The 2023 World University Rankings is the largest university ranking to date, with more than 2,500 universities from 123 countries participating, of which 1,799 universities from 104 countries are on the list.

Today, Times Higher Education officially released 023 Times World University Rankings 2023. World University Rankings 2023 is the largest university ranking to date. has more than 2,500 universities from 123 countries, of which 1,799 universities from 104 countries are on the list.

At the same time, as the only performance table in the world that judges all core tasks of research-intensive universities, the THE world university rankings are more independent and authoritative, and therefore trusted by global students, universities and major institutions. So, what new trends are there in higher education around the world? How are Chinese universities performing? Let’s take a look at the highlights of this ranking!

Methodological interpretation

Focusing on core tasks such as teaching, scientific research, knowledge transfer and international outlook, Times Higher Education uses 13 performance indicators in five major fields to measure the performance of a school and provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparison results. Specific indicators and weights are as follows:

teaching (learning environment): 30%

·Reputation survey: 15%

·Student and teacher ratio: 4.5%

·Doctoral degree awarded ratio: bachelor degree awarded ratio: : 2.25%

·Ratio of awarded doctoral degrees and academic personnel: 6%

· Total income of the Normal University: 2.25%

Research (number of papers, income and reputation): 30%

· Reputation survey: 18%

· Research income of the Normal University: 6%

· Per capita publication: 6%

citation (scientific research influence): 30%

field weighted citation influence: 30%

industrial income (knowledge transformation): 2.5%

research income from industry investment: 2.5%

l1 International Outlook (Academic Staff, Student, Research): 7.5%

·International Student Ratio: 2.5%

·International Academic Staff Ratio: 2.5%

·International Co-authorization Ratio: 2.5%

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THE 2023 World University Ranking Top 200 Ranking Overview

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THE World University Ranking Top 10 (2022 vs 2023)

It can be seen that the ten schools in the top positions of are still occupied by old-fashioned top schools in the UK and the United States, but the ranking distribution has changed. Among them, UK UK has been ranked first for the seventh consecutive year, and no other school can shake Oxford's absolute strength; Harvard also continues to maintain the second place in the world, while Harvard , which tied for second place last year, fell four places to reach the sixth place on the list; Cambridge and Stanford rose two places and one place respectively, reaching the third place on the list; MIT still maintains the T5 goalkeeper position.

In addition, the rankings of Princeton University , University of California, Berkeley and Yale University have not changed compared with last year, and are still ranked 7-9th on the list; the UK's Imperial Institute of Technology rose from 12 last year, successfully entering the top 10 of the list and 10th on THE World University List. In the competition for the top ten, American colleges and universities once again gained the upper hand with the number of seven schools.

US News 2023 Law School Rankings Comprehensive Performance 20

We specially summarized the top 20 Most commonly applied for by Chinese law students in the US law school Universities under the 2023 Times World University Rankings as follows:

Overall, among the 20 universities, , 18 are in the top 100 THE World University Rankings, which shows that the comprehensive strength of these law schools is very strong. Specifically, among the T14 law schools, the universities belonging to the three schools of T3 are all ranked in the top 10 in the world; the six schools of T6 are all ranked in the top 20 in the world; the most outstanding performance in is undoubtedly the University of California, Berkeley, which ranks 8th in the THE world university rankings, even surpassing Yale University (THE world university rankings 9th in the US News rankings of US law schools). Among the law schools of T14, the overall ranking performance was University of Virginia and Georgetown University. Both universities failed to be shortlisted for THE World University Rankings, ranking 156th and 136th in the world respectively. Among the six law schools affiliated universities in

T15-T20, another California public college - UCLA also performed well, ranking 21st in THE world rankings, surpassing the comprehensive rankings of New York University , University of Virginia, Michigan , Duke University , Northwestern University and Georgetown University in T14; The remaining five law schools affiliated universities ranked between 50-100 in THE world rankings.

Chinese college performance

Mainland China

Mainland China

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According to THE higher education data, has a total of 95 mainland Chinese universities in the 2023 world university rankings, ranking fourth in the world, and is second only to the United States (177), Japan (117) and the United Kingdom (103).

Mainland China set another historical record, with a total of 11 universities ranking among the top 200 in the world; a total of 7 universities in mainland China entered the top 100 in the world, and has increased compared with 6 last year and only 2 universities entered the top 100 in the top 100 in 5 years ago (2018). Tsinghua University ranked first in the THE World University Rankings of Higher Education, and also ranked first in mainland China and 16th in the world; Peking University followed closely, ranking 17th in the world; Fudan University (#51) and Shanghai Jiaotong University (#52) both rose, further approaching the top 50 in the world; Zhejiang University and China University of Science and Technology ranked 67th and 74th in the world respectively; Nanjing University ranked 95th in the world for the first time.

In addition, in 2023, a total of 13 universities in mainland China were on the list for the first time, among which Changsha University of Science and Technology (501-600) is the new university with the highest ranking in mainland China this year.

Hong Kong

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There are 5 universities in Hong Kong in China shortlisted in the top 100 in the world university rankings, The best performer is The University of Hong Kong , ranking 31st in the world; The Chinese University of Hong Kong followed closely, ranking 45th in the world; City University of Hong Kong ranked 99th in the world.

Just viewpoints

Overall, we can see that British and American universities still occupy the leading position in the world. They have advantages that Chinese universities and even Asian universities are difficult to achieve in teaching resources, academic research capabilities, international influence and development prospects.

But, just as Phil Barty, Chief Knowledge Officer of Times Higher Education (Phil Baty) said: " The rise and upward potential of Chinese mainland universities in recent years in the global rankings has been amazing. The extraordinary achievement of proves a clear and continuous policy driving role. Since the 1990s, mainland Chinese universities have continuously implemented university excellence programs, significantly improving the competitiveness of Chinese mainland universities and gaining a global leading position in the field of research. Mainland Chinese universities have surpassed the United States in the quantity of academic research output, and are also rapidly improving in quality. If mainland China maintains the current trend of improving research quality unchanged, we will see mainland China surpass the United States in the next few years. " For Chinese students, the improvement of quality in domestic universities will help China's education level be recognized internationally, which also increases their chances of further studies in the UK and the United States after graduation.

In short, in this era of endless rankings in colleges and universities, understanding ranking parameters and methodology while maintaining rational and objective thinking is the correct way to interpret a ranking. I hope everyone can obtain valuable information from the complicated list and make the best choice!