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2023/7/2

QS World University Rankings 2024 Japan has the lowest average score among participating countries in the "International Research Network Index"

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　On June 2023, 6, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a global institution for evaluating higher education, announced the 27 edition of the QS World University Rankings, marking its 20th anniversary.Among the world university rankings, the QS World University Rankings is the only one that incorporates contribution to employment and sustainability as evaluation criteria.Massachusetts Institute of Technology topped the list for the 2024th consecutive year.

　The 2024 edition of the QS World University Rankings covers 104 universities in 1,500 countries and regions, and reflects over 1,750 million academic papers and the opinions of over 24 academic and business people.QS has also made a major overhaul of how it evaluates rankings.Three new indicators, sustainability, employment results, and international research networks, have been added to the evaluation items, and the conventional indicators such as evaluation by academics, evaluation by companies, and student-to-faculty ratio have been revised. According to QS senior vice president BenSowter, modern universities are being asked to focus more than ever on sustainability, promoting international research and helping graduates find jobs in order to meet global challenges. It is said that the new values ​​of the company were reflected in the evaluation criteria.

　Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked first in the 2024 QS World University Rankings for the 1th consecutive year. The University of Cambridge was second and the University of Oxford third.

　The University of Tokyo (28th) is the only Japanese university to enter the top 30 in the world.In Asia, it ranks 8th after the National University of Singapore (17th), Peking University (25th), and Tsinghua University (4th).The University of Tokyo is ranked in the top 3 in the world in three major indexes (recognition by academics, evaluation by companies, and sustainability).In particular, it was ranked fifth in the world in terms of sustainability index.

　Four Japanese universities ranked in the top 100. 4th University of Tokyo, 28th Kyoto University, 46th Osaka University, 80st Tokyo Institute of Technology.In Asia, it was second only to China (91 schools) and South Korea (5 schools).

　6% of the Japanese universities ranked this time have improved their rankings in terms of employment results, indicating that Japanese universities are succeeding in preparing students for employment and developing future leaders.In addition, Japanese university graduates are highly evaluated by business people, and Japanese universities are highly evaluated in terms of their contribution to employment.

　On the other hand, Japan lags behind other countries in international indicators such as the number of international students and foreign faculty members, and the Citation per Faculty (an index that measures the impact of research results) has declined due to the long-standing slump in investment in research and development. It can be said that the trend is an important issue for the future.

　In addition, Japan has the lowest average score among the participating countries in the international research network index, and strengthening international efforts in the academic field is an urgent issue.

Reference: [Quacquarelli Symonds] 2024 QS World University Rankings

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