Every time a foreign university is opened, there are various interpretations of the world rankings. Which authority does the foreign university rank? There are QS World University Rankings, World University Academic Rankings, US News Rankings, etc. Finally, we see the ranking of Shanghai Jiaotong University Most foreign students will see all kinds of rankings of foreign universities at a loss. Which ranking should they believe? Today, we will figure out the meaning of these rankings of foreign universities.
QS World University Ranking
QS World University Ranking is an authoritative guide for the world's top universities. This is the most referenced by international students. The most important aspect of QS World University Ranking is academic mutual evaluation, which measures the opinions of scholars around the world. More than 3000 universities have been assessed by QS World University Ranking.
QS World University Ranking is the annual world university ranking issued by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS for short), an international education market consulting company in the UK. The QS ranking method of world universities is mainly measured by six specific indexes. The six indexes and their weight are: peer evaluation in academic field, accounting for 40%; Global employer evaluation, accounting for 10%; The number of papers cited by the teaching staff of the unit accounts for 20%; Teacher/student ratio, accounting for 20%; The proportion of international students is 5%; The proportion of international teachers is 5%.
Academic Ranking of World Universities
Among the top 500 universities in the world, this ranking is recognized as the benchmark of international university performance. It is an influential ranking list of global universities. The full name of this ranking is the "Academic Ranking of World Universities", which was originally compiled and published by the World Class University Research Center of the High Energy Education Research Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University, and is now published by Shanghai Soft Science Education Information Consulting Co., Ltd. The ranking is based on the following:
US News Ranking
USNews World University Ranking mainly refers to 10 indicators, including world academic reputation (12.5%), regional academic reputation (12.5%), paper publication (12.5%), literature citation quality (10%), literature citation quantity (10%), high-quality paper citation quantity (12.5%), high-quality paper citation rate (10%), international cooperative research (10%), doctoral degree awarding quantity (5%), professor or doctoral degree quantity (5%).
Times Higher Education World University Ranking （Times）
The ranking includes more than 1250 universities and judges all the core tasks of research intensive universities: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international vision. The Times and the Sunday Times University Guide measure student satisfaction, research quality, graduate prospects, admission qualifications, degree attainment, student/employee ratio, service and facility expenditures, and dropout rates.
Complete College Guide
The Complete University Guide has been publishing universities and related rankings online since 2007. The thematic ranking table uses four indicators: student satisfaction, research quality, admission criteria and graduate prospects.
US News World University Ranking, Shanghai SoftScience ARWU World University Academic Ranking, Thames Higher Education World University Ranking and QS World University Ranking are recognized as the four most authoritative world university rankings.
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