System of criteria for comparing higher education institutions based on statistical data from world rankings and university reports
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https://doi.org/10.31874/2309-1606-2025-31-2-6Keywords:
university, high education ranking, universities’ ranking, university comparing criteria system, efficiency of educational and scientific activity, consolidated informationAbstract
Relevance. The article gives (in the first approximation) a university comparing criteria system based on statistics from world rankings and universities’ official sites. The mentioned system was approbed for comparison of Wuhan University (PRC) and Kharkiv National University named after V.N. Karazin (Ukraine). The purpose of the article is to select, organize and interpret the criteria for comparing higher education institutions using the example of one of the leading Ukrainian universities and one of the leading universities from the socialist education system, which is successfully integrating into the global educational space, while simultaneously highlighting the features of its core activities for scientific and 103
statistical purposes. Methods. The system of criteria is collected in several groups that combine homogeneous criteria, in particular: image, educational, human, scientific, administrative, and organizational criteria. Novelty. It is shown that the proposed system of criteria (taking into account new criteria substantiated by the authors) allows for a more comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of higher education institutions in various areas of their activity (both in quantitative and qualitative dimensions). The results of the comparison well-based show the effectiveness of educational, scientific, administrative and other activities of the compared universities (for example, the university from China top-10 ten is better than the one from Ukrainian top-5). Conclusion. Due to the heterogeneity of a large volume of data, it is advisable to perform appropriate monitoring using machine learning tools to consolidate information. The results of such analyses can be useful in programs and strategies for the development of Ukrainian universities, because prestige in the modern world has a real basis in the form of purposeful activity.
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