Ranking Frameworks : A Comparative Study

Authors(2) :-Ar Kanchan Garg , Dr. Prof. Prabhjot Kaur

Ranking frameworks and questionnaires are in practice to assess quality of education imparted and to rank institutes on this basis. Accreditations are also given after assessing the quality of education imparted. This paper is discussing and comparing different assessing indicators, their need and outcome of major assessing institutes/organisations such as QS, THE, NIRF, NAAC,NAAB, NCARB, COA etc. Assessment of any field in any organisation to maintain minimum set standards of quality in education creates interest to be superior than others. Ranking frameworks do not only assess and rank the institutes/universities rather provides transparency in front of the students who are looking for admission in the specific field. India had invented many basic concepts such as zero, decimal etc. in its early time. Quality of architectural education needs to be improved to compete at world level. This paper talks in particular about the ranking frameworks regarding architectural education as no exhaustive ranking frameworks are available for the architectural education.

Authors and Affiliations

Ar Kanchan Garg
IKG Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala Road, Jallandhar, Punjab, India
Dr. Prof. Prabhjot Kaur
IKG Punjab Technical University, Kapurthala Road, Jallandhar, Punjab, India

Ranking Frameworks, Accreditation boards, Course Experience Questionnaire, Quality, Architectural Education

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 4 | Issue 5 | March-April 2018
Date of Publication : 2018-04-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 305-309
Manuscript Number : IJSRST184547
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X

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Ar Kanchan Garg , Dr. Prof. Prabhjot Kaur, " Ranking Frameworks : A Comparative Study", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp.305-309, March-April-2018.
Journal URL : https://ijsrst.com/IJSRST184547
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  • https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2018, QS World University Ranking 2017, accessed on 03.08.2017
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  • Tombs, S., 2005. "Quality Indicators in the Design of Schools(QIDS): A tool for assessing school design" Evaluating quality in educational facilities2005, OECD/PEB, pp 68-71.
  • Tzonis, A., 2014. "A framework for architectural education" Frontiers of Architectural Research , Elsevier, Open access under CC BY-NC-ND, Vol 3, pp 477-479.Websites Referred
  • http://archdesign.vt.edu/architecture/naab accessed on 06.08.2017
  • http://www.naac.gov.in/index.asp, https://www.nirfindia.org/Home accessed on 05.08.17 accessed on 05.08.17
  • http://www.naac.gov.in/index.asp, https://www.nirfindia.org/Home accessed on 05.08.17
  • https://planning.curtin.edu.au/mir/ accessed on 05.08.2017
  • https://planning.curtin.edu.au/mir/ceq.cfm
  • https://www.britishcouncil.in/about/press/qs-university-rankings-asia-2014, accessed on 06.04.2017
  • https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/methodology-world-university-rankings-2016-2017
  • https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2018, QS World University Ranking 2017, accessed on 03.08.2017
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  • Tombs, S., 2005. "Quality Indicators in the Design of Schools(QIDS): A tool for assessing school design" Evaluating quality in educational facilities2005, OECD/PEB, pp 68-71.
  • Tzonis, A., 2014. "A framework for architectural education" Frontiers of Architectural Research , Elsevier, Open access under CC BY-NC-ND, Vol 3, pp 477-479.Websites Referred
  • http://archdesign.vt.edu/architecture/naab accessed on 06.08.2017
  • http://www.naac.gov.in/index.asp, https://www.nirfindia.org/Home accessed on 05.08.17 accessed on 05.08.17
  • http://www.naac.gov.in/index.asp, https://www.nirfindia.org/Home accessed on 05.08.17
  • https://planning.curtin.edu.au/mir/ accessed on 05.08.2017
  • https://planning.curtin.edu.au/mir/ceq.cfm
  • https://www.britishcouncil.in/about/press/qs-university-rankings-asia-2014, accessed on 06.04.2017
  • https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/methodology-world-university-rankings-2016-2017
  • https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2018, QS World University Ranking 2017, accessed on 03.08.2017
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