IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence
Company typeNonprofit organization
HeadquartersWarsaw, Poland
Websiteireg-observatory.org

IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence (IREG Observatory) is an international nonprofit organisation created in 2009 consisting of universities, ranking organisations and third-party organisations associated with academics and university ranking.[1][2] The organisation's secretariat is based in Warsaw, Poland.

Also, the organisation is responsible for awarding organisations with the IREG Ranking Seal of Approval acknowledging the recipient's engagement and initiatives in relation to university ranking.[3][4]

Foundation and purpose

IREG Observatory was first founded in Warsaw, Poland in 2002 and was in 2009 transformed into the non-profit organisation, IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, it is today.[5] Its foundation was a result of a collaborative initiative between the UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO-CEPES) and a broad variety of ranking experts from different international ranking organisations.

The purpose of creating the International Ranking Expert Group (IREG) was to create a specialised community consisting of ranking analysts and experts to process a variety of issues and topics related to international university ranking.[6][7]

In June 2015 it held a conference on Rankings by Subject which was considered significant.[8]

Executive Committee

Position Name Affiliated Organisation / Institution Country of Residence
IREG President Luiz Claudio Costa Higher Education Institute of Brasilia Brazil
IREG Vice President Waldemar Siwinski Perspektywy Education Foundation Poland
Executive Committee Member Birte Hornemann Aalborg University Denmark
Executive Committee Member Dmitry Grishankov Expert RA Russia
Executive Committee Member Habib M. Fardoun King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia
Executive Committee Member Mirko Degli Esposti University of Bologna Italy
Executive Committee Member Robert J. Morse U.S. News & World Report United States

Initiatives

IREG Ranking Seal of Approval

- The organisation is responsible for awarding organisations with the IREG Ranking Seal of Approval acknowledging the recipient's engagement and initiatives in relation to university ranking.[3]

Berlin Principles on Ranking of Higher Education Institutions.

- The Berlin principles is list of 16 principles that has been accepted as being indicators of what defines 'good' ranking and what topics should be considered in relation to ranking.[10]

IREG Inventory of National Rankings

- The list on national rankings is an initiative which has the purpose of gathering and displaying various rankings in order to generate easy access to ranking information.[11]

IREG List of International Academic Awards

- This list has been composed to function as a comprehensive map of international academic awards and rank these compared to one another.[12]

IREG Guidelines for Stakeholders of Academic Rankings

- These Guidelines have been established to improve quality, assure reliability of information, and give the users of International rankings functionality and trustworthiness in term of gathering information on the topic. Furthermore, these Guidelines are supplemented by the findings of the other IREG initiatives in order to have a broad and comprehensive framework.[13]

Member organisations and institutions

Name of Institution / Organisation Country Location
Aalborg University Denmark Aalborg, Denmark
Agency for Science and Higher Education Croatia Zagreb, Croatia
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna Italy Bologna, Italy
Applied Science University (Bahrain) Bahrain Sitra, Bahrain
Atilim University Turkey Ankara, Turkey
Atyrau State University Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
Beijing University of Technology China Beijing, China
Centre for Higher Education Germany Gütersloh, Germany
CASEE - Hangzhou Dianzi University China Zhejiang, China
Eötvös Loránd University Hungary Budapest, Hungary
Erciyes University Turkey Kayseri, Turkey
Gdańsk University of Technology Poland Gdańsk, Poland
Hasselt University Belgium Hasselt, Belgium
Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
IQAA - Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
Jagiellonian University Poland Kraków, Poland
Kabardino-Balkarian State University Russia Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia
Kazakh National Agrarian University Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan
Kazan Federal University Russia Tatarstan, Russia
King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
King Saud University Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kozminski University Poland Warsaw, Poland
Kuwait University Kuwait Kuwait City, Kuwait
L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University Kazakhstan Astana, Kazakhstan
N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod Russia Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Moscow State University Russia Moscow, Russia
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu Romania Sibiu, Romania
Lund University Sweden Lund, Sweden
MGIMO - Moscow State Institute of International Relations Russia Moscow, Russia
Nab'a Al-Hayat Foundation for Medical Sciences and Health Care Iraq Najaf, Iraq
National Center of Public Accreditation Russia Mari El Republic, Russia
National Research Nuclear University MEPhI Russia Moscow, Russia
National University of Political Studies and Public Administration Romania Bucharest, Romania
Perspektywy Education Foundation Poland Warsaw, Poland
Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia
Qatar University Qatar Doha, Qatar
QS World University Rankings United Kingdom London, United Kingdom
RAEX Group Russia Moscow, Russia
RUDN University Russia Moscow, Russia
Russian New University Russia Moscow, Russia
Scientific Research Institute of Applied Information Technologies Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine
Sejong University South Korea Seoul, South Korea
Shanghai Ranking Consultancy China Shanghai, China
Silesian University of Technology Poland Gliwice, Poland
Sumy State University Ukraine Sumy, Ukraine
The Illuminate Consulting Group United States San Carlos, California, United States
University of Indonesia Indonesia Depok, Indonesia
University of Bucharest Romania Bucharest, Romania
University for Business and Technology Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
University of Jeddah Saudi Arabia Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
University of Maribor Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia
University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș Romania Târgu Mureș, Romania
University of Navarra Spain Navarre, Spain
University of Ulsan South Korea Ulsan, South Korea
U.S. News & World Report United States New York City, New York, United States
Vistula University Poland Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw University of Technology Poland Warsaw, Poland
Yeditepe University Turkey Istanbul, Turkey

References

  1. ^ Downing, Kevin; Ganotice A. Jr, Fraide (2016-10-06). World University Rankings and the Future of Higher Education. IGI Global. ISBN 978-1-5225-0820-5.
  2. ^ "About us - IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence". ireg-observatory.org. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  3. ^ a b "QS World University Rankings approved by IREG—Observatory on Academic Rankings and Excellence" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Vught, Frans A. van; Ziegele, Frank (2012-02-22). Multidimensional Ranking: The Design and Development of U-Multirank. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-94-007-3004-5.
  5. ^ Cantu-Ortiz, Francisco J. (2017-10-25). Research Analytics: Boosting University Productivity and Competitiveness through Scientometrics. CRC Press. ISBN 978-1-351-65194-3.
  6. ^ Curaj, Adrian; Deca, Ligia; Pricopie, Remus (2018-07-03). European Higher Education Area: The Impact of Past and Future Policies. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-77407-7.
  7. ^ "IREG Approved - IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence". ireg-observatory.org. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  8. ^ "The era of rankings by subject is coming". University World News. 3 August 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. ^ "IREG-2019 Conference" (PDF).
  10. ^ Vught, Frans A. van; Ziegele, Frank (2012-02-22). Multidimensional Ranking: The Design and Development of U-Multirank. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-94-007-3004-5.
  11. ^ "Ireg Inventory - IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence". ireg-observatory.org. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  12. ^ "IREG List of International Academic Awards" (PDF).
  13. ^ "IREG Guidelines for Stakeholders of Academic Rankings" (PDF).
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