International Rankings

International rankings reflect the increase of global competition between universities to attract and capture talent and resources, while also increasing competition for results. Given the growing importance of the different international rankings of universities, the ACUP is working towards systematically monitoring them. Along this line, the ACUP has actively participated in various international forums that discuss the methodologies and guidelines of international rankings.

Specifically, the ACUP participates in a new initiative of the European Commission (U-Multirank: Multi-Dimensional Global University Ranking led by the Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies [CHEPS, Netherlands]) which seeks to introduce a classification methodology for higher education institutions , which would take into account the diversity of universities and institutions and would also allow for an institutional classification by disciplines. The Executive Secretary of the ACUP acts as project coordinator in Spain for the Multi-Dimensional Global University Ranking project.