New historic success of the University of Mostar on the prestigious QS rankings

QS World University Rankings, the world ranking of universities, published a new ranking list - QS Europe University Rankings. The University of Mostar managed to enter this prestigious ranking for the first time since its establishment, taking the 494^th place in Europe. This result testifies to the continuous progress and dedicated work of the University, especially if we take into account that, according to the available data, there are almost 6,000 higher education institutions in Europe. Six universities from Bosnia and Herzegovina were ranked. The University of Mostar is the second in Bosnia and Herzegovina with the 494th place in the overall ranking, and the first is the University of Sarajevo at the 488th place. The list is led by the University of Oxford, ETH Zurich, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, UCL. When it comes to universities from the Republic of Croatia, the best placed is the University of Zagreb (260^th place), then the University of Split (474^th), The University of Rijeka (488^th), and the University of Zadar and the University of the North (601+).

This excellent position on the QS Europe University Rankings has a deep and significant impact. It is an important indicator of the high quality of education and the reputation that the University of Mostar enjoys in the European area of higher education and beyond. It is of utmost importance as it reflects the high standards of academic excellence, research and educational practices carried out by the University. In addition, this position has a significant impact on the national and institutional reputation of the University of Mostar. International visibility and recognizability of SUM contributed to the ranking results in the field of international cooperation of SUM. University of Mostar achieved 1,000 SUM mobilities achieved in total as part of Erasmus+, 650 courses in English, more than 247 signed agreements, cooperation is also developing outside the European academic space and agreements were signed with universities from the USA, China, India, Malaysia, and India. The University participates in an international joint cross-border doctoral study with seven other European universities, and in order to participate in this study program, the University had to receive accreditation from the Agency for the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria.  In addition, the University of Mostar is the only one in Bosnia and Herzegovina with international, European accreditation, and the re-accreditation procedure is expected in the spring of the next calendar year. Such results were also recognized by the QS rankings. This historic success additionally affirms the University of Mostar as a globally recognized institution of higher education and is an incentive to all members of the SUM academic community to continue with strategic development and efforts to achieve even greater heights of academic excellence and relevance in of the future.

QS, a well-known British company specializing in education, has been ranking universities since 2010, using a methodology retained from the time of cooperation with Times Higher Education. The QS methodology includes several relevant indicators such as academic reputation, staff reputation, student-to-academic staff ratio, research citations, international presence (international to domestic staff ratio, international to domestic student ratio), international scientific network, graduate employment outcomes, and sustainable development.

By the way, World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI), the world ranking of universities, published a ranking in May according to which the University of Mostar took 32nd place in the "Fourth Industrial Revolution" category, and in the overall ranking, it was positioned between 101-200 places, which is also the historical success of the University on the ranking charts and confirmation of the efforts invested in the development and visibility of the University not only in the European educational area but also worldwide. The University of Mostar is the only university from Bosnia and Herzegovina on the above list, and from the region, there is the University of Split. Unlike traditional rankings that rely on quantitative university data and statistics, the WURI rankings gather information about innovative programs in two different ways. The first is through the submission of applications from the universities themselves in the categories to which they apply with their programs, and the second is through the collection of data using the Text-Information Analysis (TIA) method.