Mainland universities make the grade
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The Chinese mainland topped an inaugural ranking of universities in the BRICS and emerging economies, according to UK-based Times Higher Education.
The rankings, released on Wednesday, listed Peking University as No. 1 and Tsinghua University as No. 2. Both schools are in Beijing. The University of Cape Town in South Africa was ranked No. 3.
Schools on the Chinese mainland claimed six spots in the top 20, 15 in the top 50, and 23 in the top 100. Taiwan had 21 universities in the top 100.
“China has emerged as the strongest higher education nation among the emerging economies,” said Phil Baty, editor of the Times Higher Education rankings.
“This success comes as a result of clear political leadership and strong financial support, and should serve as a lesson for the rest of the world,” he added. “China prioritized support for leading universities back in the 1990s and it is now seeing the benefits of that support.”
Indian institutions made up about 10 percent of the list, including nine top 50 places led by Panjab University at No. 13.
Turkey also performed well with seven universities in the top 100, including three in the top 10.
Baty said that China “perhaps provides a model for the other BRICS countries in terms of focused, generous funding to a selected group of leading institutions, backed by a strong campaign to attract international talent.”
Despite the success, Baty said there is still room for improvement.
“Perhaps the final step holding China back from true greatness in higher education are more autonomy for its universities. This will allow them to be more flexible and dynamic in a global market. It will also allow for further pedagogic reform and encourage more creativity among the next generation of great scholars,” he said.
Baty said that he believed ranking universities in this manner helps students to make more informed choices of where is best for them to study and achieve their academic goals.
“In this important new exercise, we are giving visibility to many more strong institutions, and potentially many future stars of the overall global rankings,” he said.
According to Baty, the ranking was based on the same methodology as the World University Rankings, with 13 performance indicators in five areas used.
These areas included teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook.
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