QS World University Rankings
In the global QS World University Rankings, Masaryk University is ranked 408th out of 1,503 institutions in 2024. Among Czech universities, Masaryk University takes 2nd place behind Charles University. The success of this year is the improvement of the ranking in the Employment Outcomes indicator by 223 places to the 352nd position in the global comparison. There was also a further strengthening of the position in MU's strongest indicator, Sustainability, with a global ranking of 161st.
The QS rankings gives great importance to the area of research and development, which accounts for 50% of the overall ranking. In this area, it tracks both the institution's reputation among academics worldwide (through a separate QS survey) and the proportion of citations per academic and R&D staff member at the institution. The reputation survey may in particular counterbalance cultural differences, and peer review also gives humanities-oriented universities a chance to be ranked.
QS World University Rankings indicators
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30% Academic Reputation
Scores from reputation surveys among academics from the past 5 years. Academics select the top 30 global and top 10 domestic institutions based on research quality.
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20% Citations per faculty
Ratio of number of citations (excluding self-citations) in the Scopus database over the past 6 years to the up to date FTE number of academic and R&D staff.
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15% Employer Reputation
Scores from employer reputation surveys from the past 5 years. Respondents select the top 30 global and top 10 domestic institutions based on the quality of their graduates.
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5% Employment Outcomes
It consists of two parameters - the proportion of graduates who found employment in the first 15 months after graduation and the number of graduates with a significant impact on society - the result is weighted by the number of students at the institution.
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10% Faculty Student Ratio
The ratio of the number of studies to the FTE number of academic and R&D staff.
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5% International Faculty
Share of academic and R&D staff from abroad (including Slovakia) in the total number of academic and R&D staff.
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5% International Research Network
The number of foreign institutions with which the institution collaborates on publication activities and the number of international locations that are home to these collaborating institutions are included in the calculation.
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5% International Students
Share of foreign students (including Slovakia) in the total number of students.
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5% Sustainability
The score for this component is taken from an analysis of the separate QS Sustainability Rankings. The relative positioning of institutions in the QS Sustainability Rankings (Autumn 2023 edition) and in the Sustainability Indicator in the QS WUR (Spring 2024 edition) will therefore be the same.