Abstract Technical Universities (TUs) exhibit a distinct ranking performance in comparison with other universities. In this paper we identify 137 TUs included in the THE Ranking (2017 edition) and analyse their scores statistically. The results highlight the existence of clusters of TUs showing a general high performance in the Industry Income category and, in many cases, a low performance on Research and Teaching. Finally, the global score weights were simulated, creating several scenarios that confirmed that the majority of TUs (except those with a world-class status) would increase their final scores if industrial income was accounted for at the levels parametrised.

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技术大学在全球大学排名中表现出独特的行为吗？泰晤士高等教育 (THE) 案例研究

摘要 技术大学 (TU) 与其他大学相比表现出明显的排名表现。在本文中，我们确定了包含在 THE Ranking（2017 版）中的 137 个 TU，并对其分数进行了统计分析。结果突显了 TU 集群的存在，它们在行业收入类别中表现出普遍的高绩效，并且在许多情况下，在研究和教学方面表现不佳。最后，模拟了全球得分权重，创建了几种情景，确认如果工业收入按参数化水平计算，大多数 TU（具有世界级地位的除外）将提高其最终得分。