Use rankings to reveal university characteristics and strengths, experts say. Rankings have more media functions, which are basis for educated people to choose universities and social institutions to choose partners.
No university ranking is 100% perfect in its rankings, says Zhang Ming. Zhang Wei believes that the biggest significance of university rankings is to help schools find good comparison objects and continuously promote their own development. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), QS World University Rankings, THE Higher Education World University Ranking, and U.S. News World University rankings are regarded as the four most influential global university rankings at present.