What is the best university in Asia? University rankings in Asia were announced, 19 schools ranked in from Japan

ByMIKI Yoshihito

British luxury paperTimesHigher education information magazine issued as a newspaper's booklet appendix is ​​"Times Higher Education(THE) "is. Based on 13 indicators such as the research contents of universities in Asia, the number of citations of papers, degree of internationalization, etc.Asia University Rankings(Ranking of universities in Asia) "is published.

Asia University Rankings 2015 results - Times Higher Education
https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2014-15/regional-ranking/region/asia

Asia University Rankings 2015 results announced | Times Higher Education
https://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/asia-university-rankings-2015-results-announced


In THE, "education (learning environment)" "research (quantity, income, reputation)" "quotation (influence that research exerts)" "international view (student, faculty, research)" "industrial income (innovation)" Create ranking based on 13 indicators, divided into fields. The top 10 of the 2015 "Asian university ranking" is as follows, the University of Tokyo of Japan is elected to Asian number one university, and it is the number one position for the third consecutive year.


However, as a whole, the Japanese universities ranked in the top 100 ranked down the ranks of the top 100, and even the number of universities that entered the top 100 for the first time dropped from the top in Asia. Considering that the number of universities ranked in the top 100 from Japan was 19, 20 schools in 2014 and 22 schools in 2013 ranked in, it is the reason why the numbers are gradually decreasing Where I am very concerned.

The following 19 schools ranked in from Japan. From the image, Chiba University (99th place), Hiroshima University (78th place), Hokkaido University (63th place), Juntendo University (75th place), Keio University (73th place), Kobe University (81th place), Kyoto University (9 Kyushu University (58th), Nagoya University (32nd), Okayama University (88th), Osaka City University (91st), Osaka University (18th), The University of Tokyo (1st), Tohoku University (19 Tokyo Institute of Technology (15th place), Tokyo Medical and Dental University (40th place), Tokyo Metropolitan University (33th place), University of Tsukuba (48th place), Waseda University (59th place)


On the other hand, there are 21 universities in total ranked in China from China, and Japan is the first to be defeated in China by "the number of excellent universities". Many of the universities ranked in China steadily raised their rankings, and Peking University and No. 5 Tsinghua University, which ranked fourth, each ranked higher than the ranking of the previous year, and Wuhan University I got 15 rankings at a stroke. In addition, there are 6 schools ranked in the top 50 from Hong Kong, the special administrative province of China, and it is clear that it is a special area in terms of education as well.

What Japan lost to China for the first time in the number of universities ranked among the top 100 universities in Asia is a manifestation of China's continued investment, focusing on research and development. Hong Kong UniversityWah Ching Center of Research on Education in ChinaGerard Postiglione, who served as the center director at Mr. Gerard Postiglione, said, "Japanese grades are falling as" research investment is concentrated in some universities "and" young scholars have few opportunities to grow " , The fact that factors in Japan are complicatedly intertwined. "

Also, in the UKUCL Institute of EducationSimon Marginson, who is a professor at the University of Tokyo, says Simon Marginson, "Many Japanese universities are constantly working to maintain the status quo, while in Japan there are the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, which are the top universities worldwide, It seems that the investment to raise the university to the top level in Japan is not as actively conducted as in China as it is just trying to maintain these. "

ByMitch Altman

In addition to 'Asian university rankings' in THE,'World Reputation Rankings(University rankings with a good reputation in the world) "and"World University Rankings(University ranking of the world) ", University of Tokyo ranked 12th and Kyoto University ranked 27th in the" university ranking popular in the world ". In the university ranking in the world, the University of Tokyo (23rd place), Kyoto University (59th place), Tokyo Institute of Technology (141th place), Osaka University (157th place), Tohoku University (165th place) ranked in top 200.