Peking University ranked second in mainland China. Compared with last year's ranking, Peking University's ranking has risen by 5 places and is ranked 18th in the world this year.

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The leading university among mainland Chinese universities is still Tsinghua University , ranking 17th. The second place in mainland China is Peking University . Compared with last year's ranking, Peking University's ranking has risen by 5 places and is ranked 18th in the world this year. This is also the first time that Peking University re-entered the top 20 in the world in 2006. In addition to Tsinghua University, other Chinese universities have also achieved the best results in history in the rankings this year.


has more than 1,300 colleges and universities on the list this year, making it the largest world university ranking in QS history.
In the world university ranking method, there are still 6 indicators used to evaluate and test the relevant data of world-class universities, comprehensively showing the current development status of higher education institutions in the global context from three aspects: global reputation, academic output quality and influence, and internationalization.


6 indicators and weights are:

1. Academic reputation (40%) : Based on the questionnaire feedback from more than 130,000 scholars;

2. Employer reputation (10%) : Based on the responses from more than 75,000 employers on the employment level of college graduates;

3. Unit teacher citations (20%): Measure academic influence, and is obtained by dividing the total number of citations from university research papers within five years by the number of teachers in university;

4. Teacher-student ratio (20%) : Representative teaching scale, dividing the number of students by the number of faculty members, for use in the global student group to refer to the class size of the selected university;

5. International teacher ratio (5%) : One of the two internationalization indicators of QS, measuring the proportion of non-domestic teachers in universities.

6. International Student Proportion (5%): The second of QS’s two internationalization indicators, measuring the proportion of non-national student groups in a university, which can also indicate the university’s ability to attract talents from all over the world.


Next, let’s take a look at the ranking!

Performance of mainland Chinese universities
The leading university among mainland Chinese universities is still Tsinghua University, ranking 17th. Peking University ranked second in mainland China with
. Compared with last year's ranking, Peking University's ranking has risen by 5 places and is ranked 18th in the world this year. This is also the first time Peking University has re-entered the top 20 in the world in 2006.
In addition to Tsinghua Peking University, other universities in China have also achieved the best results in history in the rankings this year:

Fudan University (31st, up 3);

Zhejiang University (45th, up 8), ranking among the top 50 in the world;

Tongji University (211th) and Harbin Institute of Technology (typically ranked 236th) entered the top 250 in the world for the first time;

Wuhan University (225th, the highest Wuhan University was ranked 246th).

Sunshan University (260th, up 3);

South University of Science and Technology (tied 275th) and Xi'an Jiaotong University (tied 290th) entered the top 300 for the first time.

Overall, there are 58 mainland Chinese universities in the 2022 QS world university rankings, 7 more than last year's list.

Among them, the rankings of 32 universities have increased year by year (55.2%), and the rankings of 13 universities have decreased (22.4%); 7 universities have been on the list for the first time.

The overall ranking list of Chinese mainland universities is as follows:

Peking University ranked second in mainland China. Compared with last year's ranking, Peking University's ranking has risen by 5 places and is ranked 18th in the world this year. - DayDayNews

QS Senior Vice President and Research Director Ben Sowter said:

"Maybe no higher education system has made such significant progress in the past decade as China. Just five years ago, there was not a single mainland Chinese university in the top 20 QS world university rankings in 2016.Today, Chinese universities have excellent global recognition and world-leading research productivity. For example, Shanghai Jiaotong University ranks fourth in the world in the number of academic papers published by global universities, which also shows that China's Double First-Class University Program is gradually achieving its ambitious goals. "

Performance of American universities

Peking University ranked second in mainland China. Compared with last year's ranking, Peking University's ranking has risen by 5 places and is ranked 18th in the world this year. - DayDayNews

It is worth noting that the rankings of more than half of American universities have declined this year, and Harvard fell to the lowest level in history.

Except for MIT ranked tenth in succession The first place in the world in 2004, Harvard University (5th place) fell to the lowest ranking in QS world university rankings history, Caltech (6th place) fell out of the top five for the first time since 2015, while Cornell (21st place) lost its top 20 position for the first time since 2004. Duke also fell to an all-time low, ranking 52nd.

The performance of British universities

Peking University ranked second in mainland China. Compared with last year's ranking, Peking University's ranking has risen by 5 places and is ranked 18th in the world this year. - DayDayNews

The UK performed very well this year: the overall ranking of the top 100 universities is on the rise, with a total of 20 institutions entering the top 5.

Oxford rose to second place in the world for the first time after 2006. Cambridge University tied for third place with Stanford University . Imperial College , University of London College , University of Edinburgh , Warwick University and other rankings have also improved.

The top 100 universities in the world QS world

Overall, this year's ranking has undergone a major reshuffle overall.

In this ranking, two mainland Chinese universities ranked among the top 20 in the world for the first time, namely Tsinghua University and Peking University. This is the latest milestone achieved by Chinese universities after ten years of continuous progress.

Mits Institute of Technology has won the world's first place for the tenth consecutive year, while Oxford University has reached 20 After 2006, the first time it has risen to the second place in the world, while Stanford and Cambridge University tied for third place.

The top two universities in Asia are still in Singapore : National University of Singapore ranked 11th in the world, while Nanyang Technological University rose 1 place and is now ranked 12th in the world.

MIT ranked first in the world for the tenth consecutive year.

Oxford rose to second place in the world for the first time since 2006, while Cambridge tied for third with Stanford.

The highest-ranked university in the European continent is ETH Zurich, , ranks eighth.

l0 Only 2 universities in Hong Kong region have risen this year. Hong Kong University maintains the 22nd place, while Hong Kong Polytechnic University achieved the best results in history, rising from the previous highest 75th to the 66th place.

QS top 100 full list

Peking University ranked second in mainland China. Compared with last year's ranking, Peking University's ranking has risen by 5 places and is ranked 18th in the world this year. - DayDayNews

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