Swiss Up (in association with L’Hebdo newspaper) In a similar vein to the rankings produced in Germany by Die Zeit and CHE, the SwissUp ranking offers students the option to create their own university ranking based on their desired study options and the quality indicators…
Canada Universities Refuse to Aid in the Ranking Process Eleven of Canada’s institutions of higher education have declared that they will not participate in the university rankings process taken on each year by the popular magazine Maclean’s. The universities in opposition to the rankings mailed…
Commercial Rankings Le Point Le Point magazine produces an annual ranking of engineering schools, categorized under three categories: post-baccalaureate schools, schools that require two years of preparatory classes (classes préparatoires) for entry (grandes écoles), and “life and earth science” schools. Methodology The Le Point rankings…
Performance-Based Research Funding (PBRF) Traditionally, government research funding at postsecondary institutions has been distributed based on enrollments of equivalent full-time students. This system is currently being phased out in favor of performance-based funding, similar to Britain’s Research Assessment Exercise, through an evaluation and funding system…
Undergraduate Survey Conducted by a private research firm in conjunction with the National Union of Israeli Students, and now in its second year, a poll published in a pamphlet for prospective students attempts to gauge which schools provide the best atmosphere, academic and otherwise, for…