China’s prestigious Tsinghua University has bested the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to become the top school in the world for engineering research, according to a new U.S. News & World Report ranking, in a development that has renewed debate within China over the country’s educational system.
Tsinghua, which is often called “China’s MIT” and is renowned as one of the country’s top schools for studying sciences, came in first among 250 universities ranked by U.S. News in a report released this week, with Cambridge-based MIT ranking second.
Each school’s score is based on its number of publications and citations as well as its global and regional research reputation. U.S. News has released rankings of U.S. colleges for more than 30 years, but 2015 marks only the second year that it has scored universities across the globe.…Interesting tidbit:
This week’s Nobel win by Tu Youyou has reignited debate over China’s educational system, with the pharmacologist’s lack of traditional academic credentials prompting soul-searching within the country’s scientific research community. Ms. Tu is known in China as a “three withouts” scientist, as she has no PhD, no education abroad and no title of yuanshi, or academic.WSJ — China Real Time
Chinese University Tops MIT in Engineering Rankings
ht Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution
