List of Universities in the World (QS World University Ranking 2025 Recoded)
Description
The QS World University Rankings categorize institutions based on several dimensions: size, academic focus, research intensity, and overall performance. University size is classified into four categories: Extra Large (XL), Large (L), Medium (M), and Small (S). Academic focus is categorized as follows: Specialist Universities (offering 1–2 faculties), Focused Universities (3–4 faculty areas), and Comprehensive Universities (covering all five major disciplinary areas). Research intensity is assessed using four levels: Very High, (VH) High (HI), Moderate (MO), and Low (LO). In addition to these attributes, QS assigns each institution nine performance metrics: academic reputation, employer reputation, student-to-faculty ratio, faculty research citations, proportion of international faculty, proportion of international students, degree of international research collaboration, graduate employment outcomes, and commitment to sustainability. These metrics contribute to a university’s overall ranking. Without recoding the data, this may not be useful for research, especially for arithmetic and comparative operations.
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Steps to reproduce
1. Download the QS World University Ranking list 2025 2. Recode the Size column into a new variable as XL = 5; L = 4; M = 3; and S = 2 [XL means Extra large; L means Large; M means Medium; and S means Small] 3. Recode the Focus column into a new variable as FC = 5; CO = 4; FO = 3; and SP = 2 [ FC means Full Comprehensive; CO means Comprehensive; FO means Focus; and SP means Specilist] 4. Recode the Research Intensity Column into a new column as VH= 5; HI = 4; MO = 3; and LO = 2 [VH means Very High research intensity; HI means High research intensity; MO means Medium research intensity; and LO means Low research intensity ]
Institutions
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University