QS, THES, ARWU etc. release ranking of universities around the world. How dependable are the rankings, and does the ranking really matter? If it matters, up to what extent?
It is very important indeed. ResearchGate could be a good way for international universities to compare themselves against highly qualified universities in Europe, North America and Asia.
In my opinion ranking of universities are really important. By this way universities will try to improve themselves. Another thing is that if you have all of potentials for doing a thesis but you are restrict in some aspects such as lab instrument, you can not doing a good research then rank of university is important.