SCORING SYSTEM METHODOLOGY

3 Main Pillars - 7 sections - 3 subsections-applied in 2 out of 7 subsections (for the purpose of adequately distributing the points)

Indicators are divided into three main pillars reflecting the following focus fields: teaching, research, and collaborations. These are further divided into the following sections: (a) Teaching: 1. Lectures/guest lectures, 2. Courses, 3. Study programmes, 4. University department/faculty, (b) Research: Research projects, and (c) Collaborations: Private and public-sector collaborations.

In two out of the seven sections, three further subsections were added in order to adequately and fairly distribute points. These sections are Courses and Study Programmes, which we further divided into the following subsections: Bachelor's, Master’s, and PhDs, according to educational level.

In each section or subsection, universities could potentially score a given maximum number of points for per area. The maximum score per area in a section and subsection are as follows:

Lecture/guest lecture – 10 points

Course:

Undergraduate – 10 points

Graduate – 15 points

PhD – 20 points

Study programme:

Undergraduate – 55 points

Graduate – 65 points

PhD – 75 points

University department – 100 points

Research project – 50 points

Scientific article – 90 points

Private and public-dector collaborations – 75 points

In cases where there were, for instance, multiple bachelor’s courses offered by a single university, each course scored a maximum of 10 points.

Points were distributed based on the following criteria: a. How complex each educational opportunity is (e.g. study programmes are more time-exhausting, complex, and comprehensive than guest lectures). b. How much time, approximately, do students spend on a specific lecture, course, study programme, etc.? c. Under what educational level does the academic format belong (Undergraduate, Graduate, or Doctoral)?