In this list we present the U-Multirank 2018 top performers on the indicator ‘income from continuous professional development’.
The indicator concerns the level of knowledge transfer: a university active in providing continuous professional education courses to companies and individuals is assumed to transfer knowledge to external actors.
The top performers are spread across 18 different countries; institutions with a specialisation in offering CPD courses exist in many different national contexts. 19 of U-Multirank’s 25 top performers in income from continuous professional development are European. Among the top performers are 3 universities from Asia and 2 from Latin America and one from Africa. The top list includes institutions with different profiles: a number of business schools (8) as well other specialised institutions, technical institutions, comprehensive universities and an open university.
The 25 top performers in income from continuous professional development are:
The list is sorted by indicator scores in descending order; possible ties are not marked.
Information about the indicator:
Indicator |
Income from continuous professional development |
Dimension |
Knowledge Transfer |
Definition |
The percentage of the university's total revenues that is generated from delivering continuous professional development courses and training. |
Data source |
Institutional questionnaire |
Time reference |
Average 2013 - 2015 |