INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL RANKING
of HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
2009 SURVEY
The École des Mines de Paris – MINES ParisTech – is proposing a third edition
of its International Professional Classification of Higher Education Institutions,
established on the basis of the number of alumni listed among CEOs in the 500
largest worldwide companies.1
Original version : http://www.mines-paristech.fr/Actualites/PR
PDF version available here
1 Source: Fortune Global 500, 2008 edition
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2008/index.html
Contents
1.Choice of ranking criteria
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2. Ranking methodology
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3.Analysis of results
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4.Statistics per country
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5.FAQ
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6.The academic career of the CEOs of the 500 leading international companies11
7.The 377 leading higher education institutions in 2009
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8.Contacts
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1. Choice of ranking criteria
Measuring the quality of training provided by higher education institutions rests
on a variety of criteria:
- the salary and the period of delay before recruitment of graduates would
seem to be one of the most relevant data for assessing the short-term
quality of training courses evaluated by employers; nevertheless, the
corresponding data, when they are available (which is quite rare except for
MBA graduates), are essentially declared; furthermore, variations in the
cost of living, from one country to another, inevitably introduce a
significant bias in the classification;
- senior managerial positions occupied by alumni would also be an interesting
factor for assessing the quality of alumni’s academic careers; however, the
definition of a senior executive may vary from one company to another;
what is more, comparing the executive director of an SME with the CEO of
a major international group may raise a number of problems of coherence;
- the creation of companies by graduates could also be a relevant criterion to
be taken into account but, once again, the data on an international level do
not exist, and achievements (companies actually c