China's Top 30 Universities
CnReviews has a post that contains a ranking of China's top 30 universities by the China Academy of Management Science.
1. Tsinghua University, Beijing
2. Beijing University
3. Zhejiang University, Hanzhou, Zhejiang
4. Shanghai Jiaotong University
5. Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu
6. Fudan University, Shanghai
7. University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui
8. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei
9. Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei
10. Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shanxi
11. Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin
12. Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, Guangdong
13. Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan
14. Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, Heilongjiang
15. Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong
16. Nankai University, Tianjin
17. Tianjin University, Tianjin
18. Beijing Normal University, Beijing
19. Central South University, Changsha, Hunan
20. Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu
21. Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian
22. Renmin University, Beijing
23. Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Beijing
24. Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning
25. Northwest Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shanxi
26. Tongji University, Shanghai
27. South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong
28. Chongqing University, Chongqing
29. East China Normal University, Shanghai
30. Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu
For what it is worth....
What is it worth, anyway?
Comments
It's as meaningless as US News ranking.
Posted by: anonymous | June 8, 2008 3:50 PM
For my money, the best university in China is Beijing Foreign Studies University (北京外国语大学).
Posted by: laqiao | June 8, 2008 9:11 PM
It's meaningful if people are paying attention to them. Are they?
Posted by: Anon | June 9, 2008 4:48 AM
Good to see my ol' alma mater South-East up there.
The listing is useful in that any university that is in the top ten can reasonably claim to be a 'top five' university, and any in the top 25 will be best in the country at something. This doesn't, of course, mean that most of these universities aren't riddled with corruption and plagiarism.
Posted by: FOARP | June 9, 2008 5:03 AM
Interesting that two-thirds (20/30) are in second-tier cities. I'm writing about smaller cities at the moment, so it's on my mind, but still, it's somewhat surprising to see Lanzhou on the list, or Jilin. Not places that get a lot of attention.
Good to see Dalian University of Technology up there, too. I'll have to note that on my resume.
Posted by: Chris | June 11, 2008 11:47 PM
I think the best indicator for national level institutions is the government's own project to upgrade the university sector. Institutions under this programme receive a huge amount of extra funding, so one would expect they're leading their rivals in most fields.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_985
Posted by: Duncan | June 16, 2008 4:26 AM
It seems fair to say there are problems with rankings, but rankings are based on factors that are often true indicators of what is offered to students. While it is unfortunate that some students may select a university solely on rank, rankings are useful as general indicators of a university's prestige, which is a factor in the subsequent job offers a student may receive.
Posted by: Minnesota Attorney | August 24, 2008 11:24 PM