Rankings :Extension of benchmarking

and quality assurance

Dr. Gajanan G. Kalyankar
M.Pharm. PhD
Associate Professor, Maliba Pharmacy College, Uka
Tarsadia University
Contents
 Introduction
 International Academic Rankings
 Indian Ranking –NIRF
 Lacuna of International Ranking Systems
 Conclusions
 Introduction
 The University rankings are list of the
academic institutions in order to have their
positions determined on the basis of some
defined combinations of factors( criteria's)
Three key issues
 Who ranks

 Why rank

 Who uses the rankings

 Advantages of Rankings
 Compare performances and achievements of
universities
 Diagnose problems and/or suggests directions of
development
 Research funding agencies get clear information
about universities ‘performances.
 Carefully designed quantitative data based ranking
offers objective information for policymaking
International Academic Rankings
 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
 Times Higher Education(THE)
 QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd) Top Universities
 Webometric Ranking (Cybermetric Lab.)
 US News & World Report (USN≀ USA)
 Guardian ranking (UK)
 Forbes (USA)
 CHE University Ranking (Germany)
 NIRF-India
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)(Shanghai
Jiao Tong University)-2019
Crieteria Indicator Weight
Quality of Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields 10%
education Medals
Quality of Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields 20%
Faculty Medals

Highly Cited Researchers 20%

Research Papers published in Nature and Science 20%
Output
Papers indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded and 20%
Social Science Citation Index

Per Capita Per capita academic performance of an institution 10%

Performanc
Academic Ranking of World Universities -2019
Nation Total Top 100 Top200
United states 206 45 66
United kingdom 61 08 21
Switzerland 10 5 7
China 154 04 20
Germany 51 04 10
Canada 28 04 09
Australia 12 00 01
Japan 43 03 07
Singapore 03 02 02
India 16 0 0
 Academic Ranking of World Universities-2019
Rank
Institution Country
2019
1 Harvard University United States
2 Stanford University United States
3 University of Cambridge United Kingdom
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States
5 University of California, Berkeley United States
6 Princeton University United States
7 University of Oxford United Kingdom
8 Columbia University United States
9 California Institute of Technology United States
10 University of Chicago United States
 Times Higher Education(THE)-2020
Indicator Weightage

Teaching (the learning environment) 30%

Research (volume, income and reputation) 30%

Citations (research influence) 30%

International outlook (staff, students and research) 7.5%

Industry Income (knowledge transfer) 2.5%

Total 100%
 Times Higher Education-2020
Nation Total Top 100 Top200
United states 172 40 60
United kingdom 100 11 28
Switzerland 11 4 7
China 81 04 8
Germany 48 08 23
Canada 30 05 07
Australia 35 06 11
Japan 110 02 00
Singapore 02 02 00
India 56 0 0
 Times Higher Education-2020
World University Country /Region
Ranking
1 University of Oxford United Kingdom
2 California Institute of Technology United States
3 University of Cambridge United Kingdom
4 Stanford University United States
5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States
6 Princeton University United States
7 Harvard University United States
8 Yale University United States
9 University of Chicago United States
10 Imperial College of London United Kingdom
 QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd) Top Universities-
2020
Sr.No Indicator Weightage
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%

 QS Top Universities Ranking-2020

Nation Total Top 100 Top200

United states 157 29 45

United kingdom 84 18 27

Switzerland 9 3 7
China 42 06 7

Germany 46 03 12
Canada 26 03 07
Australia 35 07 9
Japan 41 05 10
Singapore 03 02 00
India 9 0 0
 QS Top Universities Ranking-2020

Ran University Location

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1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States

2 Stanford University United States

3 Harvard University United States

4 University of Oxford United Kingdom

5 California Institute of Technology United States

6 ETH-ZURICH-Swiss Federal Institute of Switzerland

Technology
7 University of Cambridge United Kingdom
 Age of World Top Universities
World University Nobel Age in years
Ranking Laureates
1 University of Oxford 72 924
2 California Institute of Technology 39 129

3 University of Cambridge 120 811

4 Stanford University 83 135

5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 97 159

6 Princeton University 68 274

7 Harvard University 160 384
8 Yale University 62 319
9 University of Chicago 100 130
 Age of Indian Universities
University Nobel Age in
Laureates years
Senate of Serampore College (University) 202
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee 173
University of Calcutta 4 163
University of Mumbai 163
University of Madras 2 163
Aligarh Muslim University 145
Panjab University 138
University of Allahabad 133
Banaras Hindu University 104
University of Mysore 104
 Number of students going abroad
India is the world’s second-largest source of international
students and one of the fastest-growing sending markets.

Newly released data from the Indian Ministry of External

Affairs reveals that there were nearly 753,000 Indian
students abroad as of July 2018.

Favourite Destinations: the United States (211,703 as of

July 2018), Canada (124,000), Australia (87,115), Saudi
Arabia (70,800), and the United Arab Emirates (50,000).
 Indian Higher education Facts and Figures
Sr.No Parameters Numbers

1 Total No. of Universities 993

2 No of colleges 39931
3 No of standalone institutions 1000 +
4 No of students 37.3 Millions

5 No.of teachers 1.416 Million

6 Gross Enrolment Ratio 26.3

7 Pupil-Teacher Ratio 29
8 Gender Parity Ratio 1.0
National Institutional Ranking Framework
 The National Institutional Ranking Framework
(NIRF) was approved by the MHRD and
launched by Honourable Minister of Human
Resource Development on 29th September
2015.
 This framework outlines a methodology to rank
institutions across the country
 India Rankings – 2016 based on this framework
were released on 4th April 2016.
 Eligibility for Overall and Discipline
Specific Rankings
 All candidate institutions, independent of their discipline or
nature will be given overall rank if -1000 students
 Discipline specific rank
 Open Universities and Affiliating Universities will not be
considered for ranking
 Affiliating Universities having departments at campus can go
for ranking
 Institutions that have graduated at least three batches of
students in full time UG or PG programs, where the duration is
not less than three years for the UG programs and two years
for the PG programs will be ranked.
 National Institutional Ranking Framework-
Indicators
Parameters Weightage
Teaching, Learning & Resources 0.30

Research and Professional Practice 0.30

Graduation Outcomes 0.20

Outreach and Inclusivity 0.10

Peer Perception 0.10

Teaching, Learning & Resources (TLR)-100 M
Ranking weight: 0.30

Parameters Marks
Student Strength including Ph.D. Students 20

Faculty-Student Ratio with emphasis on permanent 30

faculty
Combined metric for Faculty with PhD (or equivalent) 20
and Experience
Financial Resources and Their Utilisation 30

Total 100
 Research and Professional Practice (RP)-100 M
Ranking weight: 0.30
Parameters Marks
Combined Metric for Publications 35
Combined Metric for Quality of Publications 35

IPR and Patents: Patents Published and Granted 15

Footprint of Projects and Professional Practice 15

Total 100
Graduation Outcomes (GO)-100 M
Ranking weight: 0.20
Parameters Marks
Metric for University Examinations 60
Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students Graduated 40
Total 100
Outreach and Inclusivity (OI) :Ranking weight: 0.10
Parameters Marks
Percentage of Students from Other 30
States/Countries(Region Diversity RD)

Percentage of Women (Women Diversity WD) 30

Economically and Socially Challenged Students 20

Facilities for Physically Challenged Students 20

Total 100
Perception (PR) :Ranking weight: 0.10

Parameters Marks
Peer Perception: 100
Academic Peers and
Employers
Graduation Outcomes (GO)
Pharmacy, Engineering :0.20
Parameters Marks
Combined metric for Placement and Higher 40
Studies
Metric for University Examinations 15
Median Salary 25
Metric for Number of Ph.D. Students 20
Graduated
Total 100
Graduation Outcomes (GO):Management:0.2
Parameters Marks

Combined metric for Placement and Higher 40

Studies

Metric for University Examinations 20

Median Salary 40

Total 100
Graduation Outcomes (GO):Medical: 0.20
Parameters Marks
Combined metric for Placement and Higher 30
Studies
Metric for University Examinations 30
Metric for Number of PG Students Graduated 30

Metric for Number of Super Specialty Student 10

Graduated
Total 100
 NIRF Result for 2019-University
Rank University Score
1 Indian Institute of Science 82.28
2 Jawaharlal Nehru University 68.68
3 Banaras Hindu University 64.55
4 University of Hyderabad 61.85
5 Calcutta University 60.87
6 Jadavpur University 60.53
7 Anna University 60.35
8 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham 59.22
9 Manipal Academy of Higher 58.50
Education
Difference with International Ranking
 QS world ranking 50% Weightage is for academic and
employer reputation survey
 QS world ranking 20% Weightage for faculty-student ratio
 Times ranking- Reputation survey in teaching-15% and in
research-18%
 ARWU- Quality of education and faculty based on Nobel and
field medals-30%
 In international ranking no Weightage for women's
presentation, economically and socially challenged, physically
challenged
 Lacuna of International Ranking Systems
 All Ranking exercises are controversial, and no ranking is
absolutely without flaws.
 Criticisms mainly due to their differences in structures,
methodologies, criteria or indicators.
 Ranking designers – primarily newspapers and magazines
– with no direct responsibility for the higher education
sector
 One of the main functions of any university—teaching—is
largely ignored in all of the rankings.
 ICT infrastructure and its application missing in most of
rankings
 Lacuna of International Ranking Systems
 Domination of so called developed countries in almost
all ranking tables
 It raises the question of Have and Have Not‘s
 Higher academic systems of developing countries as a
whole suffer from ranking tables
 International students and faculties as an indicator
disadvantages many developing countries
 Other Rankings in India
 Gujarat State Institutional Rating Framework (GSIRF) with
Indian Centre for Academic Rankings and Excellence
(ICARE)
 Karnataka State Universities Rating Framework(KSURF)
 Tamil Nadu State Universities Rating Framework
(TANSURF)
 FICCI B School Rating with ICARE
 Outlook-ICARE Indian University Rankings
 The Week-Hansa Research Best Colleges and Universities
survey
Conclusion
 Despite of all criticisms against league tables, it is clear that
university ranking tables are not going to disappear but will
continue to be published in ever-increasing numbers.
 Participation in ranking is the only choice – so participate
 Learn to capture, clean and validate the data in all aspects
 What we can do is to have focused and long-term
investments and commitment to excellence in education,
research and innovation-Nanyang Technological University-
1981-48 rank THE
 Conclusion
 Research collaboration with international staff and
universities
 “talent attraction programmes”
 “Try to get better but not bigger-California
Technological University
 At an institutional level, rankings can help to focus
the minds of faculty on the core business of
teaching, research and knowledge transfer.
NIRF –Achievements at our campus
 Maliba Pharmacy College
37th Rank in 2016
Rank-band: 76-100- 2017, 2018

 Uka Tarsadia University

University -Rank-band: 151-200-2017
GSIRF(Gujarat State Institutional Rating
Framework)
 Maliba Pharmacy College-3rd Rank In pharmacy
category for the year 2020

 Uka Tarsadia University-19th Rank in university

category for the year-2020
Thank You