MU Deans Meeting 24 September 2014 Official Announcement: 16 September QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING 2014
QS ASIA – Indicators & Weights 30% 20% 15% 10% 5% 15% FT = full-time; Exc = exchange
QS World – Indicators & Weights 40% 20% 10% 5%
QS World – MU Position
QS World 2014 – MU Score per Indicators 21.1/ / / / /5 0.44/
MU Key Indicators: 2012 vs 2013 Indicators2011 (229) 2011 score 2012 (255) 2012 score 2013 (283) 2013 score 2014 (257) 2014 score F/S ratio (20%)1: :7.2821: :784.4 Citation/faculty (20%) % Inter staff (5%)6.1% % % %14.2 % Inter students (5%)2.6%7.82.8%7.52.9%7.53.6%8.8 Academic review (40%) Employer review (10%) Overall score
Interesting Issues All indicators are with positive trends, esp. survey results Competition is getting tougher / wider – 2011: Score 43.1 Ranked 229 – 2014: Score > Ranked 257 – ↑↑ No. of universities joining rankings – ↑↑ No. / scope of reviewers – Exponential growth in performance of others East Asia, South America, Middle East * For position , ranked in group; detailed data available in QS WUR Supplement & excel file
Thai Universities in Top 800 QS World 2013/14 Institute Chula Mahidol Chiangmai Thammasat Kasetsart Khon Kaen KMUTT PSU
Chulalongkorn Mahidol
ASEAN Universities in Top 400 QS World 2013/14 NoInstituteCountry NUS NTU41=4758 3U. of Malaya Chulalongkorn UKM269= Mahidol U Indonesia309= U Sains Malaysia355= U Teknologi M.355=358>401 10U Philippines380=348332
ASEAN Universities in Top 400 QS World 2014/15 NoInstituteCountry NUS NTU3941=4758 3U. of Malaya Chulalongkorn Mahidol UKM259269= U Teknologi M =358>401 8U Sains Malaysia309355= U Indonesia310309= U Philippines367380=348332
QS WORLD: MU vs Malaysia IndicatorMU 257 UM 151 UKM 259 UTM 294 USM 309 Overall score Academic Rep. (40%) Employer Rep. (10%) F/S Ratio (20%) Citation/F (20%) Inter Faculty (5%) Inter Student (5%)
Issue for Consideration Collaborative effort in data collection – Online collection started Oct 2014 Need more efforts for better results on academic & employer survey – Start faculty level Nov 2014 University wide effort – research output both volume & quality – Increase internationalization activities positive impact on academic survey – Engagement with employer & alumni
5 Major Faculty Areas Arts & Humanities Social Sciences & Management Life Sciences & Medicine Academic ReviewEmployer ReviewCitation/paper Engineering & Technology Natural Sciences 40% 10% 50% 40% 20% 40% 40% 30% 30% 50% 30% 20% 60% 20% 20%
5 Major Faculty Areas Arts & Humanities Social Sciences & Management Life Sciences & Medicine Academic ReviewEmployer ReviewCitation/paperH-index Engineering & Technology Natural Sciences 40% 10% 25% 25% 40% 20% 20% 20% 40% 30% 15% 15% 50% 30% 10%10% 60% 20% 10%10% 2013
MU Positions: 5 Faculty Areas
MU Positions: 5 Faculty Areas
Life Sciences & Medicine: Asia 2013 UniversityRankUniversityRank NUS1Tokyo Med/Dent11 Tokyo2Tsinghua12 U. of Hong Kong3Keio13 Kyoto4Kyushu14 Osaka5Nagoya15 National Taiwan U6Tohoku16 Seoul NU7Yonsei17 Peking8Mahidol18 CUHK9Hokkaido19 Fudan10N. Yang Ming U20
Life Sciences & Medicine: Asia 2014 UniversityCountryWorldAsia Tokyo261 National U Singapore272 Kyoto403 U. of Hong Kong464 Seoul National U585 Osaka616 Chinese UHK777 Peking828 National Taiwan U839 Mahidol*11710 * Same position as Fudan University, 32th
MU vs Other World Class Universities: UniversityCountryWorld MahidolThailand117 Tohoku UniversityJapan119 U. of LiverpoolUK125 PrincetonUSA131 Case Western Reserve UUSA135 U. of AberdeenUK136 U. of ChicagoUSA137 Penn State UUSA139 U. of AustinUSA159 Universite Paris-Sud 11France173 Purdue UniversityUSA178 Mayo Medical SchoolUSA208 Life S ciences & M edicine
New Ranking Criteria: 2015 Research data: – Introduction of citation normalization on five broad faculty areas then, adjusted by number of staff (hybrid model) Employability: – Development & introduction of “Global Employability Index” – New set of data will be collected
Faculty Area: MU Scores Life sciencesSocial Sciences Rank Score (100) Academic (L:40, S: 50) Employer (L:10, S:30) Citations (L:25, S:10) H-index (L:25, S:10)
Faculty Area Ranking: MU vs CU Mahidol Life sciences117 Social sciences374 Engineering /Tech401+ Natural sciences401+ Arts & humanities401+ Chula
SCIMAGO Institutions Rankings Developed by Scimago Lab Data source: Scopus
SCIMAGO Institution Ranking Ranked over 5,100 institutions Broad range of institution types – 2,782 higher education – 1,272 governmental organizations – 857 health (hospitals) – 274 private/other types of organizations Rank 3 aspects – Research, Innovation & Web Visibility
Ranking Criteria Output Inter collaboration Normalized impact High quality pubs Specialization index Excellence rate Scientific leadership Excellence with leadership Scientific talent pool Research Innovation Web Visibility Innovative Knowledge Technological impact Web size Domain’s inbound links
Research Ranking: Output Institution 1Chula47913Mahasarakam2155 2Mahidol51914Ramathibodi2170 3Chiangmai87815NSTDA2244 4Kasetsart104416Naresuan2265 5PSU116417NECTEC2266 6KKU118018NCGEB2278 7KMUTL128119Silpakorn2363 8KMUTT128220MOPH2404 9Thammasart157521Srinakarinwirot Siriraj165222NMMTC AIT182923Mae Fa Luang Suranaree192824COEM2846
SCIMAGO Institution Ranking Research ranking of MU – Output: 519 (No. 2 in TH – exc. SI/RA) – Talent pool: 351 (No.1 in TH) – Leadership: 920 Innovation ranking of MU – Innovative knowledge: 240 (No.1 in TH) – Technological impact: 336 (No.13 in TH) Web visibility: 292 (No.6 in TH)
Summary of 2014 ↑ trend for MU on most key indicators Highest position ever for life science & medicine in Asia with the new, tougher criteria – Mahidol is proudly now in the TOP TEN New methodology next year major shift in position is expected New data set will most likely be required. Need strong collaboration university wide