The second awakening of Chinese Harbin Institute of Technology and Western University of Technology

Mondo International Updated on 2024-02-19

The second awakening of Chinese Harbin Institute of Technology and Western University of Technology withdrew from the international university rankings after NTU

I deeply feel that the strength of our motherland is growing, and at the same time, I also see that the awakening of the Chinese people is increasing day by day.

Recently, it was reported that Harbin Institute of Technology and Xi'an University of Technology announced their withdrawal from the international academic rankings of universities, using resources and funds that would otherwise be used for the rankings in the field of education and research. This decision has once again attracted widespread attention after Nanjing University withdrew from the international university academic rankings.

Such a decision may have been difficult at the beginning, but Nanjing University took the lead in making this important decision, which made many people begin to reflect. This choice reflects the performance of strength and self-confidence, because strength is the most real endorsement, and what is the significance of the ranking no matter how good it is?

While many universities are trying to invest huge sums of money in trying to improve their position in international university rankings, Nanjing University has unexpectedly announced that it has withdrawn from the global university rankings and stopped investing in the rankings. This decision has indeed caused some confusion for many universities.

Nowadays, more people are beginning to realize that international university rankings used to be paid. It is not clear how much Tsinghua University and Peking University pay to the ranking agencies each year. But why should we pay for the approval of others? Strength is the best advertisement, and word-of-mouth communication is enough to prove everything!

According to the presidents of Harbin Institute of Technology and Western University of Technology, participating in the international academic rankings of universities requires a lot of resources, including human and financial resources, which could have been more effectively used to promote teaching and research, cultivate talents within the university, and subsidize poor students in the central and western regions. As a result, they decided to drop out of these rankings, reflecting their strong character and clear vision of education. They believe that it is more important and practical to devote energy to domestic education and nation-building than to seek external recognition. This pragmatic educational philosophy deserves our deep reflection and should be encouraged and advocated.

This decision sets an example for Chinese universities and demonstrates their self-confidence and independence. Instead of relying on foreign rankings to prove their worth, China's higher education institutions should focus on improving their own education standards and cultivating more talent. The practices of universities such as Harbin Institute of Technology, Western University of Technology and Nanjing University are worth learning and emulating from other universities across the country. Therefore, we hope that more universities can learn from their experience and devote themselves to the improvement of domestic scientific research level, so as to achieve more vigorous development of talents and continuous breakthroughs in scientific and technological innovation.

It is hoped that more universities can follow the example of Harbin Institute of Technology and Xi'an University of Technology, actively undertake the mission of cultivating domestic talents, and bring more innovation and vitality to China's education!

Nanjing University, located in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, is one of the national key universities directly under the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and one of the national "Double First-Class" universities. Harbin Institute of Technology, located in Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province, referred to as Harbin Institute of Technology, is a national famous university directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and is also a national "double first-class" university.

Northwestern Polytechnical University, referred to as Western University of Technology or Northwest University of Technology (NPU), directly managed by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, is a multidisciplinary national key university characterized by cultivating talents in the fields of aviation, aerospace and navigation, and is also one of the national double first-class universities.

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