From UI to Binus: These Are the 10 Best Universities in Indonesia 2024 According to THE

Times Higher Education (THE) has released its World University Rankings 2024, ranking the best universities in Indonesia.

Based on the top 10 list, Universitas Indonesia (UI) ranks first with a total score ranging from 32.7 to 36.9 points out of 100. This places UI in the 801-1,000 range of the world's best universities.

UI's assessment components are: teaching (45.5 points); research environment (23.1 points); research quality (29.2 points); industry (51.9 points); and international outlook (60.3 points).

Universitas Airlangga (Unair) is ranked second with a total score ranging from 22.8 to 28.2 points. The breakdown is: teaching (28.6 points); research environment (12.5 points); research quality (31.9 points); industry (19.1 points); and international outlook (57.3 points).

Third place goes to Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) with a total score of 22.8-28.2 points. The breakdown is: teaching (23.7 points); research environment (17.1 points); research quality (29.2 points); industry (29.4 points); and international outlook (34.1 points).

Just below ITB is Universitas Bina Nusantara (Binus), the only private university in the top 10. Its total score is in the range of 22.8-28.2 points.

Binus received scores of: teaching (20 points); research environment (17.2 points); research quality (37.5 points); industry (25.1 points); and international outlook (34.1 points).

The remaining positions are filled by Universitas Gadah Mada (UGM), Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB), Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), Universitas Syiah Kuala (Unsyiah), Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), and Universitas Andalas (Unand).

Globally, THE's WUR 2024 includes 1,904 universities in 108 countries and regions. The assessment methodology uses the new WUR 3.0, encompassing 18 calibrated performance indicators measuring institutional performance in five areas: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry, and international outlook.

This year's ranking analyzed over 134 million citations across 16.5 million research publications and included survey responses from 68,402 researchers worldwide. Overall, THE collected 411,789 data points from 2,673 institutions that submitted data.