Times higher education 2019 World University Ranking: Tsinghua ranked first in Asia
April 13th, 2022

Thames Higher Education released its 2019 World University Rankings this week.

In its 15th year, the final annual ranking ranked more than 1250 higher education institutions worldwide (only more than 1100 last year), involving 86 countries (81 last year), making it one of the most competitive rankings ever. The highlights of this ranking are as follows:

The Chinese mainland has a new first place: Tsinghua University (the score, professional setup) is the first time to surpass Peking University in the global ranking.

• Tsinghua University has surpassed the National University of Singapore to become the first university in Asia

• the United States dominates the final global ranking for the 15th consecutive year, but China continues to rise rapidly; As global competition intensifies, there are signs of stagnation in Europe, the United States and Australia; Japan overtook Britain as the second most efficient country

• Oxford University won the highest ranking for the third consecutive year; Cambridge University remains second

Top 50 (picture from North American study abroad birthday)

Chinese mainland has made a new first place in this honor list this year, and is also the highest ranking since 2011.

Tsinghua University rose eight places, ranking twenty-second, ranking first in the world ranking over Peking University, becoming the first Chinese mainland, and Peking University dropped four, ranking thirty-first. Tsinghua University replaced the National University of Singapore as the number one university in Asia, which is the first time that Chinese universities have won this ranking according to the existing evaluation methods since 2011. Tsinghua University is the fastest-growing University in the world’s top 30. This year, it also surpassed the London School of economics and New York University, and won the sixth place in the world in terms of research (quantity, income and reputation), surpassing Princeton University, Yale University and Massachusetts Institute of technology. The rise of its ranking is mainly due to the improvement of its teaching environment, while the decline of Peking University’s ranking is mainly due to the intensification of competition and the decline of research income.

The Chinese mainland also has fourth of the world’s universities, which has increased from 63 universities to 72 universities. Chinese mainland has seven colleges and universities in the top 200 this year, and several prominent universities have emerged. Shenzhen Southern University of science and technology, the highest ranked new shortlisted University, was just established in 2011 and entered the top 350 in the world for the first time. It scored particularly high in the cited influence (research influence).

At the same time, due to the improvement of teaching and learning environment, research income and industry income, the number of research and the proportion of international students increased, and the ranking of Zhejiang University (score line and major setting) increased by 76, ranking No. 101. Nankai University (score line, specialty setting) is also the first shortlisted University, ranking between 351 and 400, mainly because of its high score in research influence.

At the same time, despite the intensification of global competition, the ranking of four of the six representative universities in Hong Kong has risen, and five universities ranked 200 for the third consecutive year. The University of Hong Kong, the No. 1 University, rose four places to No. 36 due to a significant improvement in the score of teaching environment, surpassing the University of British Columbia in Canada and King’s College London. The University of Qatar and the City University of Hong Kong ranked first in the world in terms of international vision (proportion of international employees and students, international co authorship). 32 universities in Taiwan were shortlisted for this year’s global ranking (31 last year), but the ranking of most universities remained unchanged or decreased.

Phil Baty, editorial director of Thames higher education global ranking, “China has made its colleges and universities the top priority of its national economic growth strategy, and has benefited year by year. Tsinghua University and Peking University have ranked among the top universities in the world, while South China University of science and technology has ranked among the top 350 in the world in only seven years. This is a great achievement for the first time finalists, but South University of science and technology has achieved it.

“The secret of China’s success - enhancing its international vision and strengthening its global partnership, continuously increasing investment in top universities and focusing on attracting and retaining top talents in the world - is enhancing its global reputation and influence, and other emerging countries have begun to follow suit. These countries are likely to challenge Britain and the United States in the ranking in the coming years The dominant position of. “

He added, “In contrast, traditional power areas such as the United States, Europe and Australia are being affected by deepening cuts and growing isolationism. In these circumstances, maintaining the current standard of excellence is unsustainable. Moreover, in the context of increasing global competition, we once again see signs of stagnation and slight decline in established positions, but there are also problems Don’t succeed. With the rising ranking of East Asian universities, the future of the old elite will depend on strong investment and positive policies that enable universities to attract and retain top international talents. “

Thames higher education 2019 world university ranking global summary

Top 10

Oxford University ranks first for the third year in a row and tops the list in terms of research (quantity, income and reputation). Cambridge University remained second, while Stanford University in the United States remained third. MIT rose one place to fourth, but Caltech fell to fifth from third last year, but the University’s teaching (learning environment) ranked first. Yale University is the fastest rising university in the top 20, rising four places to the top 10 and ranking eighth.

United States and Canada

The United States continues to dominate, but there are signs of stagnation in the United States, Europe and Australia as global competition intensifies, capital cuts and immigration policies tighten.

The United States remains the country with the largest number of shortlisted colleges and universities on the list, with the number of shortlisted colleges and universities increasing from 157 to 172. But most of its universities - 130 of them - have fallen or remained unchanged. Although the country continues to dominate the top 200, with 60 colleges and universities on the list, this number has decreased compared with 62 last year, with more than half (32) of the colleges and universities ranking down, 10 colleges and universities ranking unchanged and 18 colleges and universities ranking up. The country’s highest ranking is Stanford University, ranking third, but tied for third place last year, between 2012 and February

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