However, any university ranking should not be taken too seriously. Although QS World University Ranking is rated as one of the most striking university rankings in the world because of its open and transparent questionnaire form, it is also criticized because of too many subjective indicators. Among the ranking indicators, in addition to four objective indicators, namely, the number of papers cited by teachers (accounting for 20% of the score), the ratio of students to teachers (accounting for 20% of the score), the proportion of international students (accounting for 5% of the score) and the proportion of international teachers (accounting for 5% of the score), there are two subjective indicators, namely, peer evaluation and employer evaluation, accounting for 50% of the score.
In addition, a university can introduce more writers according to the number of teachers' papers rather than the number and quality of students' papers, thus improving its ranking. But how much does this mean to students?