The QS World University Rankings 2018 for Asia and some other regions have been released. According to this University of Colombo, University of Peradeniya and University of Moratuwa have been included in this ranking and none of the other Sri Lankan Universites have been considered in this ranking.
Check the rankings here:
https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2018
QS Ranking system
QS World University Rankings are annual university rankings published by British Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The publisher originally released its rankings in publication with Times Higher Education (THE) from 2004 to 2009 as the THE-QS World University Rankings, but such collaboration was terminated in 2010, with the resumption of publishing by QS using the pre-existing methodology in the aftermath of new cooperation between Times Higher Education and Thomson Reuters releasing Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Today, the QS rankings comprise both world and regional league tables.
- Academic reputation (30%) …
- Employer reputation (20%) …
- Faculty/student ratio (15%) …
- Citations per paper (10%) and papers per faculty (10%) …
- Staff with a PhD (5%)
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World University Ranking systems
These regional rankings focus in greater detail on some of the fastest-growing higher education sectors and are compiled using a unique methodology that reflects the demands of that part of the world, and provide a better picture of how universities compare with other institutions in the same region.
In July 2017, Webometrics.info published 2017 July edition of Web Ranking. According to that ranking University of Peradeniya became the best University in Sri Lanka, while University of Colombo was down to the 2nd place for the first time in the history. University of Kelaniya also improved their ranking and now ranked as the Third best university in the country. University of Moratuwa which was ranked 3rd in 2017 January ranking now down to the 4th place. 5th and 6th Universities were Ruhuna and Jayewardenepura.
Goto Webometrics Ranking
https://studentlanka.com/2017/07/29/world-ranking-of-sri-lankan-universities-2017/
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