ITS ranking trends on QS WUR from year to year

ITS Campus, ITS News — Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) continues its efforts to enhance its international capacity. This is evidenced by the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR) 2025 released on June 5th, which ranked ITS as the 585th largest university in the world.

Senior Manager of World Class University (WCU) ITS Rulli Practitioner Secretary ST MSc PhD explains, at this rankings ITS managed to rise 36 levels from previously at 621 – 630. On this achievement, ITS managed to rank the 6th best college in Indonesia. “Alhamdulillah not only ITS, as many as 26 colleges in Indonesia managed up the ranking to enter this rating,” he said.

In this achievement, ITS achieved a total score of 21.2, with the details of the scores being divided among them: Academic Reputation: 17.3; Employer Reputations: 48.9; Faculty Students: 47.8; Citations per Faculty: 1.6; International Faculty Ratio: 47.5; International Students Ratios: 5.3; International Research Network: 12.0; Employment Outcomes: 13.0, and Sustainability: 16.1.

Based on the assessment, the lecturer of the Department of Regional and Urban Planning of ITS that ITS is still low on citations per Faculty and International Research Network indicators. According to him, ITS still needs to undertake various breakthrough strategies in order to improve the quality of research and publication. “In addition, we also need broader collaboration and cooperation with foreign colleges to enhance this access,” he said.

ITS ranking trends on QS WUR from year to year

Not only that, Rulli also said to be able to improve Employment Outcomes and Sustainability scores, students are expected to improve achievements in business leaders, international award winners, global Non-Government Organizations (NGOs), or political leaders. “We have increased quite significantly in the Employer Reputation and Faculty Student Ratio indicators,” he said.

In response to a fairly significant rise in ITS rankings, this Ph.D. alumnus of Hiroshima University, Japan is proud. Further, he affirmed that the ranking on the QS WUR 2025 released in 2024 uses the 2023 database for the type of submitted data such as the number of lecturers and number of students.

The rest, for the assessment of citations is calculated based on the publication of journal articles in the indexed journal Scopus in the last five years and the periodicity of the citations in six years. Whereas for the indicators of Academic Reputation and Employer Reputations are calculated within five years. “Congratulations on the access to ITS, hopefully ahead of it ITS can further improve its performance and reputation at the international level,” he added. (ITS PR)

Reporter: Mifda Khoirotul Azma