AU makes its place in top universities
The Andhra University (AU) has been ranked 2nd among State Universities and 8th among all Universities in India by India Today Group-Nielsen Survey.
Andhra University has also bagged the 8th spot among all Universities in India including State, Central and Deemed Universities.
The India Today-Nielsen rankings methodology assigns 50% weightage to factual data, while the remaining 50% weightage is assigned to perceptual data.
Thus, even though AU was only second to Delhi University, the table-topper, in terms of factual data, it claimed the 8th spot due to a lower perceptual score. The strong performance in terms of factual data highlights the University's quality in terms of faculty, academic inputs and research publications. However, plans are underway to improve AU's perception.
A project to 'Reposition Andhra University (AU) among top 50 in the World' has been conceived and instituted by the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board, in partnership with the Higher Education Department.
The aim of the project is to propel AU into international rankings and explore potential collaboration with top-ranked foreign universities. An EDB Summer Fellow was assigned the project and spent one month assessing the ground realities at the AU campus in Visakhapatnam.
AU was provided the necessary assistance to reach out to Times Higher Education and QS Rankings to submit data to international rankings for the first time. Furthermore, all major stakeholders on the campus were interviewed and surveyed to prepare an action-plan to transform AU into a top-ranked international university.
On the collaborations front, a partnership with National University of Singapore (NUS), as suggested by Gopinath Pillai, Ambassador-at-large for the Government of Singapore, is also being deliberated.
News Posted: 6 July, 2015
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