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2015/10/5

The University of Tokyo falls to the top of Asia English newspaper "World University Rankings 2015-2016"

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　On September 2015, 9, local time, Times Higher Education, an English education magazine, announced the "World University Rankings 30-2015".There are five evaluation criteria: "education," "research," "number of citations for papers," "income from industry," and "internationality," ranking 2016 universities from around the world.Since it imposes strict screening standards, it is highly trusted by university leaders and the government, and is a ranking that is drawing attention.

　As a result, the National University of Singapore (26th in the world), followed by Beijing University (42nd) and Tsinghua University (47th) ranked first in Asia, ranking in the top 50 schools in the world.The University of Tokyo, which was the top in Asia until last year, dropped from 23rd place last year to 43rd place, surrendering the top spot for the first time in five years since being overtaken by the University of Hong Kong in 2010.

　京都大学も昨年の59位から88位へと大きく順位を落とし、さらに昨年まで上位200校にランクインしていた東京工業大学、東北大学、大阪大学も200位以降になるなど、日本勢が上位200校に入った数が昨年の5校から2校に減少。私立大学では、慶應義塾大学が501位〜600位、早稲田大学が601位〜800位となりました。

　The first place overall is the California Institute of Technology (US) for the fifth consecutive year.Oxford University (UK), 1rd Stanford University (US), 5th Cambridge University (UK), 3th Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US), and 4 of the top 5 universities are US and UK universities. increase.
"Universities listed in the Top 800 represent only 4% of the world's higher education institutions, so the universities listed this year deserve a blessing," said Phil Beity, editor of the ranking. I did.

Tokyo University

Established in the 10th year of the Meiji era.A university with the longest history in Japan and at the forefront of Japanese knowledge

The University of Tokyo was established in 1877 (Meiji 10) by integrating the Tokyo Kaisei School and the Tokyo Medical School.Since its establishment, it has developed education and research in a unique way in the world as a leading university in Japan and an academic center for the fusion of East and West cultures.As a result, many human resources have been produced in a wide range of fields, and many research achievements […]

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Kyoto University

Foster a free academic style based on the spirit of "self-respect for self-weight" and open up a world of creative learning.

With the motto of self-study, we will continue to maintain a free academic style that is not bound by common sense, and develop human resources who have both creativity and practical ability.We provide an inclusive learning space that allows for diverse and hierarchical choices so that students themselves can choose a solid future through valuable trial and error. […]

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Tokyo Institute of Technology

The pinnacle of science and engineering university that continues to produce science and engineering people with high aspirations and a Japanese spirit, mastering the knowledge that creates the times, refining their skills

Tokyo Institute of Technology was established as the Tokyo Institute of Technology in 1881 (Meiji 14), when modernization of industry was an urgent need.Since its establishment, it has continued to produce excellent research results with excellent science and engineering human resources, and is still at the top of Japan's science and engineering universities.Tokyo Institute of Technology requires not only a high degree of specialization but also liberal arts […]

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