The ranking of Spanish public universities proposed by the CYD Foundation (which the Foundation itself considers a "tentative approximation" and "introductory preliminary presentation") is based on data relating to the academic year 2004-2005, obtained mainly from sources from the University Coordination Council and the National Research Assessment Commission (both belonging to the Ministry of Education and Science) and the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities.
The classification is drawn up on the basis of nineteen indicators, which fall under four concepts: the capacity to attract new students, teaching quality, quality in doctorate studies and research quality.
First place in performance index and second in current expenditure per student
In order to measure the teaching quality, the ranking is based on nine indicators, and only the University of Navarra and the UPF are placed, in seven of these nine indicators, among the twelve leading universities. In a first section that assesses academic efficiency, the UPF stands out in the performance index (it takes first place, with 81%, based on the percentage of credits passed with respect to matriculated credits) and in the graduation index (eighth place, with 76%, calculated on the basis of the percentage of students who complete their studies in the required time).
A second section studies the teaching resources of the universities, and it does so, on the one hand, by calculating the current expenditure per student (the UPF is in second place, with 6,922 euros, surpassed only by the University of Navarra) and the ratio of students to research teaching staff (the UPF in eighth place, with 12.7%). And on the other hand, by analysing the physical resources, based on the ratio of matriculated students per places of simultaneous use each day available in different facilities: lecture rooms, libraries (UPF is in third place, with 4.71) and computer rooms (the UPF is in fifth place, with 3.39).
Finally, the last indicator of teaching quality refers to the degree of openness to the exterior: the UPF is in seventh place, with 28.5 % of students matriculated in first and second cycle residing outside the province.
At the forefront in terms of the capacity for attracting new students and research quality
In the section dealing with the Capacity for attracting new students, the UPF is ranked just behind the University of Navarra, and within a group that also includes the universities of A Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Salamanca, Oviedo and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. This group of universities is always among the top twelve universities in two of the three indicators that determine this capacity of attraction. Thus, the UPF stands out in the average access grade (in third place, with 6.9), and in the percentage of students pre-enrolled as first choice compared to the total number of places on offer (twelfth place), which is a good indicator of the rate of places in demand compared to places on offer.
In research quality, the UPF is in a second group of universities in the ranking (behind only the Autonomous University of Madrid and the University of Barcelona), since it is among the top twelve in three of the five indicators in this section: percentage of numerary professors without six-yearly bonuses (third place with 22%); ratio between six-yearly bonuses and numerary professors (second place, with 1.82), and R+D revenue per research teaching staff in full-time equivalent (also in second place with 28,241 euros).
Another notable figure of the UPF is the indicator for Quality of doctorates which values the degree of international openness and establishes that 41% of students matriculated in doctorate programmes at the University have their family residence outside Spain (the third-highest percentage in the country, behind only the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia).
A report that analyses the contribution of universities to development
This university ranking is one of the sections of the chapter "Spanish public universities in figures", included in the fourth edition of the report on the contribution of universities to development published by the CYD Foundation.
The CYD Report, published annually, has as its main objectives to highlight the decisive role of universities in the Spanish economy and society; to communicate in the business and institutional environment the perception of the importance of universities in improving the productivity and competitiveness of the Spanish economy in a context of growing globalization, and, finally, to draw lessons from the experiences obtained in relation to collaboration between universities and businesses.
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