The Comparative Study On The Ranking Of Four World Universities

In the face of the development trend of globalization of higher education,the State Council issued the “Overall Plan for Promoting the Construction of World-Class Universities and First-Class Disciplines”in November 2015,namely Double Tops construction scheme.The scheme proposes that,several universities and a number of disciplines will enter the world’s most prestigious ranks,and several disciplines will enter the forefront of world-class disciplines by 2020.By the middle of the 21 st century,the number and strength of first-class universities and first-rate disciplines will be among the highest in the world and basically complete the overall goal of higher education power.University ranking activity is a main form of today’s higher education evaluation,and the aim of university rankings,concept and index system design and its use is the central problem in university ranking activities,is also the focus of the attention from all walks of life and the hot issues.It can be said that the university rankings play an important role in improving the quality of education,guiding students to choose schools and promoting the development of colleges and universities.The four most recognized universities rankings in the world are:Times Higher Education Supplement(THES)world university rankings,Quacquarelli Symonds(QS)world university rankings,and The world’s best universities rankings ranked by US News and World Report(US News),and the academic ranking of world universities(ARWU)published by Shanghai Jiaotong University.This article will these four representative university rankings as a comparative object,using comparative analysis and literature research from several aspects in detail on the comparative study,aims to analysis the concept and purpose of the four world university rankings,ranking method,ranking the index system of the similarities and differences and the similarities and differences.Find four world university rankings are emphasis on scientific research,attach importance to teachers’ teaching quality and pay attention to the internationalization level ofuniversity,hoping to related to our country university ranking index system of improvement and some of the improvement of China’s higher education evaluation system,draw lessons from the advanced parts of the world first-class university,so as to perfect the construction of first-class universities in our country.