New report names University top 20 in world

英国泰晤士报高等教育特刊3日公布2012-2013世界最佳大学排行榜报告，美国加州理工学院蝉联第一名，去年第二名的哈佛大学退居到第四名。亚太地区国家大学的排名上升，北京大学从去年第49名升到46名，清华大学更劲升19名，从71名升到52名；全球前200名最佳大学，仍以美国占76所最多，英国31所排第二。nDB延边翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

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The University was ranked 20th on a 2012-2013 list released Thursday of the top 400 universities in the world.nDB延边翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

The list is released annually by the Times Higher Education, a British higher education publication. The rankings are based on 13 variables divided into five categories that measure university performance: teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook.nDB延边翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

University spokesman Rick Fitzgerald said though he’s proud of how the University fared, rankings aren’t the most important indicator of a university’s success.nDB延边翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

“What you or I may have picked for a college is something that’s unique and individual,” Fitzgerald said. “So rankings are nice, but they are not what students should be basing their decisions on where to attend college.”nDB延边翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

Though the University dropped two spots from last year’s rankings, Phil Baty, the editor of the Times Higher Education Rankings, said it was a difficult year for American and British institutions. Specifically, she noted tough competition from Asian institutions benefitting from significant funding and government support, according to a University press release.nDB延边翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

California Institute of Technology was ranked first, followed by the University of Oxford and Stanford University. The University of Michigan was the third-highest ranked American public institution in the Times’ rankings. The University of California, Berkeley came in ninth and the University of California, Los Angeles ranked 13th.nDB延边翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

Baty said in the release that the top 200 schools comprise just 1 percent of the world’s colleges and universities.nDB延边翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

In addition to ranking the world’s top institutions, the Times Higher Education also ranks world universities by reputation, which measures a university’s global brand.nDB延边翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

The University ranked 12th on the list of institutions with the best world reputations.nDB延边翻译公司-忠信乐译翻译有限公司

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