PU one spot up in new rankings

CHANDIGARH: Panjab University (PU) has improved its national ranking by one point in the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) that were released recently. The CWUR is a consulting organization that provides policy advice, strategic insights, and consulting services to governments and universities to improve educational and research outcomes.
PU has been placed at 803 in world universities while its national ranking is 12.Last year, PU had ranked 807 in world universities and 13th in India. The indicators used for CWUR ranking are quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, and research performance.
The university has been put at 433rd spot in quality of education from last year’s 620. It has slipped in alumni employment rank to 587 from 566 in 2018-19. In terms of research performance, PU has been ranked at 779th spot, and got an overall score of 71.6. “Panjab University has been placed in the top 4.1% worldwide, which is an outstanding achievement for PU,” the university said in a statement.
The university said that CWUR uses “objective parameters for its rankings with no reliance on surveys and university data submissions.” Notably, PU authorities had questioned the transparency of surveys conducted in the QS World university rankings, under which it had been dropped off from the top 1,000 universities of the world for two consecutive years.
The top three positions in CWUR rankings are grabbed by Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.