To ensure a fair representation of universities, there are three separate categories against which these institutions are measured. They are each measured with the same performance metric but are separated in order to take into account the unique strengths and challenges of these universities.
These three categories are as follows:
Mature Universities | Universities over 15 years old |
Emerging Universities | Universities established within the last 15 years |
University Colleges | Institutions with university college status |
As for the weightage and rating of the performance, the most recent rating exercise was completed in 2017 between various universities and university colleges. Its performance rating weightage is as shown below:
| Mature University | Emerging University | University College |
General | 40% | 40% | 40% |
Teaching & Learning | 30% | 40% | 50% |
Research | 20% | 15% | 5% |
Service | 10% | 5% | 5% |
Mature Universities are expected to be more engaged in their research development and for the offer on their current services to be expanded; Emerging Universities and University Colleges are demanded to build their foundations and strengths in their quality of teaching and polishing their overall repertoire.
To have a better understanding on the criteria of the SETARA Rating, below is a detailed table explaining each of the guidelines needed to be achieved by each higher education institution (HEIs).
General | Teaching & Learning | Research | Services |
- Student quality & diversity
- Lecturer capabilities
- Academic staff
- Quality management system
- Financial sustainability
- Institutional reputation
| - Academic staff capacity
- Student satisfaction with teaching & facilities
- Graduates’ quality
- Internationalisation of Academic programmes
- Programme recognition
| - Critical mass of researchers
- Research income
- Quantitiy of publications
- Quality management system
- Quality of publications
| - Income from commercialisation of intellectual property
- University’s social responsibility and knowledge transfer
- Education & training programme
- Other sources of income
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