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Ben Sowter
Head of Division
QS Intelligence Unit
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people around the
world to achieve their
POTENTIAL by fostering
international MOBILITY,
educational ACHIEVEMENT
and career DEVELOPMENT
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David Eastwood
Vice-Chancellor, University of Birmingham
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Global ranking can only feature a finite number of
institutions (approximately 3% of world institutions)
 Increasing demand from prospective students for more
data on more institutions
 Different priorities for different institutions
 Independent table of reference for quality of institutions
in the region
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52.0%
Venezuela
36.2%
Chile
35.5%
Uruguay
27.8%
Argentina
26.8%
Brazil
23.1%
Colombia
Mexico
11.4%
Source: World Bank
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12,155 international students in 2008 [OECD]
 2000-2008 growth of 249.6%
 Mainly from within the region
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Peru
2. Colombia
3. Ecuador
4. Argentina
5. Bolivia
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Top outbound destinations – Spain, US, France,
Germany, UK
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EMPLOYER
ACADEMIC
Argentina
Brazil
7.7%
Chile
Colombia
Mexico
Peru
Uruguay
3.2%
Global Employer Response: 16,785
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Venezuela
Global Academic Response: 33,744
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International
40%
10%
Academic Reputation
Employer Reputation
30%
20%
20%
5% 5%
20%
Faculty Student
10%
Staff with
PhD
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Citations per Faculty
10%
Web
Impact
10%
10%
Papers per
Faculty
10%
Citations per
Paper
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33,744 academic respondents
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2,300+ from Latin America

from Latin America in world
rankings
Correlations with WUR
54 Latin American institutions
ranked in 2011 world rankings

388 – highest new entry
4,300+ from Latin America
16,785 employer respondents
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
169 – highest Latin American
institution in world rankings
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Top 50 – 0.79
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Top 100 – 0.71
20 countries included
367 universities considered
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
Universidad de Chile
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Universidad de Los Andes Colombia
Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM)
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Universidade de Brasilia
Universidad de Concepción
Universidad Austral
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Do Sul
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC - Rio
Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho"
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina Santa María de los Buenos Aires (UCA)
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Argentina
Colombia
Venezuela
Peru
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Ecuador
Bolivia
Uruguay
Costa Rica
Paraguay
Panama
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Academic Reputation
Employer Reputation
Faculty Student
Staff with PhD
UNAM [5]
UBA [8]
UTP [101+]
UENF [88]
USP [1]
ITESM [7]
U Bahia [101+]
Torcuato di Tella [26]
UBA [8]
PUC Chile [2]
Colegio de Mexico [86]
USP [1]
U Chile [4]
USP [1]
ORT [101+]
Unicamp [3]
Unicamp [3]
UNAM [5]
UERJ [55]
UNESP [16]
Web Impact
Papers per Faculty
Citations per Paper
USP [1]
UNIFESP [31]
El Bosque [101+]
UNAM [5]
Unicamp [3]
Austral [13]
Unicamp [3]
USP [1]
UPCH [75]
UFRJ [19]
UFLA [101+]
ITSON [101+]
UFRGS [14]
UFRGS [14]
UMSA [89]
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CP
USP
ER
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Academic Reputation
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Employer Reputation
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Faculty Student
SP
Staff with PhD
WI
Web Impact
PF
Papers per Faculty
CP
Citations per Faculty
PF
FS
WI
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SP
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Deriving additional indicators
International
 Inclusion
 Student Satisfaction
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Forging closer links
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First QS Stars participants in the region
Seminars, workshops and conferences
Responding to questions and feedback
Strengthening data collection
 Drilling deeper
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