排行榜和排名
Our commitment to academic excellence, teaching quality and student experience is demonstrated through our position in global rankings.
关于排行榜
It is estimated that there are about 17,000 universities in the world. 它们种类繁多, 在不同的环境下工作, and may pursue different aims and objectives. Therefore, it does not always make sense to rank one of them as better or worse than the other. 仍然, there are attempts to compile rankings and league tables of 'the best' universities in the world, 或者在任何一个国家.
League tables attempt to measure the best universities in the world 或者在任何一个国家.
Since universities 在不同的环境下工作 and pursue different objectives, you should look at as many league tables as you can, 小心对待他们.
Different league tables measure different things. You should check whether the table you're looking at actually measures the things you're interested in. They also assign different weights to the things they do measure. You should know which of the topics they cover they consider to be more important. The weightings may vary from one year to the next (often without any notice or explanation). This would affect the rankings even if nothing else had changed.
Small changes in data can make a big difference in rankings from one year to the next. 因此，你应该理想地 look at a university’s rankings over time，而不仅仅是今年.
We also recommend that you look at 单一话题排行榜 such as the National Student Survey or the Employability 排名. They only measure one thing, rather than bundle together different things. This generally makes them more reliable.
Most of the common rankings and league tables are compounded out of a number of 单一话题排行榜. Their outcomes depend on the way in which the compounding is done.
Many university league tables are compiled and published by newspapers. 当你看着他们, you should remember that the first priority of a newspaper is to sell a story to the public.
Our position on university rankings and league tables recommends that you 要谨慎对待他们. If you wish to do some more research on the topic, here are some authoritative reports and articles.
- Rauhvargers Andrejs (2011) 全球 University 排名 and Their Impact (PDF: 3.4MB). 2011年EUA排名报告. Brussels: European University Association.
- 边缘,克里斯(2010) 可比性≠排名 (PDF: 178 kb). 大学排名研讨会. European Centre for Parliamentary Studies, June 2010, Brussels.
- Ellen Hazelkorn (2009) 排名 and the battle for world-class excellence. Higher Education Management and Policy, 21(1), pp. 55-76.
- 西方,彼得·W. A. (2009) 一个浮士德式? Institutional responses to national and international rankings. Higher Education Management and Policy, 21(1), pp. 11-18.