This time, Medan Area University won 1st place in the Webometrics version of Private Higher Education in 2021 which is officially published by webometrics.info . Webometric is a system that provides an assessment of all the best universities in the world through the application and website-based information system that is owned and developed by the university. Webometrics conducts ranking and assessment of more than 30,000 universities worldwide.
Medan Area University in 2021 is ranked 1st in the best private universities (Regional) in North Sumatra in the use of the web, the use of information and communication technology, while for Indonesia (National) UMA is ranked 74th.
The ranking order based on the top 5 public and private universities in North Sumatra is:
1. University of North Sumatra.
2. Medan State University.
3. Medan Area University.
4. Potensi Utama University.
5. Muhammadiyah University of North Sumatra.
Head of Data and Information Application Center (PDAI) UMA, Rangga Satya Tarigan ST. explained that the Webometrics World Rank assessment in 2021 has 3 components of assessment parameters which are the main indicators of Webometrics’ assessment, namely: Visibility (50%), Transparency (10%), and Excellence (40%).
Rangga Satya Tarigan added that thanks to the hard work of all units in the Medan Area University, which was fully supported by the Head of the Haji Education Foundation, Agus Salim and the UMA Rector, they were able to obtain this achievement.
Source: https://www.webometrics.info/en/Asia/Indonesia