ARWU rankings somewhat kinder to Japan

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), out of Shanghai, China, has its merits: it comes out in August, and when differences across universities are not statistically significant, it places them in a tie rather than letting the chips arbitrarily fall where they may.

This year's list is somewhat kinder to Japanese universities, which clearly still dominate their designated region, the Asia-Pacific.

Full information is at the links below. The quoted material after the links highlights how Japanese institutions did in the top 200. Nine make the list. To summarize, Todai/U. of Tokyo is number 20 worldwide and top in Japan and Asia. Japan's number 2, Kyodai/Kyoto U., is still in the top 30 at a respectable 24.

Despite all the government money now going to Waseda and Keio, no private university is in the top 200 (the main weakness: science and technology). This is really a list of elite national universities (now 'national university corporations' or 'NUCs') in Japan. However, it is important to note that most NUCs are not elite, and it's interesting that the top universities in Taiwan and S. Korea were also national universities (of Japan--national imperial universities!).   

http://www.arwu.org/index.jsp

http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2010_2.jsp



in top 100
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20 The University of Tokyo Asia/Pacific 1

24 Kyoto University Asia/Pacific 2

75 Osaka University Asia/Pacific 6

79 Nagoya University Asia/Pacific 7

84 Tohoku University Asia/Pacific 8

in top 200

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101-150 Tokyo Institute of Technology Asia/Pacific 10-18

151-200 Hokkaido University Asia/Pacific 19-26

151-200 Kyushu University Asia/Pacific 19-26

151-200 University of Tsukuba Asia/Pacific 19-26
   
  

ARWU World Rankings not much better for Japan's universities

To sum up the ARWU results in terms of Japanese universities:

1. One institution makes the top 20--Tokyo University. However, Todai fell from 19 in 2008 to 20 this year.
2. Kyoto University is in the top 30 at 24, but slipped from 23 in 2008.
3. Osaka, Nagoya and Tohoku are all in the top 100, at 71, 82, and 84, respectively. Tokyo Institute of Technology, unlike the QS table, IS NOT in the top 100.
4. Todai and Kyodai are still considered the top two universities for the Asia/Pacific region, unlike the findings of the QS results, which puts Australian National University at 17, very much higher than the ARWU's rank of 59.

The ARWU top 20 is:

http://www.arwu.org/ARWU2009.jsp

(Source: Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2009)

World Rank Institution Region Regional Rank Country National Rank Score on Alumni Score on Award Score on HiCi Score on N&S Score on PUB Score on PCP Total Score

1
Harvard University
Americas 1 1 100 100 100 100 100 74.8 100
2
Stanford University
Americas 2 2 39 78.7 87.1 67.3 70.1 66.9 73.1
3
University of California, Berkeley
Americas 3 3 67.4 77.1 68.4 71.1 69 53.2 71.0
4
University of Cambridge
Europe 1 1 89.4 91.5 53.8 53.9 65.4 65.5 70.2
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Americas 4 4 71 80.6 65.7 67.9 62 54.4 69.5
6
California Institute of Technology
Americas 5 5 51.5 69.1 57.1 66.2 47.7 100 64.8
7
Columbia University
Americas 6 6 70.6 67.7 55.7 49.1 69.6 46.5 61.7
8
Princeton University
Americas 7 7 57.8 85.2 61.6 41.5 45.7 61.4 60.2
9
University of Chicago
Americas 8 8 65.8 84.3 49.7 38.6 51.6 41.8 57.0
10
University of Oxford
Europe 2 2 57.6 57.9 48.9 49.8 66.1 45.7 56.3
11
Yale University
Americas 9 9 49.8 43.6 57.6 55.7 62.7 49.5 55.2
12
Cornell University
Americas 10 10 40.5 51.3 54.3 51.7 61.2 39.9 53.1
13
University of California, Los Angeles
Americas 11 11 23.8 42.8 57.4 50.3 74.5 36.2 52.3
14
University of California, San Diego
Americas 12 12 15.5 35.9 60.3 53.9 65.2 48 50.7
15
University of Pennsylvania
Americas 13 13 30.9 34.4 57.6 44.1 69 39.8 49.3
16
University of Washington
Americas 14 14 25 31.8 53.3 48.8 73.7 28.1 48.0
17
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Americas 15 15 37.5 35.5 52.3 39.8 66.7 28.6 46.7
18
University of California, San Francisco
Americas 16 16 0 36.8 53.8 49.7 59.9 46.7 45.9
19
The Johns Hopkins University
Americas 17 17 44.7 27.8 41.7 49.1 67.1 24.9 45.2
20
The University of Tokyo
Asia/Pacific 1 1 34.1 14.1 42.9 49 79.7 34.1 45.1

remainder of Japan's top 100 entries follows:
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24
Kyoto University
Asia/Pacific 2 2 34.6 34.9 38.4 34.6 67.3 31 42.7

71
Osaka University
Asia/Pacific 5 3 10.9 0 26.2 27.8 62 28.3 27.8

82
Nagoya University
Asia/Pacific 7 4 25 14.1 16.2 22.6 48.1 25.9 26.0

84
Tohoku University
Asia/Pacific 8 5 16.4 0 21.8 22.3 59.7 27.5 25.8

2008 Shanghai Jiao Tong University ARWU Global Rankings

I have extracted the Japanese universities' entries. The results are very similar to the THES rankings I featured late last year at the JHEO Blog.

http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/EN2008.htm

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/EN2008.htm

Top 100
http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm

19 Tokyo Univ Asia/Pac 1 Japan 1 32.2 14.1 43.1 51.9 83.3 35 46.4

23 Kyoto Univ Asia/Pac 2 Japan 2 35.4 33.4 38.6 35.8 70.6 31.5 43.5

68 Osaka Univ Asia/Pac 5 Japan 3 11.2 0 26.3 28.2 63.6 28.7 28.3

79 Tohoku Univ Asia/Pac 7 Japan 4 16.8 0 21.9 23.2 63.9 28.9 27.1

Top 100 Asia Pacific universities
http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/ARWU2008_A(EN).htm

1 Tokyo Univ 19 Japan 1
2 Kyoto Univ 23 Japan 2
5 Osaka Univ 68 Japan 3
7 Tohoku Univ 79 Japan 4
9-16 Kyushu Univ 101-151 Japan 5-7
9-16 Nagoya Univ 101-151 Japan 5-7
9-16 Tokyo Inst Tech 101-151 Japan 5-7
17-22 Hokkaido Univ 152-200 Japan 8-9
17-22 Tsukuba Univ 152-200 Japan 8-9
23-41 Hiroshima Univ 201-302 Japan 10-12
23-41 Keio Univ 201-302 Japan 10-12
23-41 Kobe Univ 201-302 Japan 10-12
42-68 Kanazawa Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
42-68 Niigata Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
42-68 Okayama Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
42-68 Tokyo Med & Dental Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
42-68 Waseda Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
42-68 Yamaguchi Univ 303-401 Japan 13-18
69-100 Ehime Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Gifu Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Gunma Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Kagoshima Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Nagasaki Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Nara Inst Sci & Tech 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Nihon Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Osaka City Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Osaka Prefecture Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Tokyo Metropolitan Univ 402-503 Japan 19-31
69-100 Tokyo Univ Agr & Tech 402-503 Japan 19-31