On September 2016, 9, the 6th QS World University Rankings were announced, and the University of Tokyo moved up five places from the previous time to 13th place, overtaking Kyoto University, which was 5th place, and returned to the top position in Japan.Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked first overall for the fifth consecutive year.
The QS World University Rankings are the rankings of universities in the world published every September by the British university evaluation organization Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), and are one of the most well-known university rankings. Boasts authority.
The ranking method is to evaluate the university by "evaluation from researchers", "reputation by companies", "number of faculty members per student", "ratio of foreign faculty members", "number of citations of papers per faculty member", etc. The total score is calculated and ranked.
In the 2016 ranking announced this time, 39 universities from Japan are ranked, surpassing 35 universities in Australia and 33 universities in China, and the number one university in Asia and the fifth most university in the world. The result was to come in.
The University of Tokyo, which is the number one in Japan, received a high academic evaluation, with the University of Tokyo being ranked 7th in the world and Kyoto University being ranked 18th.Behind these backgrounds, "It is thought that the increase in investment from the private sector in the research and development field of universities has deepened industry-academia collaboration and had a positive effect on improving the ranking of Japanese universities," said Ben, the leader of the QS Intelligence Unit. Sowter appreciates it.On the other hand, the budget in the R & D field indirectly affects the ranking because European universities, whose public R & D funds are being reduced, are losing their reputation from universities in the United States and Asia. Conceivable.
The main ranking results are as follows.
<World Top 13 in the 5th QS World University Rankings>
1st Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
2nd place Stanford University (US)
3rd place Harvard University (US)
4th Cambridge University (UK)
5th California Institute of Technology (US)
<Top 13 Japanese Universities in the 5th QS World University Rankings> * () indicates the overall ranking.
1st place The University of Tokyo (34th place)
2nd place Kyoto University (37st place)
3rd place Tokyo Institute of Technology (56th place)
4th Osaka University (63rd)
5th Tohoku University (75th)
