An application of DEA in efficiency evaluation of universities

A review on inputs and outputs in determining the efficiency of universities of medical sciences by data envelopment analysis method

“…Income, with titles of income, grants, funds, revenue etc., in 38% of all articles, number of students in 35% of the articles, and student's score, with titles such as academic results, the mean score of exam etc., in 8% of the articles were used as one of the outputs. Some titles, including completion rate (15), volume of contracts (27,61), patents (41,56,68,70,98), number of projects (41,69,76,136), students' level of satisfaction (24,95,121,148), number of dissertations (41,81,96,137), students who found jobs (36,45,99,128,134), papers presented in national and international conferences (76), retention and progress rate (35,90), number of certificates (71), international collaborations (32,98,140), rank of university (32,80), median starting salaries (45, (34,45,140), number of intellectual awards (36,48,64), number of seminars (136), technology transfer (139), average number of classes taught per department (83), students learning performance (152), numbe...…”