Methodology for Ranking of Delhi University Colleges

Research organization C fore conducted the survey for ranking Delhi University(D U) colleges. The ranking was based on a perceptual survey conducted among faculty of D U. The perceptual data was collected using a structured questionnaire which was administered to  faculty members of different D U  colleges.  The respondents were asked to rate the institutes they were familiar with on ten point scale against three broad parameters namely Intellectual Capital , Pedagogic Systems and processes and Infrastructure and support systems. The parameters were defined as below:

Intellectual Capital: Competence of faculty, Student Faculty Ratio, Research output etc.

Pedagogic Systems and process: Admission Process, Teaching and Evaluation Methodology, administration, experiential learning etc.

Infrastructure and support systems Library books and Journals, Laboratories, Computers, facilities to faculty, facilities for extra curricular activities, functioning of support systems etc.

The faculty members who participated in the survey were also asked to assign weightage to each of the parameter. The weightage given to each of the parameter for a particular course was derived by taking the average weightage that faculty gave to each parameter for that course.The average rating that each college got against a particular parameter was multiplied by the weightage assigned for that parameter to arrive at a score .The ranking was based on the  sum total of scores against the three parameters for a college.  In all, 1018 faculty members belonging to various DU  colleges  were interviewed. The rating that the faculty gave to their own institute was not considered.