1. WEBOMETRIC RANKING: HOW ELIZADE UNIVERSITY, CAN ATTAIN SUSTAINABLE RANKING.
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

2. OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
What is ranking of universities?
What purpose does ranking of universities serve?
Some Ranking Institutions
Metrics/indicators used in some ranking
Grouping the metrics/indicators
Rankings of some world universities for 2017, 2018 and 2019
Webometric & Other ranking platforms of Nigerian Universities
Source of data used for ranking of Universities?
The Elizade University Website
Re-designing the Elizade University Website for Visibility - ICT Unit & Others
Outline of data required for EU website Template
Who will be responsible for what? - Adopting Contents Management System (CMS)
Template of proposed new website for academic & non- academic units
Integration of all current application servers on the new website
Implementation Strategy
Challenges of EU ICT Unit
Summary of Presentation
11. Comments and Questions
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

3. Amount and impact of research conducted Quality of teaching
What is Academic Ranking of World Universities?
The Academic Ranking of World Universities provides insightful overlook of different academic institutions based on indicators which evaluates and compares their academic capabilities through the:
Amount and impact of research conducted
Quality of teaching
Reputation of the institution in question among researchers and
employers
Extent of international outlook of the university.
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

4. Web design is totally irrelevant in ranking as:
What is Academic Ranking of World Universities?
NOTE:
Web design is totally irrelevant in ranking as:
Measurements are related to the contents published
(Quantity and Quality)
Especially those open access documents of academic interest
or relevance.
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

5. What Purpose Does Ranking Serve?
It provides information on relative standing of courses or programmes
It provides information on overall standing of one university relative to others
Guidance for potential students on which institutions to go for particular course
University administrators are able to detect weaknesses in their programme delivery for the
needed correction
etc.
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

6. Some Ranking Institutions
Times Higher Education
QS World University Ranking
QS Asian University Ranking
QS Latin American University Ranking
Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
Webometric Ranking
National Taiwan University Ranking
US News Best Global Universities Ranking
Professional Ranking of World Universities
Newsweek Ranking
Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities
Wuhan University Ranking
Emory University Ranking
Boston University Ranking
4 International Colleges & Universities (4ICU)
National Universities Commission Ranking (Nigeria) etc.
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

7. Metrics/Indicators Used in Some Ranking
1. TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION RANKING INDICATORS:
Teaching %
Teaching Reputation survey %
Staff-to-student ratio %
Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio %
Doctorates-awarded-to-academic-staff ratio %
Institutional income per academic staff %
Research (volume, income and reputation) %
Reputation survey %
Research income per academic staff %
Research productivity (publication per academic staff) 6%
Citations: %
Industry income per academic staff: %
International outlook (students, staff, article int. collaboration): %
Proportion of international students %
Proportion of international staff %
International collaboration %
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

8. Metrics/Indicators Used in Some Ranking
2. The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) rank­ing
The indicators are as follows:
The university’s reputation among academic researchers %
The university’s reputation among employers %
(Based on - the number of alumni holding a post of chief executive officer or equivalent in one of the 500 leading international companies as reported in Fortune Global 500).
Ratio of citations to academic staff %
Ratio of teachers to students %
Proportion of International students %
Proportion of International staff %
The Shang­hai rank­ing (ARWU)
Published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Academic Ranking of World Universities is based on indicators measuring the universities' research and
historical reputations. The indicators and their impact on the score are as follows:
An alumnus or alumna of the university is a Nobel or Fields laureate, 10%
A researcher has received a Nobel prize or a Fields Medal while working at the university, 20%
Citation indices of articles, 20%
Articles in the journals Nature or Science, 20%
Highly cited (top 1%) scientists, 20%
Ratio of the above achievements to number of academic staff, 10%
The University of Helsinki has had the most success in the citation indices and the least in indicators related to the Nobel Prize and Fields Medal. This
ranking is fairly stable, and the positions of universities tend not to change rapidly. Area- and field-specific versions also exist.
3. The Shang­hai ARWU Rank­ing
The indicators and their impact on the score are as follows:
An alumnus or alumna a Nobel or Fields laureate %
A researcher received a Nobel prize or a Fields Medal while at the university %
(If a winner is affiliated with more than one institution, each institution is assigned the reciprocal of the number of institutions).
Citation indices of articles %
Articles in the journals nature or Science %
Highly cited (top 1%) scientists %
Ratio of the above achievements to number of academic staff  %
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

9. 4. Webometric Ranking Metrics/Indicators used in Some Ranking
The Indicators used for Webometric Ranking are:
Number of published web pages %
The number of Rich files, those in pdf, PS, Doc and PPT format %
The number of articles gathered from the Google Scholar Database %
The total number of external in links %
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

10. Metrics/Indicators Used by NUC in Ranking Nigerian Universities
5. Grouping the metrics/indicators (NUC)
Quality of Instruction
Quality of Faculty
Infrastructure
Citations per Faculty (Publications)
Retention: six-year graduation rate and first-year student retention rate
Proportion of international staff
Proportion of International students
Alumni Award & Recognition
Employers Perspective
Online Visibility
etc
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

11. Date of Establishment of Some World Universities1.
University of Modena, Modena, Italy,
1175 2
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England,
1208 3.
University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Lisbon, Portugal
1290 4.
Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
1386 5.
St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Scotland,
1412 6.
Harvard University is the oldest university in the USA,
1636 7.
Université Laval (The oldest university) in Canada,
1663 8.
University of Ibadan, Ibadan
1948 9.
The Federal University of Technology, Akure
1982??
10.
Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin (Opened to students on Jan. 2013)
2012
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

12. Times Higher Education for 2019 Webometrics Ranking (July 2018)
Rankings of Some World Universities for 2017, 2018 & 2019
Times Higher Education for 2019
RANK
University
No of FTE (Students)
No of Students /staff
International Students
Female:Male Ratio 1.
University of Oxford, UK
20,298
11.0
40%
46:54 2.
University of Cambridge, UK
18,749
10.937% 3.
Stanford University, US
15,878
7.4
23%
43:57 4.
MIT, US
11,231
8.7
34%
38:62 5.
California Institute of Technology, US
2,255
6.5
29%
33:67 6.
Harvard University, US
20,595
9.1
26%
48:52 etc
QS World Rankings (2019)
Webometrics Ranking (July 2018)
NUC (2017)
4ICU (Top Private Univ. (NG)
Rank
 World Universities
Nigeria 
World Position
Nigeria
COVENANT, OTA 1.
MIT, US
Harvard University, US UI
1099
ABU
LANDMARK 2.
Stanford University, US
2140
UNILAG
BABCOCK 3.
Massachusetts Institute of Tech, US
OAU
2267
AUN 5.
California Institute of Technology, US
University of California, Berkeley
UNN
2463
ABUAD
University of Oxford, UK
University of Michigan, US
2654
UNILORIN
AL-HIKMAH 6.
University of Cambridge
University of Washington, US
2783
BOWEN 7.
ETH Zurich-Swiss Federal Inst of Tech
FUT, Minna
2821
PAN-ATLANTIC
147/81/82.
NOT LISTED -
ELIZADE UNI
12,835
ELIZADE UNIV
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

13. Quantity and Quality Contents on University websites
Source of Data Used for Ranking of Universities
Quantity and Quality Contents on University websites
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

14. The Elizade University Website
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

15. REDESIGNING THE ELIZADE UNIVERSITY WEBSITE FOR
QUANTITY AND QUALITY CONTENTS AND VISIBILITY
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

16. Outline of Data Required for EU Website Template
Administration
Vice-Chancellor’s /Registrar’s/Bursar’s Offices
Vice-Chancellor’s/Registrar’s/Bursar’s address
Image banner
Contact address &
List of staff-VC’s/Registrar’s/Bursar’s office
Faculty
Faculty Name
Image Banner
Contact Person
Contact
Dean’s Address
Description of the Faculty
Dean of the Faculty
List of Departments in the Faculty
Departments/Service Units
Department/Unit Name
Description of the Department/Unit
Head of the Department/Unit
List of Programmes in the Department/
Support Services in the Unit
Staff Profile
First Name
Last Name
Other Names
Academic Qualifications
Faculty
Department
Post/Job Title
Phone Extension
Google Scholar Page
List of Publications/Images
Programmes
Programme Name
Duration in Years
Description
Admission Requirements
List of Courses
Course Outline
Course Code
Course Title
Prerequisite
Level
Semester
Services
Service Name
Description
Faculty
Department
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

17. Who will be Responsible for What? - Adopting Contents Management System
S/N
INDICATOR
RESPONSIBLE
METRIC 1.
Teaching
Senate/Faculty
/Dept.
Research (volume, income and reputation)
Senate/Faculty/Dept./Acad. Planning
/Acad. Affairs
International outlook
ICT Unit/
Number of published web pages
ICT Unit 2.
Teaching Reputation survey
/Dept. (Quality Assurance Unit?)
Reputation among academic researchers
Senate Matters (HR?)/Acad. Planning/Acad. Affairs
Proportion of international students
Acad. Planning/
Students Affairs
The number of Rich files, those in pdf, PS, Doc and PPT format
Reputation among employers
Alumni & Development 3.
Staff-to-Student ratio
Acad. Planning /Acad. Affairs
Nobel prize or a Fields Medal received while at the university
Acad. Planning/Acad. Affairs
Proportion of international staff
Acad. Planning/HR
Articles gathered from the Google Scholar Database
Acad. Planning
Ratio of Teachers to Students
Acad. Planning / Acad. Affairs
Alumni Award & Recognition
Registrar 4.
Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio
Acad. Planning & Acad. Affairs
Research productivity (publication per academic staff
/Dept./Web Liaison Officers/Acad. Planning/Acad. Affairs
International collaboration
VC/Registrar/ICT Unit
Total number of external in links (Online Visibility)
Research income per academic staff
Bursary/Acad. Planning 5.
Doctorates-awarded-to-academic-staff ratio
Acad. Planning /Acad. Affairs /PGS
Ratio of citations to academic staff
Faculty/Dept.
/Acad. Planning
/ICT Unit
Infrastructure (NUC)
VC/Registrar
/Faculty/Dept.
Industry income per academic staff
/Bursary
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

18. Figure 1: Landing Page of Faculty
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

19. Figure 2: Landing Page of Academic Department
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

20. Figure 3: Programme Page
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

21. Figure 4: Landing Page of Non Academic Department
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

22. Figure 5: Staff Profile
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

23. Figure 6: Staff Profile continued
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

24. INTEGRATION OF CURRENT APPLICATION SERVERS ON THE NEW WEBSITE
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

25. PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY
Web Liaison Officers for each Unit, Department and Faculty
Responsible for the collation of vetted information and uploading of the same for the unit,
department or faculty home page.
Carry out regular update of contents.
Units, Departments and Faculties must regularly update ICT unit of deployment of liaison
officers.
ICT Unit will be responsible for granting Access to the Website CMS Control panel for Liaison
The Task Force on Development of University Website to perform oversight function on website
redesign by ensuring timely availability of contents from all units and departments on
the website.
Award for best maintained home page -To be recommended by Task Force on Development of University
Website.
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

26. PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE
To be supervised by the TASK FORCE ON DEVELOPMENT OF WEBSITE:
Selection of Liaison Officers days (10-12 December)
Deployment of new Template Code days (10-11 December) 
Training of Web Liaison Officers day (13 December, 2018)
Actual Contents Upload December January, 2019
General Contents Review (Task Force) days (7-9 January, 2019)
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

27. CHALLENGES OF ICT UNIT Current Challenges:
Data Centre operates from 8am to 5pm everyday
Unstable power supply from current sources
Faulty 20 KVA Inverter
Need for alternative power back up (Generator & Inverter)
Aging servers & Network Equipment
Limited operating time for our critical servers
etc
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

28. SUMMARY OF PRESENTATION
Ranking metrics/indicators used by major ranking institutions in the world are presented
Elizade University is not visible on the global scale of university rankings and is barely visible on the list of universities ranked in Nigeria.
On Webometric ranking scale, it is listed as number 12,835 in the world and 147 in Nigeria
The website of Elizade University does not contain such information as are useful for the ranking of the university, hence need for a re-design
New website to be contents management driven
Key units to provide needed data in quantity and quality were identified
Web Liaison officers are to be appointed to collect and upload contents on their respective homepages on the website
Challenges facing the ICT Unit are presented
Implementation strategy and timeline to upload contents are proposed
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.

29. Comments and Suggestions
Thank You
Prof. M. O. Ajewole - Webometric Ranking: How Elizade University can attain sustainable ranking. Paper presented at the two day retreat for staff of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, 6-7 December, 2018.