The performance indicators are divided into five areas, namely teaching (learning environment), research environment (volume, income and reputation), research quality (citation impact, research strength, research excellence and research impact), international outlook (staff, students and research), and industry (income and patents).
Fifteen Bangladeshi universities submitted data for this league table, but only four of them ranked. While NSU tops the league table, BRAC University is second, Khulna University is third and Shahjalal University of Science and Technology is fourth. Last year, NSU was the only university in Bangladesh to feature in the list.