The Perspektywy Private Universities Ranking 2024 takes into account non-public higher education institutions that have the right to confer master degree or uniform master degree and have a minimum two years of graduates; took part in the survey (does not apply to non-public universities with a right to confer doctoral degree) and have 200 full-time and part-time students. The obligatory entry condition is that university conducts full-time studies.

REPUTATION - 10%

• Academic reputation - a number of indications based on the survey conducted among academic staff (full professors as well as PhDs with habilitation, who obtained their academic titles in the years 2019-2023). The survey takes into account the votes cast last year. The survey was conducted in CAVI method and institutions were split into three groups: academic universities, private universities and state higher vocational schools. The survey was completed by Education Foundation “Perspektywy”. Source: Perspektywy. (10%)

EMPLOYABILITY - 20%

• Alumni earnings - CHANGE IN METHODOLOGY: the indicator reflects the alumni earnings of a given university in 2018-2021 to average earnings in the county of residence according to the nationwide study of the “Polish Graduate Tracking System” (ELA) by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education based on the Social Insurance Institution (ZUS) data (note: due to the change in the method of determining the indicator value, the current ranking edition includes the average of the indicator values measured in accordance with the new and previous methods, which took into account alumni earnings in the first year after graduation). Source: Polish Graduate Tracking System (ELA). (10%)
• Alumni’s employment - CHANGE IN METHODOLOGY: indicator reflects the average length of employment of graduates of a given university in 2018-2021- according to the nationwide study the “Polish Graduate Tracking System” (ELA) by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education based on the Social Insurance Company (ZUS) data. The data refer to unemployment rates in the counties of residence of graduates (note: due to a change in the method of determining the indicator value, the current edition of the ranking includes the average of the indicator values measured in accordance with the new and previous methods, which took into account the employment of graduates in the first year after graduation). Source: Polish Graduate Tracking System (ELA). (10%)

ACADEMIC POTENTIAL - 32%

• Parametric evaluation – the sum of rating (categories) given to individual disciplines, evaluated by the Committee for Scientific Evaluation (KEN), weighted by the number of full time academic staff activity in the evaluated disciplines (the so-called N number) and related to the total number of this staff. Source: POL-on (integrated system for higher education) database. (10%)
• Rights to confer PhD degrees and PhD with habilitation degree – measured by the weighted sum of rights to confer PhD with habilitation degree (2 points for each discipline university is entitled to, 3 points for each discipline university conferred PhD degree, and 3 points for each discipline university conferred PhD degree with habilitation) as of 31.12.2023. Source: POL-on. (8%)
• Faculty development - measured by the ratio of academic titles and degrees obtained by university staff in 2022 and 2023 (full professors weighted 2.0, PhD's with habilitation weighted 1.5 and PhD’s weighted 1.0,) in relation to the total number of academic staff. Source: POL-on database. (6%)
• Teaching in doctoral schools - NEW INDICATOR measured as the ratio of the number of doctoral students studying in doctoral schools in a given university to the number of research and research/teaching employees with a habilitation degree or the title of professor as of 31.12.2023. Source: POL-on. (4%)
• Academic staff with highest qualifications - defined as the ratio of the number of researchers and staff (full professors or PhDs with habilitation) in relation to the total number of teaching staff employed full time by the university as of 31.12.2023. Source: POL-on database. (4%)

DIDACTIC POTENTIAL - 18%

• Teaching staff - ratio of the number of academic teaching full-time staff (PhDs weighted 1.4; PhDs with habilitation weighted 1.7 and professors weighted 2.0) to the total number of students (full-time students weighted 1.0 and external students weighted 0.6) as of 31.12.2023. Source: POL-on database. (10%)
• Accreditations - measured by the number of accreditations and international certificates obtained by university and accreditations, valid accreditations with a distinction (granted by 2018) by the Polish Accreditation Committee (PKA) and Education Certificates in Excellence (granted by PKA). Source: PKA database and international accreditation institutions’s database. (5%)
• Diversity of the education offer at master's degree studies – measured by the sum of the second-cycle and uniform master's degree programs in relation to the number of first-cycle and uniform master's degree programs. Source: POL-on database. (3%)

INNOVATION AND COOPERATION WITH THE ECONOMY - 7%

• External funding for research – CHANGE IN THE METHODOLOGY: measured by the ratio of the total funding obtained for research and development from outside in 2022-2023 to the total number of research and research/teaching staff as of the end of year. The indicator reflects the differences in research cost intensity between scientific disciplines (note: due to the change in the method of determining the indicator value, the current ranking edition measured the average of the indicator values calculated in accordance with the new and previous method, which did not take into account the differences in research cost intensity between scientific disciplines). Source: POL-on and university data - PNT S1 report. (5%)
• Postgraduate studies - number of postgraduate students as of 31.12.2023. Source: university data. (2%)

INTERNATIONALIZATION - 13%

• International students – measured by the ratio of foreign students to the total number of students as of 31.12.2023 (note: universities that have a percentage of international students of at least 25 percent receive the maximum number of points). Source: POL-on database. (4%)
• Students studying in foreign language - measured by the ratio of students studying in a foreign language as of 31.12.2023 (to the total number of students (note: universities that have a percentage of international students of at least 25 percent receive the maximum number of points). Source: POL-on database. (3%)
• International teaching staff – measured by the ratio of the number of international staff to the total number of full-time teaching staff as of 31.12.2023 (note: universities that have a percentage of foreign academic staff of at least 25 percent receive the maximum number of points). Source: POL-on database. (1%)
• Mobility of academic staff under the Erasmus+ Program - measured by the number of academic teachers going abroad in 2023 as part of international exchange (minimums 5 days) in relation to the total number of academic teachers ((note: universities in which the ratio of the number of mobility to the number of university employees reached a value of at least 25 percent receive the maximum number of points). Source: Erasmus+. (1%)
• Student mobility (outbound) - measured by the ratio of students going abroad for at least 3 months, in the year reported to POL-on, to the total number of students as of 31.12.2023. Source: POL-on database and university data. (1,5%)
• Student mobility (inbound) - measured by the ratio of students coming to the academic institutions as part of a foreign exchange programme for at least 3 months, in the year reported to POL-on, to the total number of students as of 31.12.2023. Source: POL-on database. (1,5%)
• Multicultural composition of student body - measured by the number of countries represented by at least 10 foreign students as of 31.12.2023. Source: POL-on database. (1%)

Note: PhD with habilitation is the degree between doctoral degree and full professor title.