Ranking is a very important reference factor for art majors to study abroad. Each college is constantly improving its world influence and competitiveness. Which of the four authoritative rankings of the world's universities is more reliable? We all know that the world's four authoritative rankings are respectively U S News World University Ranking, QS World University Ranking, The World University Ranking, ARWU World University Ranking. So, which of the four authoritative rankings of the world's universities is more reliable? Now let's take a look at their criteria.

Four authoritative rankings of world universities

　　01、U. S News World University Ranking

This time is U S. News ranked more widely, with 1500 universities from 86 regions participating in the ranking. Relatively speaking, U.S. News pays more attention to the academic level of the institution/discipline. 15 disciplines including biotechnology, applied microbiology and cell biology have also been added to the ranking.

Scoring index:

Global Academic Research Reputation - 12.5%

Reputation of regional academic research - 12.5%

Publication index - 10%

Book and publication index - 2.5%

Seminar and conference discussion index - 2.5%

Reference impact index of standardized papers - 10%

Total citation index of academic papers - 7.5%

Number of papers published in the top 10% cited - 12.5%

10% of the most cited publications - 10%

International cooperation - 5%

Books published through international cooperation - 5%

Number of high-frequency cited documents - 5%

The ratio of publications to "the top 1% of publications cited" - 5%

In U S. In the 2021 Top 100 ranking of global universities released by News, there are 45 universities in the United States, 11 universities in the United Kingdom and 7 universities in Asia, of which Tsinghua University ranks first in Asia.

What makes people pay special attention to is that because of different selection criteria S. News ranked first among American universities Princeton University , this time U S. News did not rank in the top ten in the world rankings. There was a similar situation that Qufu Normal University ranked higher than Peking University and Tsinghua University in mathematics discipline alone.

02. QS World University Ranking

Compared with the other three universities, QS World University Ranking attaches more importance to reputation and the degree of internationalization of the university, that is, the ability of the university to attract talents from all over the world.

Scoring index:

Academic reputation - 40%

Global Employer Reputation - 10%

Teacher student ratio - 20%

Number of references - 20%

International faculty - 5%

Proportion of international students - 5%

In the 2021QS Top 100 ranking of world universities, the number of Asian universities climbed to 26, a record high. The top three universities in the world are American universities, MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology Successfully defended the title, ranking first for nine consecutive years; The second and third are Stanford University and Harvard University.

03. The World University Ranking

Thames Higher Education, referred to as THE for short, focuses on academic and teaching and research capabilities in ranking, and uses multiple dimensions such as teaching, research, quotation, and industrial income to evaluate.

Scoring index:

Teaching - 30%

Research - 30%

Citations - 30%

International Outlook - 7.5%

Industry Income - 2.5%

In the 2021THE World University Ranking, Oxford University has won the championship for five consecutive years. Among the top ten universities, there are 8 American universities and 2 British universities. Tsinghua University entered the top 20 for the first time, and Peking University successfully occupied the top 2 in Asia with the 23rd.

Students who value the academic atmosphere of the school can refer to the World University Ranking of The.

04. ARWU World University Ranking

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first released by the Research Center of World Class Universities of the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiaotong University (formerly the Institute of Higher Education) in 2003. It is a national research project in China and the earliest comprehensive university ranking in the world.

Scoring index:

Alumni Award - 10%

Teachers won - 20%

Highly cited scientists - 20%

N&S Thesis - 20%

International Papers - 20%

Average performance of division - 10%

In the 2021ARWU World University Ranking Top 50, American universities occupy 30 places with strong academic strength, among which Harvard University has ranked first in the world for 18 consecutive years.

The ranking of soft subjects has always been academic based, without any reputation share, which is of great reference value for science and engineering major applicants.

Through the above summary and analysis, we can clearly see that the focus of each ranking is different, and even there will be conflicts. Because of different evaluation criteria, no college can be guaranteed to be perfect. So when searching, students can learn from, but do not blindly regard ranking as the only reference.

In selecting countries and colleges, we should also consider the artistic style, teaching quality, talent training of each country, and which is more suitable for us to choose art colleges or comprehensive colleges. These dimensions also need to consider factors such as learning experience, the latest professional focus, practical opportunities for school enterprise cooperation, and annual innovation and reform in combination with the ranking system.

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