THE WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGSRanking results and issues for KazakhstanPhil Baty EditorTimes Higher Education Rankings

2011-12: The results

THE World University Rankings 2011-12: Results

THE World University Rankings 2011-12: Results

THE World University Rankings 2011-12: Russias Results

Russias results296Lomonosov Moscow State University397Saint Petersburg State University

THE World University Rankings 2011-12: Russias Results

Thomson Reuters data on Kazakhstan

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AZERBAIJAN

KAZAKHSTAN

REP OF GEORGIA

UZBEKISTAN

Web of Science Publications

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Column2AZERBAIJANKAZAKHSTANREP OF GEORGIAUZBEKISTAN

1991-19951482165113202048

1992-19961352147212182037

1993-19971116124011181949

1994-19981036110511061878

1995-1999928101311381830

1996-200088796511691822

1997-200181094711881681

1998-200280897912341620

1999-2003859104012671656

2000-2004921108313151617

2001-2005992112113681546

2002-20061071112614781539

2003-20071125116915311544

2004-20081185114216241540

2005-20091396120917101604

2006-20101578121917661609

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Thomson Reuters data on Kazakhstan

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0.0912115150.12539399590.28530584640.1850777887

0.10898020950.14392495060.32592658170.2037293264

0.1142777340.1551811080.30880195520.19760393

0.12550120960.17065081390.34596378090.1757899108

0.1392902330.1932569040.38906880780.1875773875

0.14306467070.19889510260.41498876540.190080561

0.1472887420.19572993060.4943626230.2197694253

0.17323616860.25386821850.57449024950.2525422943

0.17133424460.30922890260.61555783920.2597191014

0.20797487240.3666334780.63981121760.2907037389

0.23265850710.39354301920.58370081970.3042805385

0.28954211240.41521739360.53920474920.3361189273

0.31287510550.42494698140.47398016270.4162230688

0.28355727360.41279761690.53268990890.4355422398

0.31233656820.34801367330.53125648750.4545785681

0.29330866850.33793874690.57542824480.5335730882

AZERBAIJAN

KAZAKHSTAN

REP OF GEORGIA

UZBEKISTAN

Web of Science Citation Impact(Compared to world average)

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Column2AZERBAIJANKAZAKHSTANREP OF GEORGIAUZBEKISTAN

1991-19950.0912115150.12539399590.28530584640.1850777887

1992-19960.10898020950.14392495060.32592658170.2037293264

1993-19970.1142777340.1551811080.30880195520.19760393

1994-19980.12550120960.17065081390.34596378090.1757899108

1995-19990.1392902330.1932569040.38906880780.1875773875

1996-20000.14306467070.19889510260.41498876540.190080561

1997-20010.1472887420.19572993060.4943626230.2197694253

1998-20020.17323616860.25386821850.57449024950.2525422943

1999-20030.17133424460.30922890260.61555783920.2597191014

2000-20040.20797487240.3666334780.63981121760.2907037389

2001-20050.23265850710.39354301920.58370081970.3042805385

2002-20060.28954211240.41521739360.53920474920.3361189273

2003-20070.31287510550.42494698140.47398016270.4162230688

2004-20080.28355727360.41279761690.53268990890.4355422398

2005-20090.31233656820.34801367330.53125648750.4545785681

2006-20100.29330866850.33793874690.57542824480.5335730882

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THE World University Rankings 2011-12: Kazakhstan

Al Farabi Kazakh National U Natl Taras Shevchenko UNovosibirsk State U Middle East Technical U

THE World University Rankings 2011-12: Kazakhstan

Al Farabi Kazakh National U Natl Taras Shevchenko UNovosibirsk State U Middle East Technical U

THE World University Rankings 2011-12: Results

THE World University Rankings 2011-12: Results

THE World University Rankings 2011-12: Results

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So, you heard this morning about how we rank universities. So now let us take a detailed look at what we have found.

And here is a brief summary the results for 2011-12. The top ten.

US take 7 of top 10.26 countries represented in the world top 200.

Key themes: US dominance the overwhelming story 75 institutions in the top 200.

You might expect that given much higher GDP spend just under 3 per cent, compared to 1.5 per cent OECD average.

UK firmly holding on as the worlds second strongest higher education nation, 32.

Shows the concentration of the top 200 institutions

Two clear clusters North America and Europe, with a smattering of world class universities in East Asia and Australasia

Not good for South America or Africa just one representative each.

For India and Russia none at all in the top 200We dont have any Kazakhstani universities in the top 400 at this stage. But lets look at some neighbours

Look at how they score.

Discuss.

In both cases theres one clear area where they are let down more than anywhere else research impact.So now, with Thanks to Thomson Reuters for providing the data.

This slide shows Web of Science publications for selected countries that are similar to Kazakhstan in terms of geography, history and size.

The Web of Science publications in Kazakhstan showed a marked decline with the fall of the soviet union, as have other former soviet block countries. However Kazakhstan has not seen the rebound in recent years as has been experienced by some other countries such as Azerbaijan and Georgia.

This slide shows Citation Impact, or cites per paper, compared to world average for the same countries. Citation Impact compare to world average is an indicator of actual performance regardless of the age of publication of the paper and is therefore useful for looking at trends.

The Citation Impact of Kazakhstan shows a better picture in terms of an upwards trend, although recent years have seen a decline. However, in general the Citation Impact is very low. This graph show the Citation Impact compared to the world average which is 1.0 on this scale. This shows that Kazakh research is cited only a third as often as typical research around the world.

These next two slide show the performance in selected indicators that are used in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The scale of the diagram is based on the distribution of all universities in the ranking. A score of 100 indicates a university that is the very best in the world, a score of 50 represents typical performance and a score of less than 50 shows below average performance. A word of caution, the set of universities being analyzed are 560 of the very best universities in the world and low scores represent performance compared to this group of universities, therefore a university that is still among the very top institutions in the world may find a score of below average.

Compared to similar universities in the Ukraine (Taras Shevchenko), Russia (Novosibirsk) and Turkey (Middle East Technical) we can see that the Al Farabi strength is in its high staff student ratio, and very good performance for the volume of Doctoral Degrees produced. An indication that it is focused on the high end of the education spectrum. However its biggest weaknesses are the low reputation globally with very few academics recognizing it as one of the best teaching institutions in their field, low income per staff member (even when modifying for Purchasing Power Parity) and moderately low international indicators (although they are actually more international than their peer institutions).

Middle East Technical University can be seen to have a much more balanced performance all round with moderate and consistent performance in all indicators.

The picture for research indicators is very different. Again Al Farabi has better international indicators than their peers and in fact a very strong score in the internationally co-authored papers indicator, perhaps a reflection that Kazakhstan is a relatively small country in terms of research productivity and therefore Al Farabi must look outside of Kazakhstan for collaborators.

However, the scores for Reputation for Research and Citation Impact are very low indeed. The low performance in research is the biggest weakness of the Al Farabi Kazakh National University.

The Middle Easter Technical University again has a more balanced picture of performance across all indicators.

But theres another way of looking at it

The results normalised for the size and wealth of countries

This shakes things right up. Very interesting results. US way down in 14th. HK top, followed by Netherlands then UK.Another way of looking at the same data.Just looking at top 200 representation against country size.