Split University Moves up in Times Higher Education Impact Rankings
ZAGREB, 1 May 2022 - Split University has moved up in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings and is now in a group of universities ranking from 401st to 600th among 1,524 institutions from 110 countries.
"Since last year we have gone up 400 places. We have met all 17 criteria of sustainable development, and that means a better ranking. We are working intensively on that," Split University Chancellor Dragan Ljutić said.
This year's rankings were published at the Times Higher Education Impact and Innovation Summit in Stockholm, focusing on innovation climate.
The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings assess a university's impact on society through its contributions toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
"Cooperation is crucial to accomplishing sustainable development goals and we are particularly satisfied that in Partnerships for the Goals, which is one of the criteria, we have made the most progress compared to the previous year and now rank between 201st and 300th place among 1,438 institutions," Ljutić added.
In addition to Split University, also included in the list is Rijeka University, which is in the group of universities ranking from 301st to 400th.
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Times Higher Education Rates University of Split Best in Croatia
September 6, 2021 - Great news for education in Dalmatia as Times Higher Education rates University of Split the best in Croatia!
In the latest World University Rankings, published on September 2, 2021, the University of Split achieved the best result at the national level. In the world, it was ranked between 1001st and 1200th place, reports Slobodna Dalmacija.
Since this type of evaluation was first conducted in 2011, the number of participating higher education institutions has grown from 200 to as many as 1,662, with more than 2,112 institutions submitting ranking data this year, representing over 100 million citations to more than 14 million scientific papers and a survey of over 22,000 scientists, said the University of Split.
In this pandemic year, when universities have faced many challenges, the greatest progress has been made by Chinese universities, and a significant increase in several categories has been achieved for several years by universities in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
This year, the University of Split achieved an increase in the number of points in as many as four of the five areas that Times Higher Education applies in the evaluation: Teaching, Research, Revenue from Industry, and International Cooperation. It is worth noting that citations are the best-rated area.
Furthermore, the University of Split has again achieved success on the NTU (National Taiwan University) scale, which since 2007, traditionally publishes the university evaluation "Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities."
The ranking is based on 3 parameters: Research Productivity, Research Impact, and Research Excellence, which rely solely on the quality and impact of scientific papers indexed in the Web of Science and ESI Clarivate (Essential Science Indicators) database.
This year, the University of Split is ranked between 651st and 700th in the world, while based on the quality and impact of scientific publications, the field of life sciences, it is positioned in the range from 401st to 450th place, and in the field of natural sciences between 451st and 500th place.
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World University Rankings Place Split In 801-1000 Range, Zagreb In 1001+
ZAGREB, Sept 2, 2020 - Times Higher Education (THE) has released its World University Rankings 2021, according to which the University of Oxford is again the best in the world, while the University of Split ranked in the 801-1000 range, and the University of Zagreb maintained its position in the 1001+ group.
The World University Rankings include over 1,500 universities from 93 countries, the biggest number so far. The list is based on 13 performance indicators in four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and international outlook.
The University of Split has fallen behind compared with the 2020 list when it was in the 601-800 range, but it remains the best-ranked Croatian university.
The University of Ljubljana was placed in the same range as Split and the University of Maribor in the same group as Zagreb. The University of Belgrade, ranked in the 601-800 range, is the best-ranked university in Serbia, while the University of Novi Sad was placed in the 1001+ group.
The University of Oxford tops the list for the fifth consecutive year, followed by Stanford University, Harvard University, California Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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