RANKINGS WORKSHOP STRATEGIES FOR MARKETING, BRANDING, AND IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS MICHAEL FUNG DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHINOLOGY 26 MARCH 2013 VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HO CHI MIN CITY, VIETNAM 1
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RANKINGS WORKSHOPSTRATEGIES FOR MARKETING, BRANDING, AND
IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL RANKINGS
MICHAEL FUNGDIRECTOR OF PLANNING & INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHINOLOGY
26 MARCH 2013VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
HO CHI MIN CITY, VIETNAM
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IMPROVING RANKINGS PERFORMANCE
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RANKINGS ANALYSIS
• Rankings Analysis – 7 Steps1) In-depth understanding of methodology2) Conduct trend analysis3) Benchmarking analysis4) Analyze subject rankings5) Verify the results6) Rankings simulations/projections7) Engage with ranking agencies
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In-depth understanding of methodology - 1
Larger faculty number scores better.
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
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In depth understanding of methodology - 2
Indicator Weight Strategy
1 Total students / academics 4.5% faculty2 PhD awards / bachelor’s awards 2.25%
5 Institutional Income / academic 2.25% Faculty6 Academic papers / academic + research staff 6% Faculty7 Research income / academic staff 6% Faculty8 Reputational survey on research 18%
9 Citation impact (normalized average citations per paper)
30%
10 Research income from industry / academic staff 2.5% faculty11 International / domestic staff ratio 2.5%
12 International / domestic students ratio 2.5%
13 % of internationally co-authored research papers 2.5%
Smaller faculty number scores better.
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
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In depth understanding of methodology - 3
QS – Definition of academic faculty staff (2012):
Research staff can included, as long as they can publish their own research outputs.
“Faculty staff from off-shore campus” can be included.
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
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Trend Analysis - 1
Maxed out in Internationalization
(10%)
Improved in Reputation
(50%)
Improved(20%)
Worse (15%)Improved
(15%)
Rank in AUR 2009 2010 2011 2012HKUST 4 2 1 1
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
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Trend Analysis - 2
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
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Benchmarking - across indicators, universities and countries
ChinaSingapore
Hong KongTaiwan
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
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Benchmarking - across indicators, universities and countries
Leading in business research and business professional education
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
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Verify the Results - there might be errors!
Top 100 Worldwide Economics Schools Research Ranking
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total
- American Economic Review 1 1 1 2- Econometric Theory 2 1 2 1 6- Economic Theory 3 1 1 1 6- Econometrica 1 1- European Economic Review 1 2 1 3- Games and Economic Behavior 1 1 1 1 3- International Economic Review 1 1- Journal of Applied Econometrics 1 1 1 1 3- Journal of Development Economics 1 2 1- Journal of Econometrics 1 1 2 1 1 5 1 0 6- Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 1 2 1 1 1 5- Journal of Economic Theory 1 3 4- Journal of Finance 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 12- Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 6- Journal of Financial Economics 4 3 2 1 1 1 4 11- Journal of Financial Intermediation 1 1 2- Journal of International Economics 1 2 1 1 4- Journal of Monetary Economics 1 1 2- Journal of Political Economy 1 1 2- Journal of Public Economics 1 1 2- Rand Journal of Economics 3 1 4- Review of Economic Studies 1 1 1 2- Review of Economics and Statistics 1 3 1- Review of Financial Studies 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 6Total no. of publications 18 11 13 17 17 16 2 15 2 17 95
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
2011 2012Old Rank 77 93New Rank 60 59
Rank improved by 34 places
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
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Modeling, Simulation/Projection Result in 2011 (actual)Post 334
(projection)1 HKUST NUS2 HKU HKUST3 NUS HKU4 U of Tokyo U of Tokyo5 CUHK Seoul N U6 Seoul N U Kyoto U7 Kyoto U Osaka U8 Osaka U CUHK
9= Tohoku U Tohoku U9= Tokyo IT Tokyo IT11 KAIST KAIST 12 POSTECH POSTECH13 Peking U Peking U14 Nagoya U Nagoya U15 CityU Tsinghua U16 Tsinghua U NTU17 NTU CityU
18= Kyushu U Kyushu U18= Yonsei U Yonsei U
20 Hokkaido U Hokkaido U21= Fudan U Fudan U21= NTU NTU
23 Tsukuba Tsukuba24= UST of China UST of China24= Keio U Keio U
26 Korea U Korea U27= Sungkyunkwan U Sungkyunkwan U27= Zhejiang U Zhejiang U
29 Nanjing U Nanjing U30 PolyU Tsing Hua U
y = -0.6606x2 + 3.141x + 102.63R² = 0.9979
35.0
45.0
55.0
65.0
75.0
85.0
95.0
5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0
Scor
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FSR
Student-Faculty Ratio vs Scores
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
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Engage with Ranking Agencies - 1
Hong Kong Taiwan
China Singapore
2011 – introduction of discipline normalization and regional modification weightages
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Engage with Ranking Agencies - 2
S. Korea
GermanyFrance
Japan
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Engage with Ranking Agencies - 3
New Zealand
United States UK
Australia
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Engage with Ranking Agencies - 4
QS AUR 2011
Papers per Faculty (15%) Citations per Paper (15%)
Institution data score data score
HKUST 8.0 86.7 3.6 94.1 CUHK 6.7 87.4 3.4 96.4
Damping Approach: smoothen out the impact of data changes.
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
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Limitation of Rankings
Limitation of methodology – heavy reliance on reputation and perceptions
HKUST ranked 96th in 2012.
HKUST ranked 107th in 2012.
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
RANKINGS ANALYSIS
• Understand methodology optimize results
• Key aspects assessed in rankings– Reputation– Teaching performance– Research productivity and impact– Internationalization– Funding and sources of incomes– Faculty and staff strength– Student numbers
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RANKINGS STRATEGY
BREAKOUT DISCUSSION
•In the context of Vietnam:– What are key opportunities for improvement?– What strategies and actions should be taken?– What issues are expected?
•Group sharing
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RANKINGS STRATEGY
Case Study – HKUST
•Reputation– Brand statements– International promotion– PR work