Jacobs Vice Principal (Ian Jacobs) at (Kensington) Campus in Kensington (Sydney Herald Morning Post Photo)
The University of New South Wales (University Of NSW) has risen faster in the latest international rankings than any other 100 institutions in the world, and Australian universities have benefited from China`s strong performance.
Nearly 2/3 of Australian universities rose in the 2020 THE World University ranking (Times Higher Education World University Rankings), the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Thursday. The ranking is recognized as one of the most authoritative universities in the world. )
Among them, the University of New South Wales is the largest of the top 100 universities, jumping to the 71st place, which is considered to be the most influential university in higher education and the key driving force to attract international students.
The University of Melbourne remains at the top of the list in Australia, ranking 32nd in the world. This was followed by a drop of one place in the (Australian National University), ranking of Australian National Universities to 49th place.
The University of Sydney fell one place, ranking third in Australia, ranking 60th in the world. Speaker, a speaker at The Times higher education, said the University of Sydney`s overall score was slightly higher than last year, but competition from the top 100 institutions was particularly fierce, making progress less significant.
Of the 35 Australian universities ranked in the world this year, 19 have been promoted and only five have fallen.
Oxford is still rated as the top university in the world. Cambridge, which ranked second last year, was pushed to third place by California Institute of Technology, while Stanford and MIT also ranked in the top five rows.
Higher scores in the survey of teaching reputation and research reputation contributed to the rise in the ranking of the University of New South Wales. Before that, the University of New South Wales had just had a difficult year as students and some scholars were angered by the shift from two to three semesters.
Vice President Jacobs (Ian Jacobs) said the school aims to be in the top 50 major world rankings, including The Times, by 2025. He said the ranking rose "much faster than we expected" this year and put the school at an average of 69.
"We still need to innovate to break through the goal of 19 to the top 50, but we confirm that we are on the right track," he said.
"Today`s achievements do reflect the incredible hard work and change of the past four years, realizing the ambition and idealistic strategy that it was developed in 2015."
After pressure to cut government funding and limit the number of international students, Australian universities were at risk of being overtaken in 2018, and this year`s survey described their performance as "extremely commendable."
Local politicians and commentators question the university`s excessive reliance on income from Chinese students and its partnership with Chinese universities, but Chief knowledge Officer Phil Betty (Phil Baty) said it was one of the key factors in their success. "Australia has focused its higher education strategy on its growing relationship with China, and the sharing of expertise and technology has paid off on both sides." Chinese institutions are getting better and better at attracting global talent and working with foreign institutions, while Australian universities are benefiting financially and academically from the influx of Chinese, "he said.
The THE World University ranking measures include university teaching, research results and reputation, citation times, international prospects, and knowledge transfer to the industry. The top universities attract more prestige, charge higher fees, and are welcomed by more high-quality international students.
But Andrew Norton, the director of the Higher Education Program at the Grattan Institute, said that too much attention could lead to the university`s off-track. "I`m concerned that the focus on the rankings may distract the broader social mission carried by public universities, which should be teaching and research related to the Australian theme,", he said.
