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21:34, 15-Aug-2017
Chinese universities rise in world university academic rankings
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Chinese universities made 57 spots out of the top 500 in the newly published Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) on Tuesday, an increase of three spots compared with last year.
Among the 57 institutions, 45 were from the Chinese mainland and 12 from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
China's first top 50
Tsinghua University entered the top 50 for the first time, standing at the 48th position – up 10 spots from last year. It is also the third top ranked university in Asia behind the University of Tokyo (24th) and the Kyoto University (35th) – both from Japan.
Peking University remained at the 71th place, making it the second and last university in China to enter the top 100.
CGTN Photo
CGTN Photo
Other Chinese mainland universities in the top 500 include the Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, University of Science and Technology of China and Zhejiang University.
US dominance
The US still dominate rankings with 135 in total, and 48 making the top 100, while the UK lags behind with 38 in the top 500.
Top 20 universities in the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities. / Screenshot
Top 20 universities in the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities. / Screenshot
Harvard University managed to retain its top spot, a place they've held for 15 consecutive years, followed by Stanford University and the University of Cambridge (up one spot).
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology rose one place to number 4 while University of California, Berkeley dropped two spots to number 5.
There are a total of five new universities breaking into the top 100 list, among which Erasmus University in the Netherlands and Cardiff University in the UK.
Future breakthroughs
For the first time, the ARWU has published the rankings of institutions between 501 and 800.
This demonstrates their potential of breaking into the Top 500 list in the near future, according to a press release by the agency.
China and the US are the two biggest hopefuls with 55 institutions recognized respectively.
The ARWU is recognized as a leading global university rankings, along with the QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Originally issued by Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2003, the ARWU has been publishing top 500 university rankings annually based on a set of objective indicators and third-party data, according to its official website.
The Shanghai Ranking Consultancy became the official publisher of the ARWU in 2009.