Shanghai Ranking Consultancy have announced the latest edition of their Best Chinese Universities Ranking (BCUR). The methodology is complex and very different from that of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). It varies according to the type of university.
There are thirteen rankings: Public Comprehensive Universities (or main list), Medical Universities, Traditional Medical Universities, Non-government Universities, Non-government Financial and Economic Universities, Non-government Language Universities, Financial and Economic Universities, Art Universities, Language Universities, National (ethnic) Universities, Political Science and Law Universities, Sport Science Universities, Co-operation (international partnership) Universities.
There is currently no English version of the methodology. The Chinese version indicates that there are five groups of metrics as follows:
- Level of running the school
- Subject level
- Faculty size and structure
- Talent development
- Scientific research
- Serving the community
- High-end talents
- Major projects and results
- International competitiveness.
The top five universities, unchanged since last year, in the main list, are:
- Tsinghua University, Beijing
- Peking University, Beijing
- Zhejiang University
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Fudan University, Shanghai.
The top university in each of the other categories is:
- Medical universities; Peking Union Medical College
- Traditional Chinese medicine universities; Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
- Non-government universities; Zhejiang Shuren University
- Non-government financial and economic universities; Ningbo University of Finance and Economics
- Non-government language universities; Jilin International Studies University
- Financial and economic universities; Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
- Art universities; Central Academy of Fine Arts
- Language universities; Beijing Foreign Studies Universities
- Political science and law universities; China University of Political Science and Law
- National Universities; Minzu University of China
- Sport science universities; Shanghai University of Sport
- Cooperation universities; Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen.
Source:
Shanghai Ranking