Tender: designing and testing the feasibility of a multi-dimensional global university ranking

The European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture has issued a call for tenders for the design and testing of the feasibility of a multi-dimensional global ranking system.

The envisioned ranking system would aim to make it possible to compare and benchmark similar institutions within and outside the EU, both at the level of the institution as a whole and focusing on different study fields.

This would help institutions to better position themselves and improve their development strategies, quality and performance. Having accessible, transparent and comparable information will make it easier for stakeholders and, in particular, students to make informed choices between the different institutions and their programmes.

Many existing rankings do not fulfil this purpose because they only focus on certain aspects of research and on entire institutions, rather than on individual programmes and disciplines. The project will cover all types of universities and other higher education institutions as well as research institutes.

For further information, please contact:

European Commission
Education and Culture DG
attention: Barbara Nolan
Unit B-3
MADO 11/021
B-1049 Brussels
Fax +32 2 299 82 92
E-mail: Contact

Full details of call on TED

Please note: the deadline for submitting tender documents is 27 February 2009.

Before contacting the Commission, tenderers are strongly advised to consult the original call text in the Official Journal of the European Union at the reference below.