heavyweight! "Times Higher Education , referred to as THE) has just released the 2023 World University Rankings! Compared with previous years, this ranking was nearly one month late, and the rankings of some universities have also changed significantly.
Times Higher Education released the world university rankings, along with QS world university rankings , U.S. News world university rankings , and soft science world university academic rankings are recognized as the four authoritative universities world rankings.
This timer Higher Education World University Rankings, more than 2,500 universities from 123 countries participated. Among them, 1,799 universities from 104 countries are on the list, an increase of 137 from last year, making it the largest in the 19-year history.
Let’s first look at what reference indicators are for this ranking, and how many of them each account for.
ranking reference indicator
performance indicator for this ranking is divided into 5 aspects: teaching (learning environment); research (number of papers, income and reputation); citation (scientific research influence); industrial income (knowledge transformation); international outlook (academic personnel, students and research) .
specific indicators and accounts are shown in the figure below ↓↓
▲Photo source: Times World University Ranking Official Weibo
It can be seen that the teaching and research strength of is the largest part of this ranking , and it can also help students understand the school's comprehensive strength and reputation.
Next, let’s take a look at the performance of major universities in this ranking~
Ranking highlights
• Among the TOP 10 colleges and universities , Oxford University in the UK ranked first for seven consecutive years , Cambridge University has risen 2 places this year, tied for third place with Stanford University . In addition, Imperial Institute of Technology also successfully ranked among the top 10 this time, rising from 12th place last time to 10th place this year.
(Pictures are from Times Higher Education official website)
• However, as the other two universities in the UK's G5 colleges (5 old elite schools), their rankings have declined this year. UCL (UCL) fell 4 places to rank 22nd ; while LSE (LSE) plummeted 10 places, ranking only 37th .
• Mainland China set another record, with a total of 7 mainland Chinese universities entering the top 100 universities in the world . Among them, Tsinghua University ranks first in Asia in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and also ranks first in mainland China, and 16th in the world . Peking University followed closely behind, ranking 17th in the world .
• There are 5 universities in Hong Kong in China ranked in the top 100 universities in the world. Among them, the highest ranking in Hong Kong is Hong Kong University , ranking 31.
•In the 2023 world university rankings, there are 95 mainland Chinese universities on the list, ranking fourth in the world, second only to the United States (177), Japan (117) and the United Kingdom (103).
Finally, let’s take a look at 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, what are the top 200 colleges and universities ~
2023 Times Higher Education World University TOP 200
I wonder what you think after reading this list? Everyone is also welcome to come to the comment area to continue sharing your feelings~
