The latest 2018 rankings have been announced in the Asian Regions of the World University Rankings by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a British university evaluation institution.Five Japanese universities were ranked in the top 20 schools in the Asian region, and the top of Japan was the University of Tokyo, which ranked 5th.
The QS University Rankings rank each university according to 10 unique evaluation items such as academic external evaluation (evaluating the quality of research) and evaluation from employers (evaluating the quality of employment after graduation). thing.In this QS World University Rankings for Asia, 17 universities are evaluated from 425 countries and regions in the Asian region.The number of universities subject to this evaluation is the highest ever, making it the largest university evaluation in the world.
The top 2018 latest rankings of universities in the Asian region announced this time are as follows. Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, which was 10rd in the 2017 edition, was ranked 3st, and Fudan University in China, which was 1th in the 2017 edition, moved up 11 places and was ranked in the top 4 for the first time.
1st Nanyo Institute of Technology / Singapore
2nd National University of Singapore / Singapore
3rd place Hong Kong University of Science and Technology / Hong Kong
4th Korea Japan Science and Technology Agency / Korea
5th University of Hong Kong / Hong Kong
6th Tsinghua University / China
7th Fudan University / China
8th Hong Kong City University / Hong Kong
9th place Peking University / China
10th place Chinese University of Hong Kong / Hong Kong
The ranking of Japanese universities is as follows. * The numbers in parentheses are the 2017 rankings.
13th place (13) The University of Tokyo
14th place (14) Tokyo Institute of Technology
15th place (17) Osaka University
17th place (15) Kyoto University
20th place (20) Tohoku University
27th place (26) Nagoya University
29th (32) Kyushu University
31st place (28) Hokkaido University
36th (42) Keio University
39th place (41) Waseda University
The top university in Japan is the University of Tokyo, but the difference with the following Tokyo Institute of Technology was only 0.1 points.Among universities in the Kinki region, Osaka University moved up two places, while Kyoto University dropped two places.
Ben Sowter, research director of QS, said, "The top Japanese universities such as the University of Tokyo, Osaka University, Nagoya University, and Kyoto University are at the top of the rankings. We have obtained data showing that the universities in the following hierarchy are narrowing down the ranking and approaching the higher universities. Kobe University, Hitotsubashi University, Hiroshima University, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Chiba University are ranked between 60th and 100th. All of these universities have raised their rankings by 5 or higher. The University of Tokyo is very close to the University of Tokyo, so the field of higher education in Japan still maintains high competitiveness. I can say that there is. "
In addition, in this evaluation, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (86th overall) ranked top in the "student-teacher ratio" university, which shows the leadership ability of the university, and 6 universities in Japan. Has entered.
reference:[Quacquarelli Symonds] Nanyang Technological University is the Best University in Asia
