QS rating agency announced “Rating of the best universities in the world according to QS.” The rating of this year was attended by 6415 best universities from 93 countries. Among these universities, 1300 universities, showing a high result, included in the “rating of the best universities in the world according to QS.” Azerbaijan State Economic University (UNEC) for the first time this year entered the “rating of the best universities in the world according to QS”, located 1001-1200 places.
The rated of the universities in the world is determined on the basis of 5 indicators. Among the five indicators the greatest weight has an “Academic Reputation” indicator. On this indicator, the UNEC is located in 501+ row among the best universities in the world.
One of the high achievements of UNEC is that he entered the top 501+ of the best universities in the world on the indicator “Employer Reputation”. So, by taking part in a survey conducted among employers, more than 450,000 business people and managers have made their choice.
Another indicators having a high weight in the world ranking QS is considered a “number of links”. This indicator has a weight of 20% and in the last five years is calculated on the basis of references that are given to articles with the Scopus index. Under this indicator, the UNEC is located in a 601+ row among universities that showed the best result. I would like to note that, compared with 2017, in 2020, the number of links, these articles in the scope of the professorship of the UNEC faculty, increased by about 286%. 59.3% of the article by UNEC teachers with a high influence factor were published in journals with quartile Q3 and Q4. Also, approximately 1/3 of the scientific work of the faculty of the UNEC faculty was published jointly with international partners as a result of the study. This can serve as an exemplary example of internationalization in the UNEC in the field of scientific research.
In general, UNEC is the only university of Azerbaijan, which improved its position in a number of QS rating organization during 2015-2021. In comparison with 2020, UNEC in 2021 showing a good result, advanced by approximately 17%.