An Awareness Lecture at the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management on Global Rankings and How to Develop and Benefit from Them
The Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management organized a lecture on global ranking systems for faculty members, administrative staff, and students. The lecture was delivered by Mr. Rami Haddad, Head of the Quality Assurance and Rankings Department at the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Center, in the presence of Dr. Akram Rawashdeh, Dean of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management, and Dr. Fakhrieh Al-Darabseh, Assistant Dean for Quality Affairs, who coordinated the event.
During the lecture, Haddad discussed the key global ranking systems, including the Shanghai University Ranking (China), the Ranking Web of Universities (Spain), the QS World University Rankings (UK), and the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings (UK). He explained the principles and criteria of these rankings and how academic faculties and departments can strive for advanced positions within them.
The lecture focused particularly on the QS system, its foundations, and its methods of evaluating academic programs to place them on the global education map. It also highlighted how to maintain and advance in these rankings and the benefits that higher rankings can bring to faculties.
It is worth mentioning that the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management at Yarmouk University has achieved an advanced position for 2024, ranking 101-150 globally among faculties of tourism and hotel management.
This achievement is attributed to the extensive scientific output of the faculty members, the high citation rates of their research, employer satisfaction with the college’s graduates, the effective field training provided to students, the favorable student-to-faculty ratio, and the successful employment rate of graduates.
At the end of the lecture, Dr. Rawashdeh expressed gratitude to the staff of the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Center for their outstanding efforts in enhancing the university's academic reputation and placing it on the global higher education map. A wide-ranging discussion followed between faculty members and students.
