Masaryk University achieved its best result in graduate outcomes, where it ranked 102nd in Europe. The QS Europe ranking is based on 12 indicators and covers the areas of research, education, internationalisation, graduate quality and sustainability. Unlike the global rankings, it places greater emphasis on the international mobility of students and considers the diversity of the countries they come from. QS Europe is limited to higher education institutions in the 42 countries that are members of the Council of Europe. Masaryk University was ranked 156th out of 958 universities evaluated. This year’s ranking included 274 more universities compared to the previous year.
Masaryk University achieved its best results in the Employment Outcomes indicator, ranking 102nd and improving by 31 places year-on-year. This indicator measures how successful graduates are in the labour market. It reflects the proportion of graduates who find employment within 15 months of graduating, as well as the number of university graduates in prominent roles in the labour market and wider society. The latter considers holders of certain awards, graduates in senior roles at major companies, prominent figures at leading non-profit organisations, and graduates employed in high-level politics. The quality of MU graduates was also confirmed by the Employer Reputation indicator, where the university ranked 126th. Employer Reputation is based on feedback from employers on the quality of universities.
“It is gratifying to see that our university did the best in the quality of its graduates, despite strong competition from across Europe. Our graduate surveys show that the vast majority of graduates are working successfully in their field, even while studying. Ninety-six per cent of our graduates are satisfied with the education they received, and they consider their economic situation to be promising. Our focus on teaching quality, industry cooperation, transferable skills and internationalisation is clearly paying off,” said MU Rector Martin Bareš in response to the university’s results.
MU also performed well in other areas, such as Inbound and Outbound Exchange Students (108th and 128th place, respectively), which assesses international cooperation in student exchange; Sustainability (130th place), which is based on the separate QS Sustainability Rankings; and International Student Diversity (131st place), which assesses the proportion of foreign students at the institution and the diversity of the countries from which they come from.
The University of Oxford and ETH Zurich took the top spots in this year’s QS Europe rankings, followed by Imperial College London and University College London (UCL) in joint third place.
A total of 18 Czech universities were ranked, one more than in the previous year. The highest ranking was achieved by Charles University in 92nd place (down from 79th last year), followed by Masaryk University in 156th place (143rd last year) and the Czech Technical University in Prague in 181st place (177th last year). The fourth position in the Czech Republic this year belongs to Brno University of Technology at 204th place (224th last year), and the fifth to Palacký University Olomouc at 216th place (214th last year). The Silesian University in Opava, a newcomer to the competition, ranked in the 701st–900th range.