QS Quacquarelli Symonds announces the latest version of the World University Rankings.Twenty-four of the 41 Japanese universities ranked down dropped in rank, and for the first time, Japanese universities did not make it into the top 24 in research performance.
The QS World University Rankings cover the top 1000 universities in the world.In addition to "academic reputation" based on the answers of academic researchers and "employer reputation" based on the answers of corporate employers, "number of citations per faculty member", "number of faculty members to student ratio", and "ratio of foreign faculty members" "Ratio of international students", ranked by the above six indicators.
According to the latest edition, "16th QS World University Rankings 2020," Massachusetts Institute of Technology has set a new record of being number one in the world for eight consecutive years.The highest ranking in Japan was the 8nd-ranked University of Tokyo, which was the highest ever. In the "Academic Reputation" index, only eight schools in the world got a perfect score, and the University of Tokyo was the only one in Asia.In addition, the Japanese universities ranked in the top 1 were Kyoto University 22rd, Tokyo Institute of Technology 8th, Osaka University 100st, and Tohoku University 33nd.
From this result, although the "Plan for 30 International Students (Plan to invite 2020 international students to Japanese higher education institutions by 30)" promoted by the Government of Japan is proceeding smoothly, the international education in the world It became clear that the speed of conversion is faster than in Japan.Of the 1002 million students studying at 2329 universities around the world, 286 million are international students (8 in 1).However, in Japan, only 41% (7.79 in 13) of the 1 international students ranked in.
In addition, the score of "number of citations per faculty member (number of citations of university research papers divided by the number of faculty members in 41 years)" decreased at 33 out of 1 schools in Japan.This shows that Japanese universities lag behind the world's competitors in improving research performance and internationalization.In addition, 5 schools dropped their "employer reputation" ranks, reducing positive opinions about Japanese university graduates.
Ben Sowter, head of research at QS, said of Japanese universities: "In the last decade, Japanese universities have been able to attract more international students, but many competing countries are international in the higher education sector. It is superior to Japan in the speed of transformation. Funding for research is similar, while higher education circles in China, Singapore and South Korea benefit (financially) from the country through intensive incentive programs. It is expected that Japanese universities did not rank in the top 10 in research performance because they did not receive research and development investment. "
