The achievement of THE WUR Rank Soared, Tel-U Established as the Best Private University
The achievement of THE WUR Rank Soared, Tel-U Established as the Best Private University. The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR) 2021, released on 2 September 2020, has revealed the world’s top universities. The THE World University Rankings 2021 include more than 1.500 universities from 93 countries or regions.
Telkom University, the Best Private University in Indonesia, is included as one of the best Indonesian universities in the Times Higher Education World University Ranking version based on the subject of Engineering and Computer Science. In the subject of Computer Science, Telkom University managed to occupy the 4th position in the Indonesia and is ranked 601-800 in the world.
As for the Engineering subject, Telkom University has also managed to get into the 6th position in Indonesia and is ranked 1000+. The overall methodology is carefully recalibrated for each subject, with the weightings changed to suit the individual fields, while the subject tables employ the same range of 13 performance indicators used in the overall World University Rankings 2021, brought together with scores provided under five categories, including:
- Teaching: the learning environment
- Research: volume, income and reputation
- Citations: research influence
- International outlook: staff, students and research
- Industry income: innovation
Telkom University is also the only private university included in this world ranking. It means that Telkom University is ready to compete with all state universities in providing best education. This is in line with Telkom University’s goal of becoming a Research and Entrepreneurial University. On behalf of Telkom University, Prof. Dr. Adiwijaya, S.Si., M.Si, a rector of Telkom University expresses his gratitude to all Telkom University Academics who have provided support for this achievement.
This achievement makes Telkom University continue to provide better education in the field of computer science and engineering. In addition, hopefully Telkom University can continue to provide the best contribution and be able to compete with state and world universities.(IO)***