INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITIES The World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI) Ranking 2020 From Challenging to Enhancing Competitiveness Hwy-Chang MOON, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University Founder and Director, The WURI Ranking Table of Contents The New Ranking: Importance and Methodology The Rankings of Innovative Universities Cases and Implications Conclusion 2 Universities Are Now in Serious Trouble The fourth industrial revolution • Goal: From intellectual curiosity to practical education The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic • Means: From offline to online education The coronavirus crisis deepens and speeds up the trouble. Will the students come back to campus? We need a different approach to universities. 3 Problems with Existing Models for University Evaluation Existing Models • THE World University Rankings (Times Higher Education, UK) • QS World University Rankings (Quacquarelli Symonds, UK) • Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, China) • US News Best Global Universities Rankings (US News, US) • World’s Most Innovative Universities (Reuters, UK) Common Problems • Uniform set of criteria for traditional research and teaching Disadvantage to universities with special visions and objectives • Research and fund-based capabilities Disadvantage to small and young universities • Over-dependence on past numerical data Disadvantage to future-oriented innovative universities 4 Why Do We Need A New Ranking System? Yj = f (βiXi) A university with real impacts should be… 1. Not a single objective, but flexible visions and objectives Y1 Yj 2. Not the result of performance, but the causes and methods of the result Yj Xi 3. Not the sense of achievement, but the means of continuous learning Xt Xt+1 Therefore, an effective ranking system should be… 1. Not a single index for academic purpose, but multiple directions for social needs 2. Not statistical outputs, but the inputs that explain why and how 3. Not just current success, but sustainable, practical values 5 How to Innovate? Traditional Approach New Approach “What” Approach “How” Approach • Superior resources • Similar resources - Teaching - Similar teaching resources, but HOW? - Research - Similar research resources, but HOW? Traditional System WURI System The HOW approach is particularly important For those institutions that do not have superior resources. 6 The Categories for Innovation • Industrial applications rather than the traditional ways of counting research papers and lecture-type teaching. • Entrepreneurial spirit and value-creating startups rather than a traditional focus on the number of jobs filled. • Ethical value and social responsibility rather than a focus on knowledge and skills just for material success. • Student mobility and openness rather than an independent yet closed system. 7 The Criteria for Evaluation Innovativeness Implementability Impact (1) Industrial application (2) Entrepreneurial spirit (3) Ethical value (4) Student mobility & openness • Content • Cost • Scope • Process • Benefit • Intensity 8 The Process of Evaluation Phase 1: Evaluation • Date: By May 14, 2020 • Presidents or the school’s evaluation team designated by the president Phase 2: Judgment • Date: By May 28, 2020 • Representatives of the university leagues and the members of the WURI Evaluation Board Phase 3: Final Review • Date: By June 3, 2020 • WURI Evaluation Board aggregated the recommendations of the Judges, checked the reliability of the contents in the submitted applications, and finalized the entries in the Innovative Universities of the WURI Ranking 2020. 9 Table of Contents The New Ranking: Importance and Methodology The Rankings of Innovative Universities Cases and Implications Conclusion 10 WURI 2020: Top 50 (Industrial Application) Rank Name Country Rank Name Country 1 Stanford University USA 26 American University of Ras Al Khaimah UAE 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA 27 University of Warwick UK 3 Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute* USA 28 Franklin University Switzerland Switzerland 4 California Institute of Technology USA 29 Simon Fraser University Canada 5 Arizona State University USA 30 Chungwoon University Korea 6 Tsinghua University China 31 Charles Darwin University Australia 7 University of Cambridge UK 32 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Korea 8 Singularity University* USA 33 Hamburger University USA 9 University of Oxford UK 34 Griffith University Australia 10 Olin College of Engineering* USA 35 Danube University Krems Austria 11 Kyoto University Japan 36 Beijing Institute of Technology China 12 University of Gothenburg Sweden 37 Seoul Institute of the Arts Korea 13 Tampere University Finland 38 Dalian Neusoft University of Information China 14 Ohio State University USA 39 Woosong University Korea 15 University of California, Merced USA 40 Telkom University Indonesia 16 Incheon National University Korea 41 Xinyang Vocational and Technical College China 17 Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business* China 42 Chungbuk National University Korea 18 Northwestern University USA 43 Chungnam National University Korea Hong Kong University of Science and 19 Hong Kong 44 ICFAI University India Technology 20 University of Technology Sydney Australia 45 Kunjang Univeristy College Korea 21 University of Antwerp Belgium 46 University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh Bangladesh 22 Brighton and Sussex Medical School UK 47 University of Pretoria South Africa 23 Burapha University Thailand 48 Dublin City University Ireland 24 Belgorod State National Research University Russia 49 Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway 25 University of Delhi India 50 The University of Nottingham UK * boutique universities 11 WURI 2020: Top 50 (Entrepreneurial Spirit) Rank Name Country Rank Name Country 1 Aalto University Finland 26 Beijing Technology and Business University China 2 Hanze University of Applied Sciences Netherlands 27 Foundry college* USA 3 Princeton University USA 28 University of Athens Greece 4 University of California, Berkeley USA 29 Hupan University* China 5 University of Tokyo Japan 30 Minerva Schools at KGI* USA 6 University of Chicago USA 31 Toyota Technological Institute* Japan 7 Simon Fraser University Canada 32 Draper University* USA 8 Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany 33 Arizona State University USA 9 University of Twente Netherlands 34 Ajou University Korea King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang 10 University of Basel Switzerland 35 Thailand Business School 11 George Mason University USA 36 Riga Technical University Latvia 12 Kyushu University Japan 37 Kyungpook National University Korea 13 University of Oulu Finland 38 Duke University USA 14 Monash University Australia 39 Soonchunhyang University Korea 15 Queen's University Canada 40 Burapha University Thailand 16 Samsung Art and Design Institute* Korea 41 Vytautas Magnus University Lithuania 17 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute USA 42 University of Tartu Estonia 18 Temple University USA 43 University of Minho Portugal 19 Polytechnic Institute of Bragança Portugal 44 University of Aveiro Portugal 20 Dublin City University Ireland 45 Chitkara University India Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for 21 India 46 Singapore Management University Singapore Women 22 University of Catania Italy 47 University of York UK 23 IEDC-Bled School of Management Slovenia 48 Linnaeus University Sweden 24 Tra Vinh University Vietnam 49 Hamad Bin Khalifa University Qatar 25 Northern Kentucky University USA 50 Ashesi University Ghana * boutique universities 12 WURI 2020: Top 50 (Ethical Value) Rank Name Country Rank Name Country 1 Harvard University USA 26 James Cook University Australia 2 University of Pennsylvania USA 27 Flinders University Australia 3 Ecole 42* France 28 La Trobe University Australia 4 Duke University USA 29 Murdoch University Australia 5 Columbia University USA 30 Incheon National University Korea 6 Yale University USA 31 Kaunas University of Technology Lithuania 7 Florida State University USA 32 Handong Global University Korea 8 University College Dublin Ireland 33 Lac Hong University Veitnam 9 Franklin University Switzerland Switzerland 34 Seoul Women's University Korea 10 University College London UK 35 Woosong University Korea 11 Florida Gulf Coast University USA 36 Polytechnic Institute of Bragança Portugal 12 University of Lincoln UK 37 Chungbuk National University Korea 13 Ajou University Korea 38 Griffith University Australia 14 Kyungpook National University Korea 39 Hanbat National Univeristy Korea 15 University of Split Croatia 40 Luther University Korea 16 Badr University in Cairo Egypt 41 Alliance Manchester Business School UK 17 Maharanis Cluster University India 42 Dublin City University Ireland 18 Telkom University Indonesia 43 Durban University of Technology South Africa 19 Far Eastern University Philippines 44 Centrum PUCP Business School Peru 20 Cranfield University UK 45 Grenoble Ecole de Management France 21 University of the People* USA 46 Hult International Business School USA 22 Monash University Australia 47 ESCP Europe France Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and 23 Korea 48 China Europe International Business School China Technologies 24 Griffith University Australia 49 Goa Institute of Management India 25 Rutgers University USA 50 Universidad Externado de Colombia Colombia * boutique universities 13 WURI 2020: Top 50 (Student Mobility and Openness) Rank Name Country Rank Name Country 1 National University of Singapore Singapore 26 Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany 2 Seoul