Gloomy year for NZ in World University Rankings
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Gloomy year for NZ in World University Rankings
Thursday, 3 October 2013, 5:23 pm
Press Release: The Times Higher Education
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION PUBLISHES WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2013-14
- A gloomy year for New Zealand in the prestigious league tables, as Auckland falls further -
California Institute of Technology holds on to the world number one spot for the third consecutive year, while Harvard University – tied with Oxford - regains second place, pushing Stanford University into fourth
Japan cements its position as Asia’s number one nation
Top institutions in China, South Korea, Singapore and Japan make gains - China now has two top 50 universities, but Hong Kong’s flagship loses ground
Improvement for Thailand, with India increasing its representation in the World University Rankings
No place in the top 400 list for Indonesia, Malaysia or the Philippines
Bad news for Australia overall, and for its number one, University of Melbourne
US remains dominant with seven institutions in the world top 10 and 77 in the top 200 – one more than last year
Alarming signs across Europe as the top universities in Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Russia, Belgium, the Republic of Ireland and Austria all fall
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• TOP 5 NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITIES
• FULL TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2013-14
• COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REPRESENTATION
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Times Higher Education magazine today publishes its prestigious 2013-14 World University Rankings. It was another strong year in general for East Asian nations.
The California Institute of Technology retains its place at the top for the third consecutive year, with Harvard University regaining second place (up from fourth), a position shared with the UK’s University of Oxford. Stanford University slips from joint second to fourth.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (fifth), Princeton University (sixth), the University of Cambridge (seventh), University of California, Berkeley (up one place to eighth), the University of Chicago (up one place to ninth) and Imperial College London (down two places to 10th) complete the top 10.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are the most comprehensive, carefully calibrated and highly respected global league tables, using 13 separate performance indicators to examine a university’s strengths against all its core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The rankings are powered by Thomson Reuters, which independently collects, analyses and verifies the data.
Japan solidified its position as Asia’s number one nation in the rankings, with a total of five top-200 universities. South Korea has four top 200 institutions, while Hong Kong lost a top 200 institution (City University of Hong Kong) and now has only three representatives.
Japan’s University of Tokyo maintains its status as Asia’s number one and moves up four places to 23rd. The National University of Singapore holds on to second place in the region, moving from 29th to 26th and overtaking Australia’s University of Melbourne in the process.
South Korea’s Seoul National University moves into the top 50 for the first time (44th), followed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (up from 68th to 56th).
Peking University in China creeps up one place to 45th, while its close rival, Tsinghua University, rises two places to joint 50th.
Thailand’s only top-400 representative, King Mongkut’s University of Technology rose from the 351-400 group into the 301-350 band.
The University of Hong Kong is one of the few leading East Asian institutions not to improve its position, falling eight places to 43rd. However, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (57th) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (joint 109th) both make significant gains.
India increased its representation in the overall rankings, although none reached the top 200 list. India has five universities in the group of universities ranked between 200th and 400th. It was led by Panjab University, which made the 226th to 250th group.
Australia lost a top 200 institution with the University of Adelaide slipping out of contention, leaving seven representatives in the list. Of these, four have fallen, with the country’s number one, Melbourne, dropping out of the world top 30 and down to third place in the Asia-Pacific region.
New Zealand’s only top 200 representative, University of Auckland, dropped from 161st last year to 164th.
The US continues to dominate, taking seven of the top 10 places. This year it has 77 institutions in the rankings – one more than in 2012-13. It seems to have largely arrested signs of decline in recent years: of its top 200 institutions, 40 have risen up the tables, 33 have fallen and four have retained their position.
Europe has generally fared badly this year. While the UK’s number one, Oxford, holds on to second place in the table, almost across the board the continent’s top institutions lose ground: ETH Zürich ¬- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, the world number one outside the US and the UK, slips two places to 14th; Germany’s University of Munich falls out of the top 50; and it is a similar tale of woe for Belgium, France, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland and Austria.
Scandinavia is an exception to the trend, with its top institutions strengthening their positions.
The UK remains Europe’s strongest representative, with 31 universities in the top 200. The Netherlands has 12 players, followed by Germany with 10 (down from 11 last year), France with eight, Switzerland with seven and Belgium with five (one more than last year).
Key facts
• There are 26 countries in the world top 200 list – two more than last year thanks to Turkey, Spain and Norway rejoining the group (Brazil drops out)
• The highest-ranked institution outside the US and the UK is Switzerland’s ETH Zürich ¬- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, which slips two places to 14th
• Asia’s number one is the University of Tokyo, rising four places to 23rd
• After the US and the UK, the Netherlands is the next best represented nation (12 institutions), but its number one, Leiden University, makes it only to 67th
• France has eight representatives
• Belgium has five top 200 institutions
• Switzerland has seven players, maintaining its numbers from 2012-13
• Germany has 10 universities in the top 200 (one fewer than last year). Its highest-ranked player, Munich, has fallen out of the top 50
• The Republic of Ireland has just two top 200 institutions – and neither make the top 100
• Japan has five representatives, more than any other Asian nation. After worrying signs of decline, most improved their positions this year
• Of the so-called “Bric” economies, Brazil, Russia and India are not represented in the top 200
• The Middle East is represented in the list by Turkey and Israel. The latter now has two players, down one from last year
• Saudi Arabia and Iran have no top 200 institutions (although both are represented in the 200-400 group)
• Eight countries now have only one top 200 representative – Austria, Finland, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan and Turkey
• Africa has only a single representative: Cape Town (joint 126th)
• New Zealand’s sole representative, Auckland, loses ground
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Comments
Phil Baty, the editor of Times Higher Education Rankings, said:
“The power shift from West to East is not as dramatic this year as the US and the UK have both managed to arrest alarming falls at the national level. But the trend is continuing: the vast majority of continental Europe’s leading institutions have slipped, while those leading the East Asian nations have for the most part risen yet again.
“More Asian institutions are nipping at the heels of the best in the West, increasingly occupying world top 50 places and showing no signs of letting up.”
Tables
THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2013-14: NEW ZEALAND TOP 5
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2013-14 rank
2012-13 rank
Institution
Country
164
161
University of Auckland
New Zealand
226-250
226-250
University of Otago
New Zealand
276-300
251-275
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
301-350
301-350
University of Canterbury
New Zealand
301-350
301-350
University of Waikato
New Zealand
THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2013-14: FULL TABLES
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2013-14 rank
2012-13 rank
Institution
Country
1
1
California Institute of Technology
US
2
4
Harvard University
US
2
2
University of Oxford
UK
4
2
Stanford University
US
5
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
US
6
6
Princeton University
US
7
7
University of Cambridge
UK
8
9
University of California, Berkeley
US
9
10
University of Chicago
US
10
8
Imperial College London
UK
11
11
Yale University
US
12
13
University of California, Los Angeles
US
13
14
Columbia University
US
14
12
ETH Zürich ¬- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich
Switzerland
15
16
Johns Hopkins University
US
16
15
University of Pennsylvania
US
17
23
Duke University
US
18
20
University of Michigan
US
19
18
Cornell University
US
20
21
University of Toronto
Canada
21
17
University College London
UK
22
19
Northwestern University
US
23
27
University of Tokyo
Japan
24
22
Carnegie Mellon University
US
25
24
University of Washington
US
26
29
National University of Singapore
Singapore
27
25
University of Texas at Austin
US
28
25
Georgia Institute of Technology
US
29
33
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
US
30
31
University of Wisconsin-Madison
US
31
30
University of British Columbia
Canada
32
39
London School of Economics and Political Science
UK
33
35
University of California, Santa Barbara
US
34
28
University of Melbourne
Australia
35
34
McGill University
Canada
36
42
Karolinska Institute
Sweden
37
40
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
38
57
King's College London
UK
39
32
University of Edinburgh
UK
40
41
New York University
US
40
38
University of California, San Diego
US
42
44
Washington University in St Louis
US
43
35
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
44
59
Seoul National University
South Korea
45
46
Peking University
China
46
47
University of Minnesota
US
47
42
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
US
48
37
Australian National University
Australia
49
61
Pennsylvania State University
US
50
54
Boston University
US
50
52
Tsinghua University
China
52
51
Brown University
US
52
44
University of California, Davis
US
52
54
Kyoto University
Japan
55
48
University of Munich
Germany
56
68
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
South Korea
57
65
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
58
49
University of Manchester
UK
59
53
Ohio State University
US
60
50
Pohang University of Science and Technology
South Korea
61
58
KU Leuven
Belgium
62
69
Purdue University
US
63
70
University of Gottingen
Germany
63
65
University of Queensland
Australia
65
59
École Normale Supérieure, Paris
France
65
75
Rice University
US
67
64
Leiden University
Netherlands
68
78
University of Heidelberg
Germany
69
77
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
70
62
École Polytechnique
France
70
56
University of Southern California
US
72
62
University of Sydney
Australia
73
72
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
74
142
University of Basel
Switzerland
74
67
Utrecht University
Netherlands
76
86
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
77
70
Wageningen University and Research Center
Netherlands
78
76
University of Pittsburgh
US
79
74
University of Bristol
UK
80
80
Durham University
UK
80
79
Emory University
US
80
87
Tufts University
US
83
83
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
83
94
Michigan State University
US
85
93
Ghent University
Belgium
86
128
Free University of Berlin
Germany
87
105
Technical University of Munich
Germany
88
104
Case Western Reserve University
US
88
106
Vanderbilt University
US
90
94
University of Notre Dame
US
91
99
Monash University
Australia
92
88
McMaster University
Canada
93
96
University of California, Irvine
US
94
99
Humboldt University of Berlin
Germany
95
102
University of Rochester
US
96
81
Pierre and Marie Curie University
France
97
91
University of Colorado Boulder
US
98
89
University of Groningen
Netherlands
98
115
Maastricht University
Netherlands
100
109
University of Helsinki
Finland
100
103
University of York
UK
102
119
Royal Holloway, University of London
UK
103
98
University of Arizona
US
103
99
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
US
103
117
Stockholm University
Sweden
106
114
Eindhoven University of Technology
Netherlands
106
84
University of Montreal
Canada
108
97
University of Maryland, College Park
US
109
121
University of Alberta
Canada
109
124
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
111
106
Uppsala University
Sweden
112
110
University of Sheffield
UK
112
118
University of Virginia
US
114
85
University of New South Wales
Australia
114
92
University of Paris-Sud
France
114
145
Queen Mary, University of London
UK
117
139
University of Glasgow
UK
117
140
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
117
108
University of St Andrews
UK
117
149
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark
121
110
University of Sussex
UK
121
89
University of Zürich
Switzerland
123
82
Lund University
Sweden
124
133
University of Geneva
Switzerland
125
128
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan
126
113
University of Cape Town
South Africa
126
124
Dartmouth College
US
128
122
University of Florida
US
129
154
RWTH Aachen University
Germany
129
110
Trinity College Dublin
Republic of Ireland
131
127
Radboud University Nijmegen
Netherlands
132
134
Indiana University
US
132
130
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
132
72
University of Massachusetts
US
135
150
Boston College
US
136
122
University of California, Santa Cruz
US
137
145
Lancaster University
UK
138
116
Aarhus University
Denmark
139
184
Colorado School of Mines
US
139
142
University of Leeds
UK
141
124
University of Warwick
UK
142
134
National Taiwan University
Taiwan
143
134
University of Utah
US
144
147
Osaka University
Japan
144
140
VU University Amsterdam
Netherlands
146
148
Arizona State University
US
146
130
University of Southampton
UK
148
154
University of California, Riverside
US
148
153
University of Exeter
UK
150
130
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
150
137
Tohoku University
Japan
152
144
University of Freiburg
Germany
153
158
University of Birmingham
UK
154
151
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Germany
155
180
Joseph Fourier University - Grenoble 1
France
156
170
ENS Lyon
France
157
151
University of Bern
Switzerland
157
120
University of Nottingham
UK
159
156
Texas A&M University
US
160
174
Georgetown University
US
161
187
University College Dublin
Republic of Ireland
161
169
University of Iowa
US
161
196
University of Leicester
UK
164
192
University of Antwerp
Belgium
164
161
University of Auckland
New Zealand
164
201-225
Brandeis University
US
164
201-225
Pompeu Fabra University
Spain
168
190
University of Western Australia
Australia
169
171
University of Liverpool
UK
170
187
University of Twente
Netherlands
170
162
University of Vienna
Austria
172
164
Catholic University of Louvain
Belgium
172
156
Yeshiva University
US
174
165
University of Delaware
US
174
176
University of East Anglia
UK
176
198
University at Buffalo
US
176
226-250
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Belgium
178
166
University Paris Diderot - Paris 7
France
178
162
Stony Brook University
US
180
190
Wake Forest University
US
181
171
University of Bonn
Germany
181
174
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
US
183
193
Iowa State University
US
184
201-225
Northeastern University
US
185
193
University of Miami
US
185
201-225
University of Oslo
Norway
185
171
University of Ottawa
Canada
188
176
University of Aberdeen
UK
188
167
University of Texas at Dallas
US
190
183
Yonsei University
South Korea
191
137
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
191
184
University of Illinois at Chicago
US
193
226-250
National Graduate School of Engineering, Paris
France
194
168
George Washington University
US
194
176
University of Reading
UK
196
201-225
University of Dundee
UK
197
226-250
Florida Institute of Technology
US
198
180
Newcastle University
UK
199
276-300
Boğaziçi University
Turkey
199
158
Tel Aviv University
Israel
THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS 2013-14:
COUNTRY REPRESENTATION IN THE TOP 200
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Country
Number of institutions in top 200
Difference to 2012-13
US
77
1
UK
31
0
Netherlands
12
0
Germany
10
-1
France
8
1
Australia
7
-1
Canada
7
-1
Switzerland
7
0
Belgium
5
1
Japan
5
0
Sweden
5
0
South Korea
4
0
Denmark
3
0
Hong Kong
3
-1
China
2
0
Republic of Ireland
2
0
Israel
2
-1
Singapore
2
0
Austria
1
0
Finland
1
0
New Zealand
1
0
Norway
1
1
South Africa
1
0
Spain
1
1
Taiwan
1
0
Turkey
1
1
Brazil
0
-1
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Free iPhone application, 2013-14
The 2013-14 rankings are available via a free Times Higher Education iPhone app, containing full rankings information on the world’s top 400 institutions. Powered by data from Thomson Reuters, the app allows users to change the rankings’ official weighting scheme to create their own personalised lists based on personal preferences. The app is available free on the iTunes store from 9pm on 2 October.
Notes to editors
Methodology key facts
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013-14 draw upon:
• The world’s largest academic reputation survey (more than 10,000 academics in 2013, and almost 60,000 since 2010)
• 50 million citations analysed and compared with the world average from the same field
• Arts, humanities and social sciences placed on an equal footing with science
• Thirteen indicators across five areas have been taken into account, making this the ONLY world rankings to examine ALL the core missions of a modern global university: research, teaching, knowledge transfer and international activity.
The indicators are:
Industry income – innovation
1. Research income from industry/academic staff
Teaching – the learning environment
2. Reputation survey – teaching
3. Staff-to-student ratio
4. PhDs/undergraduate degrees awarded
5. PhDs awarded/academic staff
6. Institutional income/academic staff
Citations – research influence
7. Citation impact (normalised average citations per paper)
Research – volume, income and reputation
8. Reputation survey – research
9. Research income/academic staff
10. Scholarly papers/academic staff and research staff
International outlook – staff, students and research
11. International students/total students
12. International academic staff/total academic staff
13. Scholarly papers with one or more international co-authors/total scholarly papers
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• Data for the Times Higher Education World University Rankings were provided by Thomson Reuters from its Global Institutional Profiles Project, a multi-stage process that collects and validates factual data about academic institutional performance across a range of aspects and multiple disciplines. http://science.thomsonreuters.com/globalprofilesproject/
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