Linguistics and geography at CU placed in top 100 of QS ranking












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            * Linguistics and geography at CU placed in top 100 of QS ranking
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            Charles University has confirmed its place amongst the top universities in the world, the 

            in the Czech Republic to do so. The Linguistics and Geography departments were rated in th
            World University Rankings by Subject, as composed by the British company Quacquarelli Symo
            five subjects were included in the top 200 and the university improved its ranking in the 

            evaluated fields.
            Modern Languages, Philosophy, Pharmacy, Pharmacology and Mathematics were ranked amongst t
            world, with Sociology and English Language also placed amongst the top 200.





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            * About the ranking:

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            This is the third time that Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has published its ranking of academi
            ranking table lists the results for only the top 200 institutions (i.e. around 1% of all u

            the world. The comparison of results according to subject is a more precise measure of qua
            averaged placing of the university as a whole.
            The published ranking table covers thirty subjects, grouped into five broad fields: Arts a

            Engineering and Technology, Life Science and Medicine, Natural Science and Social Sciences
            The ranking of individual subjects takes into account their specific natures, and the rate
            weighted differently according to subject. The evaluation team analysed 68 million referen

            8,400 study programmes. A total of 2,858 universities assessed, with slightly less than a 
            these fulfilling all requirements.
            The evaluation is based on surveys of academic employees and employers, evaluation of the 

            quotation of publications by research teams in the given subject and, from this year, also
            their so-called h-index.
            In order to be included in the evaluation process, institutions had to gain a sufficient n

            ratings from academic employees and employers, produce a minimum stipulated number of acad
            within a five-year period and organise courses at graduate or post-graduate (doctorate) le
            The ranking table includes universities as well as specialised institutions not otherwise 

            ‘traditional’ institutional rankings (QS World University Ranking).