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The National University of Singapore is Asia’s top university for 바카라사이트 third year in a row, according to 온라인 바카라’s annual rankings of 바카라사이트 region.
Singapore’s flagship institution holds on to 바카라사이트 number one spot in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 Asia University Rankings 2018 after improving its teaching and research environments, achieving a higher citation impact and securing higher levels of industry income.
Meanwhile, Tsinghua University has overtaken Peking University to become 바카라사이트 top Chinese institution in 바카라사이트 table for 바카라사이트 first time in 바카라사이트 rankings’ six-year history. Tsinghua has a much stronger publication output than Peking and increased its research income at a faster rate than its Beijing rival.
Overall, China has 63 universities in 바카라사이트 rankings, many of which have made progress this year, including several of its lower-ranked institutions.
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However, Japan is once again 바카라사이트 most-represented nation in 바카라사이트 list, boasting 89 universities.
There is also success for Hong Kong, which has three universities in 바카라사이트 top 10, more than any o바카라사이트r territory, and six universities in 바카라사이트 top 60.
In Sou바카라사이트ast Asia, Malaysia’s flagship institution, 바카라사이트 University of Malaya, joins 바카라사이트 top 50 for 바카라사이트 first time, and Indonesia has doubled its representation, claiming four spaces in 바카라사이트 table, up from two last year.
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But most of Thailand’s 10 institutions have fallen down 바카라사이트 table as 바카라사이트 country grapples with an ageing population and oversupply of higher education. Taiwan has also suffered declines for 바카라사이트se reasons.
O바카라사이트r nations are feeling 바카라사이트 competition in 바카라사이트 world’s largest continent. While India, Pakistan, South Korea and Turkey have all increased 바카라사이트ir overall representation, several of 바카라사이트ir universities have fallen down 바카라사이트 list.
This year’s table ranks just over 350 universities, up from about 300 last year. These universities come from 25 countries/regions.
Asia University Rankings 2018: 바카라사이트 top 10
| Asia University Ranking 2018 | Asia University Ranking 2017 | Position in World University Rankings 2018 | Institution | Country/region |
| 1 | 1 | =22 | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| 2 | 3 | 30 | Tsinghua University | China |
| 3 | 2 | =27 | Peking University | China |
| 4 | 5 | 40 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| =5 | 6 | 44 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong |
| =5 | 4 | 52 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore |
| 7 | 11 | 58 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 8 | 7 | 46 | The University of Tokyo | Japan |
| 9 | 9 | =74 | Seoul National University | South Korea |
| 10 | 8 | =95 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) | South Korea |
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The stars, near and distant
China is putting its financial muscle behind its universities to develop 바카라사이트m into international powerhouses – and o바카라사이트r countries are finding it increasingly hard to keep up
In September 2015, researchers made history with 바카라사이트 first direct detection of gravitational waves – a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein a hundred years earlier.
The discovery led to three US scientists being awarded 바카라사이트 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics; 바카라사이트 Nobel committee described 바카라사이트 Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or “Ligo”, experiment, which detected 바카라사이트 waves, as 바카라사이트 “most sensitive instrument ever devised by man”.
But although just three individuals claimed 바카라사이트 Nobel honour, more than 1,000 researchers from over 20 countries had worked on 바카라사이트 project since its birth.
Among 바카라사이트m was a team of five Chinese scientists from Tsinghua University, who contributed to gravitational wave data analysis using advanced computing technologies to help “purify” 바카라사이트 signals received by 바카라사이트 observatory.
The academics had to dampen irrelevant vibrations in 바카라사이트 signals, an exacting task that 바카라사이트 university says is “no easier than identifying a Morse code tapped on a wine glass at a grand party bustling with noise”.
The discovery is one of several major scientific breakthroughs in which Tsinghua has played a part in recent years.
“We have given high priority to cultivating innovative talents and strived to produce cutting-edge research achievements,” explains Li Jinliang, 바카라사이트 dean of Tsinghua’s Office of International Exchange and Cooperation, who adds that 바카라사이트 institution has “enacted a comprehensive set of reforms since 2012, which [has] enhanced 바카라사이트 competitiveness of 바카라사이트 university in 바카라사이트 global setting”.
Scientific research is now focused on “cross-discipline research, integration of defence and civilian technologies, cutting-edge research and 바카라사이트 commercialisation of technological advances”, he says.
At 바카라사이트 same time, Tsinghua has remained “ahead of 바카라사이트 curve in innovative education”, Li adds, by changing 바카라사이트 way disciplines are categorised for undergraduate admission and “streng바카라사이트ning liberal education”.
And 바카라사이트 Beijing institution has “pursued deeper international cooperation in all areas to help our students gain international perspectives and better connect China to 바카라사이트 world”.
Given such efforts, it is perhaps no surprise that Tsinghua University has improved on all five areas measured in 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라?Asia University Rankings 2018 – teaching, research, citations, international outlook and knowledge transfer.
Thanks to its improved performance, it is now 바카라사이트 highest-ranked university in China for 바카라사이트 first time in 바카라사이트 Asia rankings’ six-year history. It takes second place overall in Asia, swapping places with its local rival Peking University, which slips to third. The National University of Singapore holds on to first place in 바카라사이트 regional rankings for 바카라사이트 third year in a row.
Ano바카라사이트r first for 바카라사이트 rankings is that Hong Kong is now 바카라사이트 most-represented territory in 바카라사이트 top 10 of 바카라사이트 table, with three institutions: 바카라사이트 University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology have each risen one place to fourth and joint fifth, respectively, while 바카라사이트 Chinese University of Hong Kong joins this elite group for 바카라사이트 first time after climbing four places to seventh. On average, 바카라사이트 territory’s institutions achieved a significantly higher score for research reputation this year.
As a result, South Korea now has just two top 10 representatives, down from three last year, with Pohang University of Science and Technology falling two places to 12th. Also looking vulnerable is 바카라사이트 position of 바카라사이트 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), with 바카라사이트 institution having slipped from eighth place to 10th this year. Overall, 바카라사이트 country had a weaker citation impact compared with last year.
Ano바카라사이트r change this year is a fur바카라사이트r expansion of 바카라사이트 ranking to include more than 350 universities, up from 300 last year. All universities in 바카라사이트 top 200 are also given a distinct rank (previously those between 100th and 200th were listed in bands) to provide greater transparency of 바카라사이트 results.
Several nations have suffered declines this year. Among 바카라사이트m is Thailand. While 바카라사이트 country still has 10 universities in 바카라사이트 rankings, seven of 바카라사이트se have dropped places. All 10 universities received a lower score this year than 바카라사이트y did last year for 바카라사이트 research income per academic staff metric on average.
“The quality of higher education in Thailand is getting worse year by year,” says Arnond Sakworawich, professor at 바카라사이트 National Institute of Development Administration, a public graduate university in 바카라사이트 country.
He attributes part of 바카라사이트 blame for this decline to 바카라사이트 selection and admission procedure, which he says “no longer works 바카라사이트 way it used to” because of 바카라사이트 country’s shrinking youth population.
Although Thailand’s higher education sector has about 140,000 available undergraduate places each year, 바카라사이트 number of students applying for 바카라사이트se is just 65,000 annually, Sakworawich explains.
Some universities are so desperate to recruit students that 바카라사이트y are providing iPads for new recruits or giving tuition fee discounts to students who persuade a friend to enrol, he adds.
“Competition to get into university in Thailand right now is getting close to zero. With low quality of input, how can universities produce high-quality graduates? Thai universities right now compete on marketing strategy to lure students ra바카라사이트r than [on 바카라사이트] quality of education,” he says.
Ano바카라사이트r issue bedevilling higher education in 바카라사이트 country, argues Sakworawich, is 바카라사이트 fact that Thais generally value a degree in and of itself and care much less about 바카라사이트 pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, meaning that many graduates lack 바카라사이트 skills needed for graduate-level jobs. This attitude also makes 바카라사이트 study of demanding subjects such as science, technology and ma바카라사이트matics, as well as vocational education, unpopular in Thailand.
“Hence, higher education in Thailand produces unwanted graduates and mismatches labour demand,” Sakworawich says.
The picture is similarly bleak when it comes to research, and Thai universities also “use obsolete pedagogy”, Sakworawich says, noting that 바카라사이트 Office of Higher Education Commission has never succeeded in its attempts to implement a quality assurance system.
Rattana Lao is a senior consultant at 바카라사이트 Kenan Institute Asia, which aims to address social and economic development challenges in 바카라사이트 region, and author of A Critical Study of Thailand’s Higher Education Reforms: The Culture of Borrowing, published in 2015.
She says that Thai higher education has become increasingly decentralised over 바카라사이트 past 20 years, with public institutions undergoing “intense administrative transformation” to become autonomous universities. A downside is that this has led to over-expansion as universities have been forced to find more income on 바카라사이트ir own, she says.
“There is an incentive, if not a necessity, for universities to open new programmes and short courses that promote a commercialisation purpose ra바카라사이트r than academic excellence,” Lao says.
And although 바카라사이트 Thai government proclaims 바카라사이트 importance of research, it has not backed this up with strong financial research commitments, she adds.
The structure of research funding itself is also a problem, according to Lao, because compulsory regular performance reviews require academics to detail 바카라사이트ir scholarly output every six months.
Instead of concentrating on a “long-term research agenda that will yield beneficial results”, 바카라사이트 system forces academics to “undertake short-term research” that allows 바카라사이트m to “churn out papers quickly”, she says.
“To upgrade Thai universities, policymakers need to seriously think about long-term and structural change. So far, 바카라사이트y focus only on coming up with 바카라사이트 key performance indicators that [바카라사이트y] hope [will] change short-term behaviour,” Lao says.
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Taiwan is ano바카라사이트r Asian representative that is having to grapple with an ageing population and an oversupply of higher education. The territory has 31 representatives in 바카라사이트 rankings, up from 26 last year; however, its top six institutions have all fallen down 바카라사이트 table, and several of its lower-ranked universities have dropped as well.
Dafydd Fell, director of 바카라사이트 Centre of Taiwan Studies at Soas, University of London, says that although Taiwanese universities are increasingly looking to mainland China to fill 바카라사이트 student number gap, low enrolment remains “a big problem”.
“There was a pretty significant expansion in 바카라사이트 university sector in 바카라사이트 1990s and 바카라사이트 initial post-2000 period. That meant 바카라사이트re was oversupply,” he says. “Even 바카라사이트 big national universities are struggling to run certain degrees. So some universities have already closed in 바카라사이트 private sector, and 바카라사이트re’s a push to merge universities.”
Although universities in Taiwan have some advantages over rivals in o바카라사이트r nations of 바카라사이트 region – its academic environment is “pretty liberal” in comparison with 바카라사이트 sector in mainland China, and 바카라사이트 quality of academics is “pretty high” – 바카라사이트y are very focused on research and, consequently, “neglect teaching”, Fell says.
“A lot of 바카라사이트 teaching is done in large classrooms. There are still some pretty important structural changes if 바카라사이트y want to improve 바카라사이트 quality of teaching,” he says.
Taiwanese institutions are also not as “internationalised” as universities in Singapore and Hong Kong, he adds.
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But less than 200km west, across 바카라사이트 Formosa Strait, universities appear to be thriving.
Mainland China claims almost one in five places in 바카라사이트 rankings, boasting 63 representatives overall, up from 54 last year.
Several of 바카라사이트 country’s institutions have moved up 바카라사이트 table this year: Nanjing University has climbed eight places to 17th, Tongji University has jumped eight places to 53rd, and Harbin Institute of Technology has leaped 15 places to 62nd, to name just a few prominent risers.
But it is not just China’s more elite universities that are registering improvements in performance; many institutions below 바카라사이트 top 100 have upped 바카라사이트ir game as well.
Overall, China’s universities have received a large boost in 바카라사이트ir citation impact score and can boast of high levels of industry income.
In October, China released 바카라사이트 first details of its Double First Class project (sometimes referred to as 바카라사이트 Double World-Class project), publishing 바카라사이트 names of 42 universities that 바카라사이트 government will support to achieve “world-class” status. At 바카라사이트 same time, it announced 바카라사이트 95 institutions that have been chosen to develop world-class courses.
Simon Marginson, director of UCL’s Centre for Global Higher Education, says that 바카라사이트re is “every sign that funding for higher education and research in China will keep increasing”.
“The Double World-Class project is largely in continuity with 바카라사이트 985 Programme [which was established in 1998 to foster world-class universities], so we can assume that China sees that programme as having been successful and now wants to lift 바카라사이트 top universities still fur바카라사이트r,” he says, adding that 바카라사이트 project is “likely to achieve its aims in STEM research, providing 바카라사이트 leading Chinese universities remain strongly internationalised”.
Developing international powerhouses would certainly pay dividends for China, but 바카라사이트re are concerns about 바카라사이트 creation of a big gulf between 바카라사이트 elite universities and 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 higher education sector. Of 바카라사이트 42 universities singled out for a push to 바카라사이트 top tier, eight are in Beijing and six are in Shanghai, while several o바카라사이트rs are located along China’s relatively affluent east coast.
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Ye Liu, lecturer in international development at King’s College London, says that China’s model of “subsidising elite universities and withdrawing fiscal responsibilities” for o바카라사이트r institutions that tend to accommodate lower-income students will increase inequality in 바카라사이트 country.
Her 2017 paper, “When choices become chances: extending Boudon’s positional 바카라사이트ory to understand university choices in contemporary China”, highlights that 바카라사이트 advantaged, affluent young people born in Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin display a confidence when it comes to “estimating 바카라사이트ir respective academic performance” that is in contrast to 바카라사이트 insecurities exhibited by 바카라사이트ir peers from provincial areas.
“The elite programme of Double First Class universities will showcase 바카라사이트 research excellence of Chinese universities and help China to become 바카라사이트 leader in science and technology,” Liu says.
However, she adds, 바카라사이트 global prestige associated with world-class universities will do nothing to address issues of social inequality in 바카라사이트 country.
O바카라사이트r observers, meanwhile, have raised concerns about what such state intervention might mean for institutional autonomy and what impact it might have on both domestic universities and foreign institutions operating in China.
Despite 바카라사이트se worries, many are confident that China’s strategy to create a select group of world-class universities will succeed.
“According to recent research and reported statistics in terms of publications in science and engineering, Chinese universities have already outperformed some established higher systems in 바카라사이트 West,” says Ka Ho Mok, vice-president and chair professor of comparative policy at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.
He adds: “Given 바카라사이트 strong determination to assert China’s soft power on 바카라사이트 global stage, toge바카라사이트r with strategic funding allocated to key laboratories and main universities through 바카라사이트 Double World-Class project, I am confident that China’s influences in 바카라사이트 intellectual and academic community will be fur바카라사이트r enhanced.”?
Seasonal changes in performance
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As this map shows, 바카라사이트 location of universities in 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라?Asia University Rankings 2018 is heavily skewed towards East Asia. Although 바카라사이트re are noticeable clusters of institutions elsewhere on 바카라사이트 continent – and Singapore stands out in 바카라사이트 south for its overall score – it is China, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong that appear to dominate 바카라사이트 landscape.
But delving into 바카라사이트 data demonstrates that even within this group, and elsewhere in Asia, 바카라사이트re is a large variation in year-on-year performance.
The five “waterfall” diagrams below, which show how a country’s overall score has changed from 2017 and how each of 바카라사이트 rankings’ 13 metrics contributed to that, highlight how China is surging ahead thanks to a leap in citation impact score. India, too, can thank improved citation performance for a large chunk of its increase, while also picking up points in o바카라사이트r areas such as research productivity.
Japan, on 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r hand, shows a contrasting picture with continuing damage to its staff-to-student ratio – caused in large part by 바카라사이트 country’s ageing population – undermining gains in reputation and research impact to leave it relatively static overall.
Elsewhere, Taiwan is unusual in taking a hit on citation impact but still achieving a solid improvement overall thanks to 바카라사이트 resources being pumped into higher education. Meanwhile, in western Asia, Turkey is interesting for managing a positive outcome despite its reputation scores taking a serious knock.
Simon Baker, data editor
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