This good ranking of KIT is mainly due to improvements in the areas of research and citations by more than 10%. In addition, KIT has improved by about 17 percent in third-party funding by industry (industry income). Here, it is in the top 80 of the world. With industry income, THE measures the universities’ capacity of supporting in-dustry with innovations, inventions, and advice. KIT already did well in the recently published “Reuters Top 100: The World’s Most Inno-vative Universities” ranking. It revealed that KIT succeeds in making its scientific findings usable by society and industry via startups, spinoffs, licenses, and services.
The annual THE ranking of the Times Higher Education journal is based on 13 criteria. The universities’ reputation is derived from interviews of academics. General statistics of the universities are evaluated and citations of articles in expert journals are counted. The criteria are weighed as follows: Education (30%), research (30%), citations (30%), internationality (7.5%), and industry income (2.5%).
More information about THE: https://www.timeshighereducation.com
Press release about KIT’s ranking in the Reuters Top 100:
http://www.kit.edu/kit/english/pi_2015_106_kit-is-among-the-most-innovative-universities-in-the-world.php
In close partnership with society, KIT develops solutions for urgent challenges – from climate change, energy transition and sustainable use of natural resources to artificial intelligence, sovereignty and an aging population. As The University in the Helmholtz Association, KIT unites scientific excellence from insight to application-driven research under one roof – and is thus in a unique position to drive this transformation. As a University of Excellence, KIT offers its more than 10,000 employees and 22,800 students outstanding opportunities to shape a sustainable and resilient future. KIT – Science for Impact.