Every year from the end of the year, various world university rankings will take turns to bombard the students' tired nerves. Because Peking University, which has firmly been firmly ranked "second in the millennium", finally pulled the National University of Singapore from the to

Every year from the end of the year, various world university rankings will take turns to bombard the students' tired nerves. Although everyone is bored, they can't help it. Look, yesterday, the list of QS world university rankings was announced, and double-shot caused heated discussion among netizens. Because of the "second place in the millennium", Peking University finally pulled National University of Singapore from the first throne in the 2023 ranking and ranked first among Asian universities. This is also the best result that Peking University has achieved in the QS ranking.

01QS university rankings were announced, Peking University ranked first in Asia

In the QS world university rankings announced this time, Peking University won the first place in Asian universities for the first time, and finally squeezed the National University of Singapore, which has been ranked first in five years. Tsinghua University ranked third, followed by Fudan University , Zhejiang University and Shanghai Jiaotong University .

The other top 10 universities are the University of Hong Kong, the University of Malaysia and the Institute of Science and Technology of Korea. Among the list of

, mainland Chinese universities have the largest number of universities on the list in this ranking, with a total of 128; followed by India, with 118; and 106 universities on the list in Japan.

QS2023 World University Ranking Top 10 universities in Asia

When students cheered for Peking University, some netizens pointed out inappropriately: Peking University, which has not won any prizes in the Nobel Prize, , has trained more than a dozen Nobel Prize winners, can't even enter the top 10 in Asia. QS is a joke!

In fact, not only on QS, but also on the list of Soft Science, U.S. News, Times, etc., the ranking of University of Tokyo is also slipping all the way, and even lagging behind Beijing Normal University for a time.

Of course, this does not mean that Beijing Normal University is not good, but how does the University of Tokyo rank so low as an internationally renowned school? Isn’t this a trick?

Peking University's ranking continues to rise thanks to policy support, large investment in scientific research funds and the training of international students. These are factors with high international ranking weight, and these three indicators are precisely the weakness of the University of Tokyo's development in recent years. For example, in terms of international development weight, domestic Zhejiang University , Xijiao Liverpool and Jinan University performed well, especially Jinan University, which has advanced to the 19th place in Asia and surpassed the University of Tokyo with the advantage of "the largest number of international students in mainland universities". However, the number of international students at the University of Tokyo is decreasing year by year, and their scores are naturally getting lower and lower.

021 need to face up to the so-called World University

The editor vaguely remembers that when he was in college, there were always classmates around him talking about the world university rankings, "I want to go to this university" and "I will take the postgraduate entrance examination in this university in the future." What I got was the ridicule of other students.

In fact, people do not despise their classmates' ideas, but believe that they should not rely so on the so-called world university rankings. Because these rankings are not evaluated from an absolutely objective perspective, they are more like bidding rankings. Schools that like to perform will be ranked higher, and schools that do not meet the standards will be ranked lower, and schools that do not meet the standards will be ranked lower, and there is a lack of an absolutely objective scoring system. Moreover, the quality of a school is not only based on the subject, but more importantly, the teaching philosophy, talent training system and academic style.

Therefore, domestic Renmin University of China , Lanzhou University , foreign Columbia University announced in 2021 that it would no longer participate in any world university rankings, but instead concentrate on promoting school and academic development.The editor recommends that friends who are obsessed with the world university rankings should change their ideas and not look at the rankings when evaluating a school's quality or badness. They should look at each school from a holistic perspective through their own observations, so that it is more fair. At the same time, I also hope that each ranking can be more objective and fair to ensure the value of the ranking, otherwise there will be no value or necessity to exist.