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In addition to the research made by its consultants, EDUNIVERSAL set up an International Scientific Committee.
With the help of this International Scientific Committee, EDUNIVERSAL used a two-step method to draw its Official Selection.
1st step: the quotas per country
The name EDUNIVERSAL was built on the words "Education" and "Universal".
Indeed, at EDUNIVERSAL, we would prize universality above all.
Of course, we would also need to make the Official Selection a panorama as close as possible to the reality of our world.
Global distribution and national quotas are therefore based on the following criteria:
- national expenses in education per inhabitant
- gross national product
- size of the population
- number of students in higher education
- local educational landscape
All this material is reviewed by the International Scientific Committee to decide the amount of business schools per zone and per country in the Official Selection.
Of course, this distribution would change in due time, to better reflect the evolution of our world.
2nd step: the selection of the institutions
Under the responsibility of the International coordinator of EDUNIVERSAL, in his function as rapporteur to the International Scientific Committee, our consultants made an initial census of 4000 websites, then built an evaluation tool.
All available (and checkable) material on student orientation has been used, including:
- international accreditations;
- state recognition;
- international and national awards and rankings;
- memberships in international academic associations and guilds;
- size and quality of international networks and partnerships;
- quotations in main publications and websites specialized in education.
On this basis, the International Scientific Committee made its final evaluation during its annual assembly.
The Official Selection presented in this website is the result of its deliberation. It is due out every two years from 2008 onwards.
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