World's top 200 university rankings Japan is only the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University 2 September 13:31
There are only two Japanese universities in the top 200 universities in the world's university rankings published by British education journals, and there are fewer than China and Korea in Asia as a whole. The situation continues.
The UK's education magazine, Times Higher Education, publishes the world's university rankings every year based on 13 indicators, including research content, quality of education, and the number of citations of papers.
In the ranking of the 2020 edition announced on the 11th, the top 200 universities in Japan were two universities: the University of Tokyo, which rose from 42nd last year to 36th, and Kyoto University, which ranked 65th last year. was.
The first place in the ranking is Oxford University in the UK for the fourth consecutive year, the second place is the California Institute of Technology in the United States, the third place is the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and the top 12 universities are occupied by the British and American universities.
Asia's top is Tsinghua University in China, ranked 23rd, followed by Peking University in 24th, and “Times Higher Education” was praised for its citation count and high research costs.
Only 2 universities have entered the top 200 universities in Japan since last year, which is less than 7 schools in mainland China, 6 schools in Korea, and 5 schools in Hong Kong.