Two Beijing Universities Climb World Reputation Rankings
Two Beijing universities are becoming more prestigious even as other Chinese institutions are losing esteem, according to a survey released by the Times Higher Education (THE) on March 11. The poll, dubbed the World Reputation Rankings (whose findings are based on nearly 10,000 responses from 142 countries), placed Tsinghua at 26th in the world's top 100 universities, a considerable jump from its 36th position last year. Peking University, known colloquially as Beida, has ascended to 32nd from its previous ranking of 43rd.
Other Chinese institutions did not fare so well. China Daily reports that The University of Hong Kong fell from 43rd to the 51-60 bracket, while the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology fell to the 71-80 bracket. The National Taiwan University was also ranked lower this year, in the 61-70 bracket. The poll's top Asian institution was the University of Tokyo, which placed 12th (compared to 11th last year).
While Tsinghua and Beida may be celebrating improved rankings, overall the poll showed that China and its capital are still at a considerable distance from the upper tier.
US and UK universities dominated all top ten positions. The US also had the highest number of institutions on the list, at 43 while the UK trailed behind at a distant second with 12. Germany followed that with six.
The US also held the coveted number one spot in the rankings, with Harvard University being named "the world’s most prestigious university." The University of Oxford came in second.
However, Chinese news site China News quoted THE Rankings Editor Phil Baty as saying, “This is a strong performance by China. Its two leading institutions have made gains in the reputation rankings, reflecting the country’s commitment to developing world-class universities."
This article first appeared on beijingkids.
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Submitted by Guest on Thu, 03/19/2015 - 11:16 Permalink
Re: Two Beijing Universities Climb World Reputation Rankings
That's because (somewhat sneakily) there are two lists done by the same organization.
You are looking at the World University Rankings
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2014-15/world-ranking
The list this article referrs to is The World Reputation Rankings
http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2015/reputation-ranking
The first is apparently done by the Times' panel of experts. The second are peer rankings.
Confused? Us too.
Here's how the The Times Higher Education folks describe the difference:
"The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2014-2015 list the best global universities and are the only international university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments."
"The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2015 employ the world's largest invitation-only academic opinion survey to provide the definitive list of the top 100 most powerful global university brands. A spin-off of the annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the reputation league table is based on nothing more than subjective judgement - but it is the considered expert judgement of senior, published academics - the people best placed to know the most about excellence in our universities."
Our article refers to the Reputation Rankings in the headline and the body text.
However, thanks for pointing this out. We should have dug deeper and presented both.
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