Universitas Brawijaya (UB) is ranked 401+ universities in Asia or the 6th position of universities in Indonesia according to the Times Higher Education (THE) version.
Head of International Ranking, Adharul Mutaqqin, S.T., M.T., explained that UB position released by THE this year has not changed or is the same as the previous year.
“The ranking released by THE this time is the same as in 2020 at 401+. THE releases this ranking every year,” he said.
Adharul added that there are five pillars that influence THE ranking, namely teaching, research, citation, industry income, and international outlook.
Industrial Income is the amount of funds received by UB related to research and down-streaming that has been done.
International Outlook is an international perspective on UB, how they view the quality of UB.
The quality can be seen from the lecturers, international collaboration or cooperation, publications, and also the interest of international students to study at UB.
Therefore, the more networks that are made with international partners, the more they will increase their appreciation so that they will be interested in coming to UB.
Adharul hopes that by looking at the score of this indicator, it can be an effort to improve priority programs carried out by UB.
“For example, in the research, we hope to be better by optimizing UB great resources,” he said.
Meanwhile, six universities in Indonesia are above UB, namely, UI, ITB, UGM, IPB, and ITS. (OKY/Humas UB/ Trans. Iir).
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