The placed in the top 2.5% out of more than 20,000 universities in the world, according to the , released on May 13. The flagship campus of the 10-campus UH System placed No. 511 out of 20,966 universities ranked. UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ also ranked No. 138 among universities in the U.S.
“This ranking is the latest validation of UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹¡¯s standing as a hub of academic excellence and groundbreaking research,” UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Provost Michael Bruno said. “It’s a source of pride for our state to host one of the world¡¯s premier universities right here in Â鶹´«Ã½.”
Four key objective pillars were analyzed for the rankings—education, employability, faculty and research. The center used seven objective and outcome-based indicators grouped into four areas to rank the world¡¯s universities:
Education: Based on the academic success of a university¡¯s alumni, measured relative to the university’s size (25%)
Employability: Based on the professional success of a university¡¯s alumni, measured relative to the university’s size (25%)
Faculty: Measured by the number of faculty members who have received top academic distinctions (10%)
Research:
- Research output: measured by the total number of research articles (10%)
- High-quality publications: measured by the number of research articles appearing in top-tier journals (10%)
- Influence: measured by the number of research articles appearing in highly-influential journals (10%)
- Citations: measured by the number of highly-cited research articles (10%)
Surveys and university data submissions did not factor in the rankings. The center says that equal emphasis was put on student and faculty indicators, and that 62-million outcome-based data points were used. For more on the methodology, .
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—By Marc Arakaki