In the "World University Reputation Rankings 2023", Harvard University in the United States is ranked first. China's top universities are closing the gap little by little. In the "World University Evaluation Rankings" summarized by British education every year, Harvard University has ranked first for 13 consecutive years, shining as the world's highest higher education institution.
This is welcome news for Harvard University. This is because the university's president, Crodin Gay, was forced to resign in January 2024 (the result of questions about the words and actions of the gay president when he attended a hearing in the lower house in December 2023 on the university's response to antisemitism).
The rankings were decided before the resignation of the gay president.
With Harvard University as the leader, American and British universities occupy the first to seventh places in the rankings, and Chinese universities are narrowing the gap with the top. Tsinghua University is ranked 8th one level higher than in 2023, and Peking University has also risen from 13th to 11th.
Phil, chief international situation officer, said: "The evaluation of universities is very important. It is the global currency of the world of higher education, which is conducive to attracting and retaining talents, attracting and investing in cooperative education. ”
In addition, students and graduates can get the desired evaluation in the global labor market if the reputation of the university they graduated from is high.
The World University Rankings are determined by comparing universities against a wide range of fields, including education, research, and internationality. On the other hand, university rankings are determined by looking at how universities are perceived by powerful researchers around the world who have influential works.
Harvard University is ranked fourth in the university rankings, but in the university reputation rankings, its global popularity has established a solid position.
The University of Oxford has topped the university rankings for eight consecutive years since 2017, but Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University are the fourth in the university evaluation rankings.
The 2023 World University Rankings ranked the top 200 universities in a survey conducted by nearly 40,000 scholars from 166 countries and regions around the world that are considered to be the best in their respective fields of expertise.
Chinese universities are at the top of the rankings and are worth watching. Betty said. "The United States and the United Kingdom may still have the most prestigious universities, but Beijing's two top universities are approaching the top of the university reputation rankings.
1st place: Harvard University (USA).
No. 2: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA).
3rd place: Stanford University (USA).
Fourth: University of Oxford (UK).
Fifth: University of Cambridge (UK).
Sixth: University of California, Berkeley (USA).
Seventh: Princeton University (USA).
Eighth: Tsinghua University (China).
No. 9: Yale University (USA).
No. 10: The University of Tokyo (Japan).
No. 13: Peking University (China).
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A Japanese netizen saidAlthough this kind of ranking does not take into account the slight changes and ups and downs of the rankings, the general trend is correct.
The decline of Japanese universities and the rise of universities in Asian countries are indisputable facts. In Japan, for example, national universities have suffered a lot since they were incorporated, and their decline is an inevitable result.
This trend will continue for some time. The problem for Japanese universities is that the number of students and faculty pursuing doctoral programs continues to decline. This is where people can exert their ingenuity, and if they continue to cut people, even children will know the consequences.
Another popular Japanese netizen left a message that was even more trueTokyo University is 10th? I think it's weird.
Unfortunately, I don't think there's that level. I think it's about 40, but Japanese universities don't have international status, and they don't have much budget for equipment and research, so I don't think they can be in the top few. The level of research is also higher than that of Kyoto University. Isn't the Nobel Prize more Kyoto University than the teachers of Tokyo University?
Peking University and Tsinghua University are really excellent students of the orthodox school. I don't think there are any universities in Japan right now.
Another top-mounted comment says:Tsinghua University is a science university, one of the top science universities in the United States, and there is no comparison with Japanese schools that have ties to American research institutes and professors, and there are a large number of scholars who travel back and forth between the United States and China.
Now it makes no sense to compare who is more powerful, in the United States and China, powerful professors, researchers belong to these two types, although a part of the cards is separated, but the main has been integrated.
So, China's coastal factories, the production of semiconductors, batteries, silicon, etc., is increasing, and there are a lot of direct flights between the West Coast and Shanghai, Shenzhen, and there are a lot of Americans in the coastal areas.
A Japanese netizen who once came to China to study described his experience:Once, when I went to the library of a Chinese university at 10 o'clock in the evening, I saw a scene of empty seats without students studying on their own, and the reason for China's leap forward in the university rankings was understood.
Compared to Japan, students who pass the rigorous university entrance examination also study hard together at university, and on the contrary, Japanese college students are working part-time and playing!