1. UNIVERSITY RANKINGS AND THEIR IMPACT Hamed Niroumand, Post-Doc, PhD, P. Eng. Buein Zahra Technical University

2. Sustainable University (Lukman R, et al., 2009)

4. Ranking systemCriteria (Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings)Indicator TeachingAcademic reputation survey (teaching) Staff-to-student ratio Doctoral to bachelor's degrees awarded Number of doctorates awarded Institutional income scaled per academic 15% 4.5% 6% 2.25% ResearchAcademic reputation survey (research) University research income Number of papers published in the academic journals indexed by Thomson Reuters per academic 18% 6% CitationsCitations (5 years)30% Industry income 2.5% International outlookRatio of international to domestic students Ratio of international to domestic staff Proportion of a university's total research journal publications that have at least one international co-author and reward higher volumes 2.5%

6. Ranking systemCriteriaIndicator Academic reputationQS Global Academic Survey40% Employer reputationQS Global Employer Survey20% CitationsCitations per faculty20% Teaching qualityFaculty student ratio10% InternationalizationProportion of faculty members that are international5% Proportion of students that are international5%

8. Ranking systemCriteriaIndicator Quality of FacultyStaff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals 20%20% Highly cited researchers in 21 broad subject categories20% Research OutputPapers published in Nature and Science20% Papers indexed in Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index 20% Per Capita Performance Per capita academic performance of an institution10% Quality of EducationAlumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals 10%

9. CRITERIA OF UNIVERSITY RANKING CRITERIA OF TOP UNIVERSITIES

10. NUMBER OF UNIVERSITIES COUNTRYTOP 2000TOP 500TOP 100 USA33612240 CHINA MAINLAND219415 JAPAN152163 UNITED KINGDOM107347 FRANCE83233 INDIA801 - TURKEY764 - ITALY60262 GERMANY57395 SOUTH KOREA55141 SPAIN52161 CANADA51215 TAIWAN4581 POLAND402 - AUSTRALIA39185 Iran11- Malaysia35-

11. Sustainable University (Lukman R, et al., 2009)