ĢƵ positions in uniRank University Ranking (tab uniRank University Ranking)
uniRank™ is the leading international higher education directory and search engine featuring reviews and rankings of over 13,900 officially recognized Universities and Colleges in 200 countries ().
The current uniRank University Ranking™ is based upon an algorithm including 4 unbiased and independent web metrics extracted from 3 different web intelligence sources:
The exact formula adopted to aggregate the 5 web metrics is not disclosed for copyright reasons and to minimise attempts of manipulation from University webmasters in order to achieve a better rank. The same philosophy is adopted by Google with regards to their search engine ranking algorithm. Being the uniRank University Ranking™ a web-based non-academic University ranking, the need for ranking methodology transparency and the ability of testing and reproducing the results, as suggested by the , is less stringent than for academic University rankings.
The aim of the uniRank University Ranking™ is to provide an approximate global ranking of world Universities and Colleges based upon their web presence and popularity in terms of estimated traffic, trust/authority and quality link popularity. This is especially intended to help international students and academic staff to understand how popular a specific higher education institution is in a foreign country.
Indicators:
- the level of attendance at the university site;
- the number of active pages;
- performance metrics of flow;
- number of unique visitors;
- the number of page views on the university website from mobile devices and PC users.
