UTSA ranked among world’s top 400 universities by Times Higher Education
(Oct. 1, 2015) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio has been ranked one of the top 400 universities in the world, according to the 2015-2016 Times Higher Education World University Ranking.
The ranking measures the core mission of world-class universities including teaching, research, international outlook and contribution to industry.
UTSA is one of just 66 U.S. public universities to make the top 400 list.
There are more than 20,000 universities worldwide. The Times Higher Education list includes universities in 70 countries.
This year, UTSA scored particularly strong in the citations category, an assessment that quantifies the number of times UTSA’s scholarly work is cited in global publications. Citations accounted for 30 percent of the ranking’s overall assessment.
“The top-tier research and scholarly work underway by our faculty was critical to our inclusion on this year’s list,” said UTSA President Ricardo Romo. “Those citations are a key indicator that the work underway at UTSA is relevant and transformational, and is leading us to Tier One designation.”
The views of more than 11,000 academics across the world were factored into the results.
UTSA is one of six Texas universities to be included on this year’s top 400 list. They are:
• UT-Austin (#46)
• Rice University (#101)
• Texas A&M University (#193)
• UT-Dallas (#201-250)
• UTSA (#351-400)
• University of Houston (#351-400)
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Methodology
The World University Ranking assesses globally competitive research-intensive universities using 13 performance indicators in five categories:
Teaching (30 percent), which includes a university's perceived reputation in teaching by academics around the world, staff-to-student ratio, doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio, doctorates awarded-to-academic staff ratio, and institutional income-to-staff ratio.
Research (30 percent), which includes a university's perceived reputation in research by academics around the world as well as its research income and research productivity.
Citations (30 percent), which includes the number of times a university's scholars are cited in publications around the world.
International outlook (7.5 percent), which includes the international-to-domestic student ratio, international-to-domestic staff ratio and international collaboration.
Industry income (2.5 percent), which quantifies a university’s commercialization and consultancy activity.
Events
This event will acknowledge graduating seniors from the McNair Scholars program at UTSA before inducting the new cohort of scholars into the program.
North Paseo Building (NPB 5.140), Main CampusAt this memorable celebration, UTSA graduates will be introduced one-by-one to cross the stage and accept their doctoral degrees.
Arts Building Recital Hall, Main CampusRoadrunner Walk is an event for graduating students to have a memorable walk on campus to celebrate an important milestone and their achievements. Graduates will walk along the Paseo while being celebrated by the UTSA community, friends, and family members.
Student Union Paseo, Main CampusCelebrate the accomplishments of College of Education and Human Development, College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Sciences and University College.
Alamodome, 100 Montana St.Celebrate the accomplishments of Alvarez College of Business, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.
Alamodome, 100 Montana St.