RANKINGS some comments from Charles University

Jan Skrha

Vice-Rector, Charles University in Prague

Dubrovnik, July 3, 2009

RANKINGSImportant tasks:

1) Goals of evaluation - science, incoming students (education)

2) Weight of indices - publications 3) Collection of correct data - quality and quantity

4) Presentation of the results

Differences: large vs. small institutions pure science vs. science-learing peer-review vs. data based on IF publications differences of IF between specialties (weighted mean) etc.

RANKINGS

THES, Academic Ranking of World UniversitiesProblems: - bibliometry - reduction of university tasks only to

research publications - reduction to quantitative measures - results related to the whole institution and

not to one academician - standardization of different faculties within

university (medicine, natural sciences, humanities)

Charles University today

• 17 Faculties

• 7.500 Employees (4.300 Academic)

• 143 Bc and Masters Programmes

• 119 PhD Programmes

• 50.000 Students (10.600 Bachelors, 32.000 Magisters, 7.300 PhD Students, 6.000 Foreign Students,

1780 in the whole English Curriculum)

Priorities of the University

• PGS (1-2 Semesters abroad)

• Research (Charles University as a research university)

• Exchange of Academicians between countries

CU for rankings

THES: 246. position

Shanghai: 264-268. position

PhD stud./acad.position: 2004 – 1.2

2008 – 1.6

Number of publications in IF journals