The IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence (IREG Observatory) is an international nonprofit organisation created in 2009 consisting of universities, ranking organisations and third-party organisations associated with academics and university ranking. The organisation's secretariat is based in Warsaw, Poland.
Also, the organisation is responsible for awarding organisations with the IREG Ranking Seal of Approval acknowledging the recipient's engagement and initiatives in relation to university ranking.
Foundation and purpose IREG Observatory was first founded in Warsaw, Poland in 2002 and was in 2009 transformed into the non-profit organisation, IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, it is today. Its foundation was a result of a collaborative initiative between the UNESCO European Centre for Higher Education (UNESCO-CEPES) and a broad variety of ranking experts from different international ranking organisations.
The purpose of creating the International Ranking Expert Group (IREG) was to create a specialised community consisting of ranking analysts and experts to process a variety of issues and topics related to international university ranking.
In June 2015 it held a conference on Rankings by Subject which was considered significant.
Executive Committee +PositionNameAffiliated Organisation / InstitutionCountry of ResidenceIREG PresidentWaldemar SiwinskiFounder Perspektywy Education FoundationPolandIREG Vice PresidentGero FederkeilHead of International Rankings at CHE Centre for Higher Education, Managing Director of U-Multirank GermanyExecutive Committee MemberBirte HornemannAalborg UniversityDenmarkExecutive Committee MemberHabib M. FardounExcellence Consulting for Education]SpainExecutive Committee MemberRobert J. MorseU.S. News & World ReportUnited StatesExecutive Committee MemberBurkitbayev MukhambetkaliProfessor at Al Farabi University in Almaty KazakhstanExecutive Committee MemberYing ChengCEO & Co-Founder at Shanghai Ranking ConsultancyChinaExecutive Committee MemberGyorgy FabriProfessor at Eötvös Loránd UniversityHungary
Initiatives
IREG Ranking Seal of Approval
- The organisation is responsible for awarding organisations with the IREG Ranking Seal of Approval acknowledging the recipient's engagement and initiatives in relation to university ranking.
Berlin Principles on Ranking of Higher Education Institutions.
- The Berlin principles is list of 16 principles that has been accepted as being indicators of what defines 'good' ranking and what topics should be considered in relation to ranking.
IREG Inventory of National Rankings
- The list on national rankings is an initiative which has the purpose of gathering and displaying various rankings in order to generate easy access to ranking information.
IREG List of International Academic Awards
- This list has been composed to function as a comprehensive map of international academic awards and rank these compared to one another.
IREG Guidelines for Stakeholders of Academic Rankings
- These Guidelines have been established to improve quality, assure reliability of information, and give the users of International rankings functionality and trustworthiness in term of gathering information on the topic. Furthermore, these Guidelines are supplemented by the findings of the other IREG initiatives in order to have a broad and comprehensive framework.
Member organisations and institutions +Name of Institution / OrganisationCountryLocationAalborg UniversityDenmarkAalborg, DenmarkAgency for Science and Higher EducationCroatiaZagreb, CroatiaAl-Farabi Kazakh National UniversityKazakhstanAlmaty, KazakhstanAlma Mater Studiorum - University of BolognaItalyBologna, ItalyApplied Science University (Bahrain)BahrainSitra, BahrainAtilim UniversityTurkeyAnkara, TurkeyAtyrau State UniversityKazakhstanAstana, KazakhstanBeijing University of TechnologyChinaBeijing, ChinaCentre for Higher EducationGermanyGütersloh, GermanyCASEE - Hangzhou Dianzi UniversityChinaZhejiang, ChinaEötvös Loránd UniversityHungaryBudapest, HungaryErciyes UniversityTurkeyKayseri, TurkeyGdańsk University of TechnologyPolandGdańsk, PolandHasselt UniversityBelgiumHasselt, BelgiumIndependent Agency for Accreditation and RatingKazakhstanAstana, KazakhstanIQAA - Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in EducationKazakhstanAstana, KazakhstanJagiellonian UniversityPolandKraków, PolandKabardino-Balkarian State UniversityRussiaKabardino-Balkaria, RussiaKazakh National Agrarian UniversityKazakhstanAlmaty, KazakhstanKazan Federal UniversityRussiaTatarstan, RussiaKing Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi ArabiaJeddah, Saudi ArabiaKing Saud UniversitySaudi ArabiaRiyadh, Saudi ArabiaKozminski UniversityPolandWarsaw, PolandKuwait UniversityKuwaitKuwait City, KuwaitL. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityKazakhstanAstana, KazakhstanN. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodRussiaNizhny Novgorod, RussiaMoscow State UniversityRussiaMoscow, RussiaLucian Blaga University of SibiuRomaniaSibiu, RomaniaLund UniversitySwedenLund, SwedenMGIMO - Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussiaMoscow, RussiaNab'a Al-Hayat Foundation for Medical Sciences and Health CareIraqNajaf, IraqNational Center of Public AccreditationRussiaMari El Republic, RussiaNational Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussiaMoscow, RussiaNational University of Political Studies and Public AdministrationRomaniaBucharest, RomaniaPerspektywy Education FoundationPolandWarsaw, PolandPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi ArabiaAl-Kharj, Saudi ArabiaQatar UniversityQatarDoha, QatarQS World University RankingsUnited KingdomLondon, United KingdomRAEX GroupRussiaMoscow, RussiaRUDN UniversityRussiaMoscow, RussiaRussian New UniversityRussiaMoscow, RussiaScientific Research Institute of Applied Information TechnologiesUkraineKyiv, UkraineSejong UniversitySouth KoreaSeoul, South KoreaSGH Warsaw School of EconomicsPolandWarsaw, PolandShanghai Ranking ConsultancyChinaShanghai, ChinaSilesian University of TechnologyPolandGliwice, PolandSumy State UniversityUkraineSumy, UkraineThe Illuminate Consulting GroupUnited StatesSan Carlos, California, United StatesUniversity of IndonesiaIndonesiaDepok, IndonesiaUniversity of BucharestRomaniaBucharest, RomaniaUniversity for Business and TechnologySaudi ArabiaJeddah, Saudi ArabiaUniversity of JeddahSaudi ArabiaJeddah, Saudi ArabiaUniversity of MariborSloveniaMaribor, SloveniaUniversity of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu MureșRomaniaTârgu Mureș, RomaniaUniversity of NavarraSpainNavarre, SpainUniversity of UlsanSouth KoreaUlsan, South KoreaU.S. News & World ReportUnited StatesNew York City, New York, United StatesVistula UniversityPolandWarsaw, PolandWarsaw University of TechnologyPolandWarsaw, PolandYeditepe UniversityTurkeyIstanbul, Turkey
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