVERSITY JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY 16 17= UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH 17 18= UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 18 19= ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) 19 19= KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (KCL) 20

22 The list is the origin of culture How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists. 22 UMBERTO ECO Essayist, Philosopher & Novelist

23 NEW LOOK TABLES 23

24 facebook.com/ universityrankings linkedin.com/in/bensowter 24 THANK YOU

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26 10= PRINCETON UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHED 1746 NOTABLE ALUMNI WOODROW WILSON

27 10= CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NOTABLE ALUMNI SHELDON COOPER NOTABLE ALUMNI FRANK BORMAN ESTABLISHED 1891

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29 9 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO NOTABLE ALUMNI ELIOT NESS NOTABLE ALUMNI INDIANA JONES ESTABLISHED 1890

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31 8 YALE UNIVERSITY NOTABLE ALUMNI THE CLINTONS NOTABLE ALUMNI MERYL STREEP ESTABLISHED 1701

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33 7 STANFORD UNIVERSITY NOTABLE ALUMNI SIGOURNEY WEAVER NOTABLE ALUMNI JOHN F. KENNEDY ESTABLISHED 1891

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35 6 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD NOTABLE ALUMNI MR. BEAN NOTABLE ALUMNI DAVID CAMERON ESTABLISHED ~1096

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37 5 IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON NOTABLE ALUMNI H.G. WELLS NOTABLE ALUMNI ROGER BANNISTER ESTABLISHED 1907

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39 4 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON NOTABLE ALUMNI H.G. WELLS NOTABLE ALUMNI ROGER BANNISTER ESTABLISHED 1826

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41 3 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE NOTABLE ALUMNI BORAT NOTABLE ALUMNI STEPHEN HAWKING ESTABLISHED 1209

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43 2 HARVARD UNIVERSITY NOTABLE ALUMNI MARK ZUCKERBERG NOTABLE ALUMNI BARACK OBAMA ESTABLISHED 1636

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45 1 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NOTABLE ALUMNI BUZZ ALDRIN NOTABLE ALUMNI KOFI ANNAN ESTABLISHED 1636

46 AVG SHIFT IN POSITION Trusted. Independent. Global. AVG SHIFT IN POSITION WITHIN RANGE RANKED WITHIN

47 AVG. FTE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS Trusted. Independent. Global. RUNNING TO STAND STILL? 5,500 Top 100 Top 200 Top 300 Top 400 Top 500 5,000 4,500 4, % increase in three years 3,500 3,000 2,500 2, ,500 1,

48 AVG. PAPERS PUBLISHED - SCOPUS Trusted. Independent. Global. RUNNING TO STAND STILL? 30,000 Top 100 Top 200 Top 300 Top 400 Top ,000 20, % increase in two years 15,000 10, ,

49 ASIA S LEADERS Tokyo NUS HKU RANKING HISTORY

50 FAST CLIMBERS SKKU PUC Chile Groningen RANKING HISTORY