QS Quacquarelli Symonds, the publisher of the QS World University Rankings®, has today launched a new ranking of universities in Emerging Europe and Central Asia, with the region’s top 100 universities unveiled at a launch event in Budapest. This is the first ever university ranking dedicated to the EECA region, whose institutions are “reaching out to the world, driving innovation and marketing their unique strengths like never before”, said Ben Sowter, head of research at QS.
This pilot edition of the QS University Rankings: Emerging Europe and Central Asia sees Russia’sLomonosov Moscow State University take the top spot, followed by the Czech Republic’s Charles University, which shares second place with another Russian representative, Novosibirsk State University. Overall, Russian universities claim the largest share of the region’s top 100 universities, with 26 entries. The Czech Republic and Turkey have 10 apiece, Poland nine, Kazakhstan eight, and Hungary and Ukraine six each.
| QS University Rankings: Emerging Europe and Central Asia 2014/15 Top 10 Universities | ||
| 1 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russia |
| 2= | Charles University | Czech Republic |
| 2= | Novosibirsk State University | Russia |
| 4 | University of Warsaw | Poland |
| 5= | University of Tartu | Estonia |
| 5= | Czech Technical University in Prague | Czech Republic |
| 7 | Saint-Petersburg State University | Russia |
| 8 | Jagiellonian University | Poland |
| 9= | Middle East Technical University | Turkey |
| 9= | Istanbul University | Turkey |
Universities across a total of 30 countries in Emerging Europe and Central Asia were considered for inclusion, with the ranking’s reach extending to Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
| QS University Rankings: Emerging Europe and Central Asia 2014/15 Methodology | ||
| Indicators | Weighting | Source |
| Academic reputation | 30% | Global survey of academics |
| Employer reputation | 20% | Global survey of employers |
| Faculty/student ratio | 15% | Institutions/public data |
| Web impact | 10% | Webometrics |
| Papers per faculty member | 10% | Bibliometric data from Scopus |
| Staff with PhD (%) | 5% | Institutions/public data |
| Citations per paper | 5% | Bibliometric data from Scopus |
| International faculty (%) | 2.5% | Institutions/public data |
| International students (%) | 2.5% | Institutions/public data |
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