1. RANKINGS some comments from Charles University Jan Skrha Vice-Rector, Charles University in Prague Dubrovnik, July 3, 2009

2. RANKINGS Important tasks: 1) Goals of evaluation - science, incoming students (education) 2)Weight of indices - publications 3)Collection of correct data - quality and quantity 4)Presentation of the results Differences: large vs. small institutions pure science vs. science-learing peer-review vs. data based on IF publications differences of IF between specialties (weighted mean) etc.

3. RANKINGS THES, Academic Ranking of World Universities Problems: - bibliometry - reduction of university tasks only to research publications - reduction to quantitative measures - results related to the whole institution and not to one academician - standardization of different faculties within university (medicine, natural sciences, humanities)

4. Charles University today 17 Faculties 7.500 Employees (4.300 Academic) 143 Bc and Masters Programmes 119 PhD Programmes 50.000 Students (10.600 Bachelors, 32.000 Magisters, 7.300 PhD Students, 6.000 Foreign Students, 1780 in the whole English Curriculum)

5. Priorities of the University PGS (1-2 Semesters abroad) Research (Charles University as a research university) Exchange of Academicians between countries

6. CU for rankings THES: 246. position Shanghai: 264-268. position PhD stud./acad.position: 2004 – 1.2 2008 – 1.6 Number of publications in IF journals