On April 26, The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) released the 2021-2022 World University Rankings. Among them, Tsinghua University (58th in the world) surpassed Peking University (59th in the world), ranking first in China. Peking University, which has long been ahead of Tsinghua University in this ranking, ranks second in China.
021 World University Ranking Center (CWUR), Harvard University , MIT and Stanford University ranked in the top three, all from the United States. Among the top 10 universities in the world, the United States accounts for 8 and the United Kingdom accounts for 2. Other universities that entered the world's top 10 are: Cambridge University , Oxford University (ranked 4th and 5th) in the UK, Columbia University , Chicago University , Pennsylvania University and Yale University (ranked 6-10th).
China's Tsinghua University, Peking University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Taiwan University ranked in the top 100 . The top 100 universities in the world (TOP100) list is available at the end of the article.
Among the 2,000 universities on the list this year, the United States has the most 347 universities, followed by 312 universities in China. There are 2 fewer universities on the list in Japan than last year, ranking third with 124. The UK ranked fourth with 95. Other countries with a large number of universities on the list include 79 in France, 70 in Germany, 66 in Italy, 64 in India, 60 in South Korea, 356 in Brazil, 355 in Turkey, 53 in Spain, 46 in Russia, 44 in Canada, 340 in Poland, and 39 in Australia.
There are 8 more universities in China this year than last year, including 10 more universities in mainland China, 2 universities in Taiwan, and no changes in Hong Kong and Macao in China. Among the Chinese universities shortlisted for
12 universities, there are 268 mainland universities (including China-Europe International Business School and Changjiang Business School ), 35 Taiwan, China, 7 Hong Kong, China, and 2 Macau, China.
All rankings in mainland China have improved. The top 10 universities in mainland China are: Tsinghua University, Peking University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Jiaotong University , Zhejiang University , Fudan University , University of Science and Technology of China , Sun Yat-sen University , Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Nanjing University .
ranks in Taiwan's universities and universities, both of which have declined overall. Among them, the top 10 are: Taiwan University (90th in the world), Chenggong University (331st in the world), Taiwan Tsinghua University (382nd in the world), Taiwan Jiaotong University (455th in the world), Taiwan Yangming University (522nd in the world), China Medical University (552nd in the world), Taiwan Central University (555th in the world), Chang Gung University (570th in the world), ZTE University (696th in the world), Taipei Medical University (712th in the world). Among them, Taiwan Jiaotong University and Taiwan Yangming University were officially merged into Taiwan Yangming Jiaotong University in February 2021.
Hong Kong universities that entered the list are: Hong Kong University (171st in the world), Hong Kong Chinese University (187th in the world), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (229th in the world), Hong Kong City University (266th in the world), Hong Kong Polytechnic University (267th in the world), Hong Kong Baptist University (693rd in the world), and Hong Kong University of Education (1450th in the world).
Chinese Macau universities that entered the list are: University of Macau (656th in the world), and Macau University of Science and Technology (1204th in the world).
The rankings of mainland Chinese universities that entered the list are as follows:
The ranking released by the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) mainly investigates universities based on 4 major items and 7 minor items, namely:
, education quality, school scale and award status (accounting for 25%);
, alumni employment (25%);
. Teacher qualifications, the number of scholars who have won major international academic awards (10%);
. Research results (40%), including:
i) total research papers (10%),
ii) number of papers in top journals (10%),
iii) number of papers in high-influence journals (10%), and
iv) high cited papers (10%).
Headquartered in The World University Ranking Center (CWUR) of the United Arab Emirates has been compiling the global university rankings since 2012. The CWUR World University Rankings is the only global academic ranking of universities in the world that does not rely on questionnaires and data submitted by schools for evaluation. The top 100 universities in CWUR in the world on 2021-22 are as follows:
