QS ranking
Once again, it’s time to collect data for the QS ranking list.
We would like to ask for your help in selecting researchers and employers of graduates who have a good working relationship with your department/school
Why is this important?
QS is one of six world rankings which is particularly important for AU. Over the years, the world rankings have become very influential. For this reason, a high ranking is an important factor in the competition to attract and retain the best students, researchers and partners from all over the world.
AU has fallen in the QS ranking over the past few years: from number 79 in 2011 to number 155 in 2021.
A university’s overall ranking depends on the performance as measured by a number of metrics. Taken together, the metrics for ‘Academic reputation’ and ‘Employer reputation’ constitute 50% of an institution’s final ranking.
More information about the QS ranking is available here.
AU’s performance on the metrics ‘Citations per faculty’ and ‘International faculty ratio/international student ration’ is excellent. Unfortunately, QS’ academic reputation metric does not reflect this, which suggests that there is considerable potential for improvement in AU’s rankings in this area.
QS invites universities to submit contact information for 400 researchers and 400 employers who will be asked to participate in QS’ university reputation survey. If the researchers and employers consent to participate, they will receive a questionnaire. QS’ academic and employer reputation metrics are based on this survey. QS stores the names of previously submitted researchers and employers, so only new names must be submitted.
How you can help
It is an advantage for AU to ensure, that all researchers and employers who have a good working relationship with AU participate in the survey.
We would like to ask you to help by submitting new names, email addresses and institutional affiliations of researchers and employers you collaborate with. You can do so on this page:
Deadline is November 12, 2021
The QS survey in brief:
- When answering the academic reputation questionnaire, the participating researchers are asked to select up to ten domestic and up to 30 international universities that they regard as producing the best research in their subject area. The national votes for an institution constitute 15% of its total score, while the international votes constitute 85%.
- When answering the employer reputation questionnaire, the participating employers are asked to select up to ten domestic and up to 30 international preferred universities in regard to recruitment of graduates. The national and international votes each constitute 50% of an institution’s total score.