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World University Rankings 2019 by subject: education methodology

Published on
October 12, 2018
Last updated
March 21, 2022

Browse the full results of the World University Rankings 2019 by subject:Ìýeducation


°Õ³ó±ðÌý51³Ô¹ÏÌýWorld University RankingsÌý2019 education subject rankingÌýincludes narrower subject areas.

The subjects used to create this ranking are:Ìý

  • Education
  • Teacher training
  • Academic studies in educationÌý

Different weights and measures

The subject tables employ the same range ofÌý13 performance indicatorsÌýused in the overallÌýWorld University Rankings 2019, brought together with scores provided under five categories.

However, the overall methodology is carefully recalibrated for each subject, with the weightings changed to suit the individual fields.

The weightings for the education ranking are:

  • Teaching:Ìýthe learning environment
    32.7 per cent
  • Research:Ìývolume, income and reputation
    29.8 per cent
  • Citations:Ìýresearch influence
    27.5 per cent
  • International outlook:Ìýstaff, students and research
    7.5 per cent
  • Industry income:Ìýinnovation
    2.5 per cent

Criteria

Two criteria are to be included in the subject rankings: a publication threshold by discipline and an academic staff* threshold by discipline.

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No institution can be included in the overall World University Rankings unless itÌýhas published a minimum of 1,000 research papers over the five years that we examine.

For each of the 11 subject rankings, the publication thresholds are different. For education, the threshold drops to 100 papers published in this discipline over the past five years.

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There is also an academic staff eligibility criterion. Up until the 2018 subject rankings, we expected an institution to have at least 1 per cent of its academic staff working in education in order to include it in the subject table.

For the 2019 subject rankings, we have made a small adjustmentÌýto the staff eligibility criterion. An institution needs to have either at least a proportion of staffÌýor a specific number ofÌýstaff in this discipline to be included in the subject ranking.

For education, we expect an institution either to have at least 1 per cent of its academic staff in education or to have at least 20 academic staff in education.

*Academic staff is defined as the full-time equivalent number of staff employed in an academic post, for example lecturer, reader or professor.

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