Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Times Higher Education World University Rankings
EditorPhil Baty
CategoriesHigher education
FrequencyAnnual
PublisherTimes Higher Education
First issue2004 (2004) (in partnership with QS)
2010 (2010) (on its own)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, often referred to as the THE Rankings, is the annual publication of university rankings by the Times Higher Education magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) to publish the joint THE-QS World University Rankings from 2004 to 2009 before it turned to Thomson Reuters for a new ranking system from 2010 to 2013. In 2014, the magazine signed an agreement with Elsevier to provide it with the data used in compiling its annual rankings.[1]

The publication includes global rankings of universities, including by subject and reputation. It also has begun publishing three regional tables for universities in Asia, Latin America, and BRICS and emerging economies, which are ranked with separate criteria and weightings.

The THE Rankings is often considered one of the most widely observed university rankings together with the Academic Ranking of World Universities and the QS World University Rankings.[2][3][4] It is praised for having a new, improved ranking methodology since 2010, but criticism and concerns have been voiced that this methodology underestimates non-science and non-English instructing institutions and relies on a subjective reputation survey.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Elsevier. "Discover the data behind the Times Higher Education World University Rankings". Elsevier Connect. Archived from the original on 30 August 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. ^ McKenna, Sioux (2024). "Critical Look at the University Ranking Industry".
  3. ^ "The history and development of higher education ranking systems". QS WOWNEWS. QS Asia News Network. 2 March 2018. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Strength and weakness of varsity rankings". NST Online. 14 September 2016. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference praise1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Bekhradnia, Bahram. "International university rankings: For good or ill?" (PDF). Higher Education Policy Institute. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.

Developed by StudentB