QS World University Rankings is a portfolio of comparative university rankings compiled by global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). Its first and earliest edition was published in collaboration with Times Higher Education (THE) magazine.

The criteria includes: academic reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations/faculty, emplolyer reputation, internationalizations, and others.

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, often referred to as the THE Rankings or just THE, is the annual publication of university rankings by the Times Higher Education magazine.The publication includes global rankings of universities, including by subject and reputation.

The Criteria includes: Industry income-innovation, international diversity, teaching-the teahcing environment, research-volume, income and reputation, and citations-research influence.

The Complete University Guide

University League Tables 2024

The Complete University Guide is compiled by Mayfield University Consultants and was published for the first time in 2007.

The ranking uses ten criteria, with a statistical technique called the Z-score applied to the results of each. The ten Z-scores are then weighted and summed to give a total score for each university. These total scores are then transformed to a scale where the top score is set at 1,000, with the remainder being a proportion of the top score.

The criteria includes: quality of education, quality of faculty, research output, and per capita performance.

The Guardian UK University Ranking 2024

The Guardian  University Ranking is published annualy. It is a national rankings of universities in UK. A "value-added" factor is included which compares students' degree results with their entry qualifications.

The criteria includes: academic services spend, degree completion, entry standards, facilities spend, good honours, graduate prospects, research quality, research intensity, student safisfaction, student-staff ratio.