Times Higher Education (THE) has released its latest ranking ofinstitutions in emerging economies.Zhejiang Univesity is proud to learn that it has been ranked 3rd of the top universities in 47 countries or regions.
The announcement was made in London on Febuary 18, 2020. The ranking considers research-led universities from the 50 countries classified by FTSE as emerging countries (advanced and secondary) or “frontier economies”. These include countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Egypt, Nigeria, Mexico, Argentina - and South Africa.
The final list of 533 universities was drawn from only 47 countries or regions because of the rigorous criteria applied to the rankings.
As Times Higher Education explains, the rankings are composed using the same 13 rigorous performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, examining each university’s strengths against its core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. But with the Emerging Economy Rankings, the methodology has been carefully recalibrated to better reflect the characteristics and development priorities of universities in emerging economies - giving more weight, for example, to a university’s industry links and international outlook.
Chinese universities dominates the rankings this year with 14 places in the top 30. Tsinghua University remains number one, while Peking University is second.