On June 9, Beijing time, QS, a global higher education research institution, released the latest 2023 world university rankings. As the 20th year of the release of the QS World University Rankings, this year's QS World University Rankings is the largest ever, with a total of 1,41

On June 9, Beijing time, Global higher education research institution QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) released the latest 2023 world university rankings.

As the 20th year of the release of QS World University Rankings , this year's QS World University Rankings is the largest ever. has 1,418 universities in 100 regions, and is more than 1,300 last year. The results of this list explain the distribution and performance of 16.4 million academic papers published between 2016 and 2020, as well as the 117.8 million citations received by these papers; and also explain the expert opinions of more than 151,000 academic faculty and more than 99,000 employers.

Ranking indicator

As one of the most authoritative, credible and influential universities in the world, the ranking indicators adopted this year have added two additional indicators compared with previous years - International Research Network and Employment Results , but these two items have not been included in the overall score.

mainly weighted according to the following 6 items to obtain the final result:

● Academic reputation 40%:
based on the questionnaire feedback from more than 130,000 scholars;
● Employer reputation 10%:

Based on the employer's response to the employment level of universities and graduates;

● 20% of the citations of the unit’s faculty:

measures the influence of academic research, and is obtained by dividing the total number of citations of university research papers within five years by the number of teachers in the university;

● The ratio of teachers and students is 20%:

represents the teaching scale, and the number of students is divided by the number of faculty and staff can be used to refer to the class size of each university;

● The proportion of international teachers is 5%: one of the two internationalization indicators of

QS, which measures the proportion of non-national teachers in universities;

● The proportion of international students is 5%: The second of the two internationalization indicators of

QS, which measures the proportion of non-national students in universities, which can also indicate the ability of universities to attract talents from all over the world.

Ranking Highlights

I believe that a few days ago, everyone saw the 2023 QS "early leaked version" , but is there any difference between the official official version ranking and the leaked version?

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MIT has set a record-breaking position in the world for the eleventh consecutive year. Cambridge University rose to second place, and Stanford University still ranks third. China (Mainland) currently has two universities in the world in the top 15, Peking University (No. 12) and Tsinghua University (No. 14) have won the highest ranking since the establishment of this list. National University of Singapore is the best performing university in Asia, ranking 11th in the world for the fifth consecutive year. ETH Zurich, Switzerland (9th in the world) remains the highest ranking in the European continent, while University of Buenos Aires (UBA) continues to lead in Latin America.

Ranking Interpretation

U.S.

Source: QS official website

This year, Mits Institute of Technology won the world's first title for the 11th consecutive year .

However, due to factors such as the epidemic, more than half of the US universities on the list fell compared to last year.

Harvard remains at its lowest ranking in the history of QS world university rankings—th place ; California Polytechnic also fell out of the top 5 for the second time since 2015. This time, it maintained th place ; Columbia University also fell out of the top 20, ranking 2nd place .

Of course, although many American university rankings fell, Stanford University (3), University of Chicago (10), University of Pennsylvania (13), Princeton (16), Yale (18) and Cornell (20) still remains in the top 20 in the world.

UK

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In terms of the performance of British universities on this list, among the 90 British universities ranked in QS, 28 of the rankings of 22 universities have increased compared with last year, and the rankings of 22 universities remain stable.


Among them, the most exciting thing is that the two top brands of British Niu Jian have finally been proved:
Cambridge rose from third place last year to runner-up this year, and Oxford although it has declined, it has also remained among the top 5, ranking .


In addition,
Imperial College London rose 1 place to th place , UCL remains in the world th place , and the top ten in the world occupies 4 seats.


In the top 20 rankings in the world,
University of Edinburgh also climbed again from 16th last year to 5th . Among the top 50 are University of Manchester (28), King's College London (37).

Among the top 100 in the world, the UK universities that have risen in rankings include University of Bristol (+1), University of Leeds (+6).


In addition to the above universities,
London School of Political Science and Economics, University of Warwick , University of Glasgow , University of Southampton , University of Birmingham , University of Sheffield , University of Durham , and University of St Andrews also remain among the top 100 universities in the world.

Canadian

Source: QS official website

023, the first place in the QS list of Canadian universities was won by McGill University (McGill), ranking in the world 1 .

second place University of Toronto , ranking 4 in the overall world ranking, down 8 places from 26th in 2022.

UBC University plays relatively stable in the QS list, down from 46 last year, and is now the 47th place in the world .

Australia

Source: QS official website

Australia

This year, Australia is the same as last year, with 5 universities entering the top 50 in the world, and 7 universities entering the top 100 in the world.

In the 2023 QS World University Rankings, Australian National University was once again rated as the best university in Australia, ranking 0th , down 3 places from last year.

and University of Melbourne narrowed the gap, rising 4 places to 3 .

New Zealand

National Treasure University Auckland University Ranking 7th place, continues to rank in the top 100 in the world and first in New Zealand.

Asian

Source: QS official website

Singapore

National University of Singapore is too stable! It has ranked 1 for for five consecutive years! If you can't get into the top ten, you won't fall down. This is awesome. Nanyang Technological University retreated 7 places, ranking 9th , lagging behind Tsinghua University and Peking University in China for the first time.

Malaysia

From the latest list, a total of 25 universities in Malaysia have entered the QS World University Rankings in 2023. There were 23 schools last year, and the rankings of most schools have improved significantly compared to last year's rankings. Malayan University Global ranking 0 , down 5 places from 2022 ranking.

China

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Mainland Chinese universities are even more powerful this year than last year!

Although some time ago, Renmin University of China , Nanjing University , Lanzhou University group "exited" the world university rankings, which caused widespread heated discussion among netizens. However, the top 100 universities in mainland China have made significant progress in rankings!

Among them, the most leading university among mainland universities has become Peking University , which has reached the 12th place in the world for the first time , climbing 6 places from last year, second only to the National University of Singapore, becoming the second-ranked university in Asia.

Mainland China

Peking University (12th place, up 6)

Tsinghua University (14th place, up 3)

Fudan University (34th place, down 3)

Shanghai Shuo Tong University (46th place, up 4)

China University of Science and Technology (94th place, up 4)

Hong Kong

Hong Kong University (21st place, up 1)

Hong Kong University (40th place, down 6)

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (40th place, down 6)

Hong Kong Central Wen University (38th place, up 1)

Hong Kong City University (54th place, down 6)

Hong Kong Polytechnic University (65th place, up 1)

China Taiwan

Taiwan University (77th place, down 9)

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For students who have not yet chosen a school, This ranking can be used as a reference, but the ranking is not the only indicator . It is recommended that everyone take a rational view, consider their own situation and various demand factors, and make more reasonable and personalized choices. After all, what suits you is the best!

International students settled!

QS university rankings are an important reference indicator for various places to implement policy preferential conditions.

Take Shanghai as an example. Just a few days ago, Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau clearly stated that people who graduated from the top 50 universities in the world can settle in Shanghai immediately when they come to work in Shanghai. Students who graduated from the top 51-100 in the world can apply for settlement after working in Shanghai for 6 months.

So how to evaluate the top 50 and top 51-100 universities in the world?

QS ranking is within the consideration range.

Source: Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Official Account

Therefore, friends who plan to return to China to find employment should pay close attention to the talent introduction plans and settlement policy trends in major cities after the QS World University Rankings are released. Friends must not miss this benefit

For friends who want to return to China to settle down, you must pay attention to the good policies in advance!