Chapter 47 19. University Rankings

China is a big economic country in the future, many young people start to learn Chinese, or study in China. Students come to study in China from all parts of the world: Europe, Africa, Middle East, etc. They come here to learn Mandarin, learn about Chinese society and Chinese culture, and look for opportunities here. The "Shanghai World University Rankings 2010" gathered the best universities in the world, including most North American universities and some European and Asian universities. Experts have criticized the ranking for too much use of British criteria, rather than choosing other, more appropriate criteria for ranking.

Universities from the United States and the United Kingdom rank highly, while the University of Tokyo comes in 20th.The French universities are ranked as follows: Pierre et Marie Curie University in 39th place, Paris-Sud University in 45th place and Ecole Normale Supérieure in 71st place.Other European and Asian universities are currently ranked very low. As Shanghai's university rankings have been called into question, rankings that refer to other evaluation criteria have emerged. In fact, the Global University Rankings is divided into three major regions: North America, Europe and Asia.All universities included in the list publish 96% of their academic work in Cambridge English, while those excluded from the ranking are all universities that do not publish their papers in English.

Latin America, Africa, Russia, India, and other regions that also have very good universities, can't their universities provide very good teachers and conduct high-quality research programs?However, they do not appear in the "Shanghai 2010" university rankings. In yet another league table that focuses mainly on Asia, we see the best universities here.According to the 2010 World University Rankings, the University of Cambridge is the best school, followed by schools such as Harvard, Yale, University of London and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Top 20 University Rankings in Asia

1. China, University of Hong Kong 2. China, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 3. Singapore, National University 4. China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 5. Japan, University of Tokyo 6. South Korea, Seoul Public University 7. Japan, Osaka University 8. Japan, Kyoto University 9. Japan, Tohoku University 10. Japan, Nagoya University 11. Japan, Tokyo Institute of Technology 12. China, Peking University 13. South Korea, Institute of Science and Technology 14. South Korea, Pohang University of Science and Technology 15. China, City University of Hong Kong

16. China, Tsinghua University 17. Kyushu University, Japan 18. Singapore, Nanyang Technical University 19. South Korea, Seoul, Yonsei University 20. Japan, University of Tsukuba