Rankings of universities in China
Rankings representation
Global representations
China had the world's second-highest number of top universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), the US News and World Report Best Global University Ranking, and the Center for World University Rankings.[1][2][3] In the 2020 CWTS Leiden Ranking, China surpassed the U.S. with the number of universities including in the ranking (204 vs.198) out of 1,176 universities from 65 countries.[4] The University Ranking by Academic Performance 2020-2021 shortlisted 3,000 research universities from 123 countries in the ranking: China tops the list, with 485, followed by the US with 414.[5] There were 22 Chinese universities on lists of the global top 200 in the 2020 ARWU, behind only the United States in terms of the overall representation.[6]
Regional representations
China is home to the two best (Tsinghua and Peking) universities in the whole Asia and the Pacific and emerging countries according to the THE World University Rankings.[7][8] China has dominated the QS BRICS University Rankings and the THE's Emerging Economies University Rankings since its inception, claiming 7 of the top 10 spots for both rankings. China is also the most-represented nation overall.[9][8] In 2020, China tops the QS Asia University Rankings list with over 120 universities including in the ranking, and five Chinese universities appear in the Asia Top 10, which is more than any country.[10]
Major International Rankings
Bibliometric-based rankings
Annual international rankings of the bibliometric-based rankings include the Academic Ranking of World Universities, the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities, the University Ranking by Academic Performance, the CWTS Leiden Ranking, the SCImago Institutions Rankings, the Center for World University Rankings, and the Nature Index Annual Tables published by Nature Research.
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
University Ranking By Academic Performance (URAP)
A complete ranking of 485 Chinese universities, including in the top 3,000 universities worldwide, can be found through the external link according to the University Ranking by Academic Performance 2020-2021.[13]
Opinion-based rankings
A number of international publications formulate their rankings using the weighted average of opinions gathered in surveys, including the QS World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the U.S. News and World Report Best Global University Ranking.
QS World University Rankings
Times Higher Education World University Rankings
US News Best Global Universities Ranking
Other Global Rankings
Other international rankings in external links:
- CWTS Leiden Ranking by CWTS Leiden Ranking
- Nature Index by Nature Research
- UTN Rankings by Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities
- SCImago Institutions Rankings by SCImago Institutions Rankings
- The Center for World University Rankings by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)
- Webometrics Ranking ranks more than 2500 universities in China by the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
- Order shown in accordance with the latest result.
References
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- "U.S. News Unveils 2021 Best Global Universities Rankings". US News and World Report. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- "Media | CWUR | Center for World University Rankings". cwur.org. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- "The CWTS Leiden Ranking 2020". leidenmadtrics.nl. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
- "URAP - University Ranking by Academic Academic Performance 2020-2021". www.urapcenter.org. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
- "Statistics of Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2020". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- "World University Rankings 2021". Times Higher Education (THE).
- "Emerging Economies". Times Higher Education (THE). 2020-01-22. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- "QS University Rankings: BRICS 2019". Top Universities. 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2020-09-13.
- "QS University Rankings: Asia 2021". Top Universities. 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
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- "QS World University Rankings (2021)".
- "Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020".
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- "2021 USNEWS Best Global Universities in China".