The document describes the methodology used to rank top university business incubators globally. It involves assessing over 800 incubators across 67 countries based on 60+ key performance indicators grouped under categories like attractiveness, value for clients, ecosystem value, and post-incubation performance. Extensive data handling steps are taken to ensure reliable results, including validating self-reported data, adjusting for outliers and ecosystem biases, consulting experts on weightings, and cumulating scores based on incubator type, ecosystem, age, and sector.