There is a growing interest in educational innovation in universities at a global level, as a tool designed to create strategic changes in order to improve quality. This study evaluates the global improvement in universities as a result of educational innovation governance, as a pillar of the so-called world-class research universities and as a tool for continuous improvement in higher education. The methodology has been designed by different educational innovation groups from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Universidad de Cádiz, and the International Project Management Association Spanish Board, and includes an analysis of 67 universities from 20 countries. The study is based on 32 universities in Spain, as well as 35 other international universities that carry out educational innovation activity. The results show that universities that have a more mature educational innovation governance in place, both in Spain as well as in other countries, are higher in the ranking of universities (Webometrics). These universities demonstrate a tendency to work on educational innovation projects, which are contributing to strategic changes that will permanently revitalise teaching, whilst also improving research and its links to society.

作为一种旨在进行战略变革以提高质量的工具，全球范围内的大学对教育创新的兴趣与日俱增。这项研究评估了由于教育创新治理而引起的大学的全球进步，这是所谓的世界一流研究型大学的支柱，也是持续改进高等教育的工具。该方法由马德里政治大学，加的斯大学和西班牙国际项目管理协会的不同教育创新小组设计，并分析了20个国家的67所大学。该研究基于西班牙的32所大学以及其他35所开展教育创新活动的国际大学。结果表明，在西班牙和其他国家，拥有更成熟的教育创新治理的大学在大学中的排名更高（Webometrics）。这些大学表现出致力于教育创新项目的趋势，这有助于战略变革，这些战略变革将永久性地使教学焕发活力，同时也改善研究及其与社会的联系。