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China’s universities among best in the world
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FOUR Chinese universities are among the world’s top 50 according to the 13th and latest edition of World University Rankings published by Times Higher Education Magazine.
Peking University is at No. 29, Tsinghua University at 35, the University of Hong Kong 43rd and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 49th.
The complete list of 980 universities, or 5 percent of the world’s higher education institutions, includes 52 from the Chinese mainland.
There is a new No. 1 for the first time in six years — the UK’s University of Oxford takes over the top spot from US universities for the first time in the rankings’ 13-year history.
The mainland’s rise can be partly attributed to improved scores for academic reputation, research influence and attracting international talent, while Hong Kong’s performance is largely due to increased institutional and research income and greater research productivity, said Phil Baty, editor of the rankings.
He attributed China’s success to one key factor — a government committed to funding and supporting the development of world-class universities.
“China’s investment in excellence since the 1990s has been an example to the rest of the world, an extraordinary success story that demonstrated that with the right levels of financial support, and the political will to reform universities, outstanding results can be achieved. The most recent excellence drive, often referred to as ‘world class 2.0,’ is likely to see China’s universities making even further progress in the future,” he said.
No other Asian nation has made the development of world-class universities as high a priority as China, he said, and the clear evidence from the rankings is that the policies are working well, he added.
However, Baty said China can still do more to further enhance the level of higher education
“After powerful levels of funding and a dramatic increase in the quantity of research coming from China, there should be further focus on the quality of research. A key element of this should come through greater international partnerships — where the best practices from the great Chinese scholarly traditions can be combined with good practice in the West,” he said.
The notion of Asia as the “next higher education superpower” had become something of a cliche, he said, but this year’s rankings show that the continent’s rise is real and growing.
Overall, 290 Asian universities from 24 countries are included in the list and 19 are among the top 200, up from 15 last year. The continent has two new entries in the top 100 and a further four institutions from Hong Kong, South Korea and China’s mainland have joined the top 200.
Peking University climbed 13 places from 42th last year, while Tsinghua is up from last year’s joint 47th. Five of Hong Kong’s six representatives entered the top 200 — more than any other Asian region, while South Korea also made great strides.
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