Workshop overview
A practical, international-level workshop by International Institute of Quality Accreditation & Rankings (IIQA) designed to help higher education institutions understand the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings framework, methodology, performance indicators, institutional data requirements, benchmarking and strategic performance improvement. The workshop connects THE ranking methodology with institutional practices, helping participants understand teaching performance, research environment, research quality, international outlook and industry engagement. Participants will gain practical perspectives on data preparation, performance analysis, peer benchmarking, research performance, internationalisation and institutional improvement, helping their institutions develop a structured approach to THE ranking preparedness.
What will the workshop cover?
- Understanding THE Rankings
- THE World University Rankings framework
- Ranking approach and performance pillars
- Key indicators and metrics
- Institutional data requirements
- Understanding the THE ranking process Data & Performance
- Institutional data preparation
- Data collection and validation
- Teaching performance
- Research environment
- Research quality
- Citation and research performance Global & Industry Engagement
- International students
- International staff
- International collaboration
- Industry income
- Patents
- Institutional-industry engagement Benchmarking & Improvement
- Institutional performance analysis
- Peer benchmarking
- Gap identification
- Indicator-wise improvement strategies
- Institutional action planning
What will you gain?
- Understand THE ranking requirements
- Improve institutional data preparedness
- Analyse ranking-related performance
- Identify institutional strengths and gaps
- Benchmark against peer institutions
- Understand research quality and research impact indicators
- Assess international outlook and engagement
- Understand industry and knowledge-transfer indicators
- Identify strategic improvement areas
- Develop institutional ranking action priorities
- Prepare for future THE ranking cycles FROM DATA & PERFORMANCE → STRATEGIC GLOBAL VISIBILITY
Who can participate?
Institutional Leadership
Vice-Chancellors • Directors • Principals • Registrars • Deans
Presidents | Chancellors | Provosts | Deans | Senior Administrators Quality & Ranking Teams
IQAC • Ranking Officers • Accreditation Teams • International Relations Teams
Academic & Functional Teams
HODs • Faculty • Research • Placement • International Office • Finance • Administration