Times Higher Education (THE), an English education magazine, announced the 2016-9 "THE World University Rankings" on September 21, 2016 (local time). The first place is Oxford University in the UK, and the second place is the California Institute of Technology in the United States.The top domestic university was the University of Tokyo, which was 2017th, up from 1rd in 2.
The World University Rankings target 79 universities in 980 countries, and each university is based on 13 indicators that evaluate "education," "research," "number of citations," "income from industry," and "internationality." Ranked.The evaluation criteria are the same as the ranking in 2015, but from 2016, universities in 10 countries of Algeria, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Croatia, Georgia (Georgia), Kuwait, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Venezuela will be newly examined. Joined as.
Looking at the number of universities ranked in by country, the largest number is 148 universities in the United States, and the second is 2 universities in the United Kingdom.In Japan, 91 universities ranked in and was the top in Asia.Compared to 69, the number of Japanese universities ranked in increased by 2015 from 41 to 28, because the evaluation range was expanded from 69 to 800 and the ranking base was expanded. it is conceivable that.
In addition, although Japanese universities have the highest number of rankings in Asia, only two universities, the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University (200th in 91), ranked in the top 2015.In the Asian region, National University of Singapore is the highest in 88th place overall, followed by Beijing University in China at 2th place, Tsinghua University at 24th place, and Tokyo University at 29th place in Asia (35th place). In THE, while universities in Asian countries are increasing their rankings, they point out the lack of funds of Japanese universities and the lack of joint research with overseas universities, and are concerned about the decline in Japan's competitiveness.
The main ranking results are as follows.
<THE World University Rankings 2016>
1st place Oxford University
2nd California Institute of Technology
3rd place Stanford University
4th University of Cambridge
5th Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
<Top 2016 Japanese Universities in THE World University Rankings 5> * () indicates overall ranking
1st place The University of Tokyo (39th place)
2nd place Kyoto University (91st place)
3rd place Tohoku University (201-250th place)
4th Osaka University (251-300th)
4th Tokyo Institute of Technology (251-300th)
reference:[Times high education] World University Rankings 2016-2017
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