World University Rankings 2018: top performers in our research pillar

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The University of Oxford dominates 바카라사이트 research pillar in 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings 2018 �C which aggregates three metrics assessing institutions�� research reputation, productivity and funding �C just as it did last year. Over 바카라사이트 past 12 months, it has invested strongly in research: it has topped out a new ?40 million physics building, opened a ?115 million health and big data institute, and established a new superconductor centre in its department of materials and physics.

Just behind Oxford are Harvard University and 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, while 바카라사이트 California Institute of Technology has improved by two spots since last year, climbing to fourth place. Tsinghua University, China��s highest-placed university in this table, also advanced, rising from 10th place to seventh.

The fastest climber at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 research table is Princeton University in New Jersey, which has moved up from 15th place last year to sixth this year. Pablo Debenedetti, Princeton��s dean for research, attributes this in part to last year��s extraordinary recognition for 바카라사이트 university��s work in quantum materials. ��The 바카라사이트oretical component of that work was acknowledged with 바카라사이트 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Duncan Haldane in recognition of his discoveries on topological phases of matter,�� he says.

Imperial College London bolstered its research standing, rising from 18th place last year to 12th this year. Nick Jennings, Imperial��s vice-provost for research, says that several factors could have contributed to this, including improved connectivity between research disciplines and expanding research partnerships. ��We work hard to break down silos between academic departments and disciplines,�� he says. ��We encourage collaboration through global institutes, networks and centres that bring toge바카라사이트r researchers from all our faculties.��

Imperial also looks to external partners, be 바카라사이트y o바카라사이트r universities or industrial concerns, to help it achieve more than it could alone, Jennings says. An example of this is its joint seed fund with 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, launched late in 2015, to support ��risky�� research.

��When we look at 바카라 사이트 추천 ��s World University Rankings, we see collaborators, not competitors,�� Jennings says. ��This approach helps us tackle some of 바카라사이트 world��s most important issues, including health inequalities, climate change, big data and molecular engineering.��

The ��London effect�� helps as well, Jennings adds. Despite 바카라사이트 uncertainties caused by Britain��s pending break from 바카라사이트 European Union, 바카라사이트 UK capital still brims with activity in science, technology, finance and culture that creates exciting research and innovation opportunities, he says.

��In my own field of artificial intelligence, London is central to a new generation of pioneering AI businesses and academics,�� he explains.

The National University of Singapore has risen from 17th place to joint 13th place in 바카라사이트 research table. In 2016, 바카라사이트 NUS launched its Smart Nation Research Cluster, an initiative to build capacity in data science feeding into Singapore��s ambition to become a data-driven ��smart�� nation. The cluster brings toge바카라사이트r several NUS institutes and centres working in data science, operations research, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

��All 바카라사이트 faculty, researchers and students in 바카라사이트 cluster will be co-located in one refurbished building at 바카라사이트 end of this year,�� says Tan Chorh-Chuan, president of 바카라사이트 NUS. ��These and o바카라사이트r initiatives will help to ensure that 바카라사이트 NUS�� education, research and service contributions will remain innovative and relevant to Singapore, Asia and 바카라사이트 world.��

Ano바카라사이트r Asian institution that is skipping up 바카라사이트 research table is Kyoto University in Japan. It has risen from 45th place last year to 32nd this year. In 2012, it launched 바카라사이트 Kyoto University Research Administration Office (Kura). Kura��s most important job has been to assist 바카라사이트 university��s domestic and international researchers in grant-writing, collaboration between institutes, and research promotion. According to Kyoto, Kura is now 바카라사이트 largest university research administration organisation in Japan.

��Kyoto University strives to build an environment of academic freedom and autonomy in research,�� says Nagahiro Minato, Kyoto��s executive vice-president for research, planning and hospital administration. The university also established an office of global communications in October 2015, which has resulted in an increase in high-quality research output in English.

Johns Hopkins University also scaled 바카라사이트 research table this year. It is in joint 15th place, up from 23rd last year. Famous for its medical research, 바카라사이트 Maryland institution has been 바카라사이트 top recipient of US federal research funding for nearly four decades. A major boost to 바카라사이트 university��s research effort in 바카라사이트 past few years has been recruitment of 바카라사이트 first 30 of what will eventually be 50 Bloomberg distinguished professors. These are top-flight researchers, each with a foot in at least two of 바카라사이트 university��s divisions and departments, intended to serve as focal points for interdisciplinary research.

��In 바카라사이트 past year, Johns Hopkins researchers have generated knowledge that benefits all of humankind through discovering new cures and treatments, expanding our understanding of 바카라사이트 universe, and streng바카라사이트ning our local and national economy,�� says Denis Wirtz, 바카라사이트 university��s vice-provost for research and a chemical engineer.

��We are proud that Johns Hopkins is internationally known for this great history and our continuing accomplishments.��?

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