University Rankings are commonly conducted by magazines, newspapers
and institutions of higher education. While some rankings consider the overall
quality of an institution, other focus on specific departments or programs.
So how is it decided where to place each institution?
It depends.
Basically, a given institution is graded in several distinct parameters. The final grade
of the institution is formulated according to these grades. It should be noted that
each of these parameters may be weighted differently in the composition of the
final grade.
Common parameters include (but are not limited to):
- Citations to the works of faculty members in scientific papers worldwide
- Surveys of the institution's reputation among notable researchers
- Surveys of the institution's reputation among relevant figures in the job market
- Number of Nobel Prize winners in the institution
- Mean annual salary of an institution's graduate
