On June 9th, QS Quacquarelli Symonds, an international higher education research institution, released the19th edition of the world's most consulted university rankings.

In the 2023QS World University Ranking, Peking University ranked the highest in China (Mainland China), rising six places to the world ranking 12, which is the highest ranking since the establishment of the QS World University Ranking in 2004. Tsinghua University rose three places to the global ranking of 14, which also set its highest ranking in the history of QS world university ranking.

"The remarkable advantages of these two universities are attributed to the improvement of QS research impact index (the number of times teachers' papers are cited) and teacher-student ratio index (representing teaching scale)." QS analysis pointed out that.

China (Mainland China) has the largest number of universities in Asia, with two universities in the top 15, five universities in the top 50, thirteen universities in the top 300 and twenty-eight universities in the top 500. Among them, the top 50 universities in the world are Peking University and Tsinghua University, as well as Fudan University (34th), Zhejiang University (42nd) and Shanghai Jiaotong University (46th).

QS pointed out that the systematic improvement of Chinese mainland University's research performance is enough to offset the continuous decline of QS reputation index.

Besides, compared with global competitors, the teaching scale of Chinese mainland University has been declining. Among the 7 1 universities on the list, the teacher-student ratio of 40 universities has declined, and only 18 universities have improved. * * * Four China (Mainland) universities are among the top 100 in the world, namely south university of science and technology of china, China (97.7/ 100), Tsinghua University (92.8/ 100) and Fudan University (89.3/ 100).