Rankings

ISODS and GWI operate independent, data-driven ranking and accreditation frameworks for universities and businesses.

University Rankings in Data Science & AI

Independent, data-driven evaluation of higher education institutions worldwide.

ISODS and GWI evaluate higher education institutions worldwide against the criteria above. The rankings are independent of the institutions being assessed and are published as a public reference for prospective students and employers.

The programme pioneered the first independent Data Science and AI university rankings in Vietnam. It is now expanding institutional rankings to the United States, using federal datasets: IPEDS, the College Scorecard and the NCES CIP taxonomy.

Evaluation criteria

  • Academic rigor
  • Curriculum
  • Faculty credentials
  • Laboratory infrastructure
  • Peer-reviewed output
  • Patent creation
  • Technology transfer

Business Rankings

Corporate entities and business environments assessed on how they actually practise AI and data science.

GWI ranks corporate entities and business environments to help young practitioners identify ethical, high-growth employers, and to give firms an outside view of how their AI and data science practice compares.

Evaluation criteria

  • Ethical practice
  • Growth trajectory
  • AI/DS implementation depth
  • Work environment for early-career practitioners

Evaluation committee

The university ranking programme is governed by an evaluation committee comprising distinguished professors from the institutions below.

  • Yale University

    United States

  • Youngstown State University

    United States

  • Western University

    Canada

  • Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

    Germany

  • Duy Tan University

    Vietnam

  • HUTECH

    Vietnam

Committee membership spans additional institutions beyond those listed here.

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