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- 22/03/2016
Increase in TU/e subjects in QS world ranking
TU/e is surging up the ladder of the QS World University Rankings 2016 by subject. Of the ten surveyed subject areas, five can be found higher up the list this year. Eight of the TU/e subjects are among the best 100 worldwide. Which is quite a showing given that the QS Intelligence Unit evaluated 4,226 universities around the world, around 700 more than in 2015.
The research agency QS bases its evaluation both on the opinion of researchers and employers and on the number of times that the research is cited. This is the sixth time that this subject ranking has been published.
According to the QS World University Rankings 2016 by subject, the TU/e subjects that rank among the very best in the world are Architecture/Built Environment and Statistics & Operational Research.
Rector Frank Baaijens of TU/e is pleased that the Eindhoven university can stand shoulder to shoulder with its competitors worldwide. “Our position in the QS list per subject is important for TU/e in terms of being able to attract talented foreign students, particularly those students looking for a specific study with a good reputation. Their choices are also influenced by the relationship between performance and the cost of such a study.”
Criteria
In drawing up its ranking, the research agency QS evaluated 4,226 universities all around the world and used several criteria: Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Citations per Paper (or citation index) and the H-index Citations or Hirsch index (a subject-dependent index that measures the 'career impact' of the publications of an academic/scientific researcher). Also the student/staff ratio and the international outlook is taken into account.
The ranking published today is a breakdown by subject of the general QS World University Ranking that was published towards the end of last year. That list is considered to be one of the most influential university rankings for prospective students internationally. Of the 36 subjects surveyed by QS this year, TU/e appears in ten.
Source: TU/e press team
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