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University of Science and Technology of China was ranked no.3 in Chinese Mainland along with Fudan University and 220-225th in the world in the 2012-13 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, announced Oct 3, 2012.Peking University was ranked 46th and Tshinghua University 52nd.
For other universities of Chinese Mainland, Nanjing University took the place of 251-275th, Shanghai Jiao tong University 276-300th.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings powered by Thomson Reuters are global university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons available.These 13 elements are brought together into five headline categories, which are: "Teaching - the learning environment", "Research - volume, income and reputation", "Citations - research influence", "Industry income - innovation" and "International outlook - staff and students and research".
"Huge investment in top research universities across Asia is starting to pay off," said Phil Baty, editor of Times Higher Education :"And while the Sun rises in the East, England faces a perfect storm."
"The trend is clear. Universities in the East - China, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan - is getting stronger and stronger, while many Western universities have plummeted on the table," Information, a famous newpaper of Denmark remarked.
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