How is Tsinghua University ranked among the top 20 universities in the world？

Cctv news(Reporter Kan Chunyu): Recently, Times Higher Education published the 2021 World University Rankings, and Tsinghua University, China, ranked three places higher than last year, tied for 20th place with Duke University in the United States, becoming the first Asian university to enter the top 20 since 2011. Peking University, who has always been inseparable from Tsinghua University, also appeared on the list, ranking 23rd. In addition, Fudan University, University of Science and Technology of China, Zhejiang University and Shanghai Jiaotong University were also among the top 100.

In recent years, with people’s increasing attention to education, more and more university lists have entered the public eye. At present, there are more than 50 published university rankings in the world, and there are more than 10 ranking institutions in the world, which are mainly divided into three categories: first, commercial companies specializing in university ranking business, second, commercial media, and third, ranking research institutions affiliated to universities.

Among THEm, the relatively influential University Rankings of U.S.News, Times Higher Education in the UK, Quacquarelli Simmons Company (QS) World University Rankings in the UK and academic ranking of world universities in Shanghai take turns to occupy the news pages every year.

Oxford University is ranked first in the world by Times Higher Education.

Harvard University ranks first on the list of U.S.News.

However, it is also a ranking of universities around the world, and the results of each list are quite different. In the rankings of British and American news organizations, institutions of higher learning in their respective countries rank first respectively. Tsinghua University’s ranking on the four lists also ranges from 15th to 36th. So, how are these dazzling lists judged?

Times higher education is the most detailed selection, which is divided into five categories: teaching, research ability, paper citation, international vision and industrial income. Each category also includes scores of various refinement categories.

The list of U.S.News comprehensively scores the research influence, academic reputation, international vision and publications of universities.

QS added the ratio of teachers and students and the reputation of employers to the list. Therefore, Simmons asked employers who received the questionnaire to choose which university the most capable, innovative and efficient graduates came from. This is also the only scoring item in the four lists that focuses on the cultivation of students’ comprehensive quality.

The evaluation of Shanghai soft science focuses on the number of published papers, citations and awards of teachers and students, excluding all subjective scoring links, and all adopt quantitative evaluation.

After statistics, CCTV reporters noticed that scientific research ability is the main basis for ranking universities in various rankings, and the high number of citations of papers and the benefits brought by research are the biggest reliance for first-class universities to enter the forefront of the rankings.

It is worth noting that all institutions use the proportion of international students and international teachers to rank their international perspectives.

For the cultivation of students, some lists also use simple teacher-student ratio and doctoral ratio, while others skip this item.