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TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS (THE WUR)

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021 include more than 1,500 universities across 93 countries and regions, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date.

The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfers and international outlook.

This year’s ranking analysed more than 80 million citations across over 13 million research publications and included survey responses from 22,000 scholars globally.

Trusted worldwide by students, teachers, governments and industry experts, this year’s league table provides great insight into the shifting balance of power in global higher education.

For further Information, click here World University Rankings 2021 | Times Higher Education (THE)

TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION IMPACT RANKINGS

The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings are the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations ’Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We use carefully calibrated indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons across three broad areas: research, outreach and stewardship.

For further Information, click here Impact Rankings 2020 | Times Higher Education (THE)

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QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

The QS World University Rankings continue to enjoy a remarkably consistent methodological framework, compiled using six simple metrics that we believe effectively capture university performance. Since faculty area normalisation was introduced in 2015 to ensure that institutions specialising in Life Sciences and Natural Sciences were not unduly advantaged, we have avoided fundamental changes. In doing so, we aim to ensure that year-on-year comparisons remain valid, and that unnecessary volatility is minimised.

Thus, universities continue to be evaluated according to the following six metrics:

1.       Academic Reputation (40%)

2.       Employer Reputation (10%)

3.       Faculty/Student Ratio (20%)

4.       Citations per faculty (20%)

5.       International Faculty Ratio (5%)

6.       International Student Ratio (5%)

For further information, click here QS World University Rankings 2021 (topuniversities.com)

QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT 

The QS World University Rankings by Subject ranks the world’s top universities in individual subject areas, covering 51 subjects. The rankings aim to help prospective students identify the world’s leading schools in their chosen field in response to high demand for subject-level comparisons.

Each of the subject rankings is compiled using four sources. The first two of these are QS’s global surveys of academics and employers, which are used to assess institutions’ international reputation in each subject. The second two indicators assess research impact, based on research citations per paper and h-index in the relevant subject. These are sourced from Elsevier’s Scopus database, the world’s most comprehensive research citations database. 

These four components are combined to produce the results for each of the subject rankings, with weightings adapted for each discipline.

1. Academic Reputation

2. Employer Reputation

3. Research citations per paper

4. H-Index

For further information, click here QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020 | Top Universities

QS ASIA UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 

Published annually since 2009, the QS Asia University Rankings highlights the top universities in Asia each year. The methodology used to create the ranking is similar to that used for the QS World University Rankings®, but with some additional indicators and adapted weightings. This set of criteria, developed in consultation with regional experts and stakeholders, is designed to reflect key priorities for universities in Asia, drawing on as much available data as possible. Find out more from the QS Intelligence Unit.

The 11 indicators used to compile the QS Asia University Rankings are as follows:

1.       Academic reputation (30%)

2.       Employer reputation (20%)

3.       Faculty/student ratio (10%)

4.       International research network (10%)

5.       Citations per paper (10%)

6.       Papers per faculty (5%)

7.       Staff with a PhD (5%)

8.       Proportion of international faculty (2.5%)

9.       Proportion of international students (2.5%)

10.   Proportion of inbound exchange students (2.5%)

11.   Proportion of outbound exchange students (2.5%)

For further information, click here QS University Rankings: Asia – Methodology | Top Universities

QS STARS

QS Stars is a rating system that provides a detailed look at an institution, enabling you to identify which universities are the best in the specific topics that you care about, like program strength, facilities, graduate employability, social responsibility, inclusiveness, and more.

QS Stars understands that universities are different to one another and therefore need to be assessed on a range of categories that recognize distinct strengths. It also recognizes that each student is looking for something different, and not all universities – even the highest ranked institutions – suit every student.

Using QS Stars when searching for your future program will help you understand which universities have performed well against a comprehensive list of indicators, allowing you to match your interests to the universities that are strong in the topics that matter to you.

In the methodology used for QS Stars, universities are evaluated in dozens of indicators across at least eight categories. After the assessment, universities are awarded with an overall Star result which ranges from 0 to 5+ Stars, depending on the number of points achieved through the evaluation.

For further information, click here QS Stars University Ratings | Top Universities

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The Ministry has developed a set of MKPIs anchored on the system goals of access, quality, equity, unity, and efficiency. These MPIs have been cascaded downwards from the Ministry to universities, ensuring consistency and coherency of targets throughout the system. Starting at the national level, each university will have their performance tracked against these MPIs on a yearly basis.

Universities will also have a shared outcome-focused set of MPIs that is cascaded from the Minister, under-scoring a partnership between Universities and the Ministry. MOHE has instituted five (5) MPIs for public universities as follows:

1.       1. Number of joint research collaborations with institutions listed in the TOP 50 QS World University Rankings.

2.       2. Number of key researchers conducting research collaborations (international and industry) for MYPAIR programs.

3.       3. Percentage of marketability rate of IPT graduates.

4.       4. Number of international students participating in the international student assembly

5. Number of matching partners under Edu tourism.

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Outcome Based Budgeting (OBB) is a performance-based appraisal system using an outcome-based approach. This system has been developed to replace the Modified Budgeting System (MBS) system which is a system based on the evaluation of output performance. Through an outcome-based integrated approach, the Department needs to ensure that there is a systematic relationship between national development planning, financial system (OBB) and performance, as well as monitoring and evaluation in support of management. In the OBB approach, emphasis will be placed on the impact and effectiveness of projects and programs rather than on spending and output alone. Through the OBB system, Government expenditure will emphasize on 'Value for Money' as well as programs and projects that have a high multiplier effect.

The Importance of Outcome Based Budgeting (OBB)

OBB is an ongoing process that aims to meet the desired outcomes of the National Outcome Framework (NRF). OBB was developed as a strategic management tool that focuses on outcomes and aims to improve the design and operation under the MBS System. OBB is a holistic system with an integrated approach that is linked with program-based NRF. Ongoing monitoring under OBB can provide information for the purpose of evaluating and reporting results.

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