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QS ranking downright shady and unethical
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NTU is also ranked 11th in the world, ranking above other notable institutions such as Princeton University, Cornell University and Yale University, and two positions above its previous 13th spot.
Ouserhout’s response in full
First impressions suggest it is almostlaughably inaccurate. UC Berkeley at #27? This is the same university that is affiliated with 91 Nobel Laureates, 13 Fields Medals, 23 Turing Awards and 16 elements of the Periodic Table. The rest of the ranking seems similarly strange as well; NUS and NTU ranked right alongside or higher than Princeton, Cornell, Yale, Columbia and Johns Hopkins?
- 10% of the score is based on the % of international students and faculty. This has absolutely no relation to research or teaching, and favors universities in smaller countries like the UK, Switzerland and Singapore over those in the US. 10% might seem like a small number, but when all these universities score almost the same in the major metrics, it is small factors like these that create all the differences in rankings.
- 50% of the score comes from reputation surveys from Academics and Employers. The methodology of these surveys has come under
- Less commonly spoken about is the
- The employer surveys ask “employers to identify those institutions from which they source the most competent, innovative, effective graduates.“ and “international and domestic responses will contribute 50% each to an institution’s final score.” In short, employers are not actually being asked to compare a hypothetical Harvard grad to an NUS grad. The score for NTU for instance, is based primarily on which universities Singaporean employers will tend to hire graduates from.
- A dubious Star ranking system, where universities pay to be evaluated. (Conflicts of interest anyone?)
- ‘Branding Opportunities’ for $80,000 with QS Showcase
- A highly lucrative ‘consultancy service’ to help universities rise up the rankings
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