UVic-UCC rises three positions in the Knowledge and Development (CYD) Foundation ranking to fifteenth place in Spain

In the latest ranking for 2023, presented yesterday by the Knowledge and Development (CYD) Foundation, UVic-UCC rose by three positions within Spain compared to last year, and is now in fifteenth position out of the total of 80 participating universities. It is in eighth position in Catalonia, level with the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya and behind the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Universitat Ramon Llull and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

This ranking is based on 36 indicators in five specific areas: Teaching and learning, Research, Knowledge transfer, International orientation and Contribution to regional development. UVic-UCC is placed in the top performance group for 18 of these indicators, in the intermediate performance group for 8 and the low performance group for 10, and this is the first time that it is above average in all the areas analysed.

Research - the area showing the greatest improvement
The field of Research is where UVic-UCC has shown the most significant improvement, as it has risen by 24 positions compared to last year, from 47th to 24th place. Its publications in indexed journals and heavily cited publications, open access publications and post-doctoral researchers stand out in this area. However, the number of publications per lecturer and the average number of research periods remain low.

The results in Knowledge Transfer are positive, as UVic-UCC has risen 10 places to 34th position. Publications with private enterprises and income from lifelong learning stand out in this area, while the performance for private funding, patents awarded per lecturer, patents with private enterprises and income from licenses was poorer.
As for contribution to regional development, the university gains 20 points compared to the previous year and moves up to 21st position, thanks to its improvement in the indicators of regional publications and publications with private enterprises in the region, despite its reduced number of internships at companies in the region.

Continued high performance in international orientation
The university has moved up one position in the field of international orientation compared to the previous year, and is now in twelfth position in Spain. In this area, its performance levels are high for foreign language degrees (master's degrees), student mobility, internships abroad, foreign teaching staff and international publications, while its performance levels are low for bachelor's degree qualifications in a foreign language and international doctoral theses.

The University has only fallen in one of all the areas analysed: Teaching and learning, in which it has fallen by nine positions compared to last year, to 27th place.  The highly positive indicators in this area are the graduation rate (master's degrees), the regulatory graduation rate (bachelor's degrees), the performance rate (bachelor's degrees) and the success rate (bachelor's degrees), while there is room for improvement in the master's degree rate.
UVic-UCC was listed the CYD Ranking for the first time in 2016, when it occupied 49th position, and it has climbed 34 positions over the past seven years.