Reference News Network October 7 report, according to the Hong Kong South China Morning Post website on October 3, Tsinghua University has stood out in multiple major global rankings and become a top university in computer science. This marks a change in the situation where American universities have dominated the global computer field.
The report said that according to the latest university rankings, Tsinghua University has led the prestigious U.S. News & World Report Global University Rankings Computer Science Ranking and the CSRankings list for the first time.
In the latest CSRankings list, Tsinghua University surpassed the long-standing leader, Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, and took the top spot. The list ranks institutions based on the number of papers published by faculty members at top conferences in artificial intelligence, computer systems, theory, and interdisciplinary research.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zhejiang University, and Peking University ranked third, fourth, and fifth respectively. Currently, the top ten positions are evenly divided between Asian and American universities, highlighting the growing strength of Asia in the field of computer science.
From the first electronic computer to the birth of the Internet, the United States is known as the birthplace of modern computer science. American universities such as MIT, Stanford University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of California, Berkeley set the standards for this field, cultivating generations of scientists and engineers who established Silicon Valley and the global technology industry.
The report pointed out that Tsinghua University also topped the U.S. News & World Report Computer Science ranking. This ranking is long-established and widely valued by the public, policymakers, and students intending to study abroad. In the latest computer science ranking, six of the top ten universities are from China. Stanford University in the United States ranks eighth, making it the highest-ranked American university.
In addition, Tsinghua University ranked first in the computer science ranking of the SCImago Institutional Rankings, which is entirely based on the number of publications and patents recorded in the Scopus database, the world's largest academic database. Chinese institutions occupied the top ten positions, with Stanford University ranking 11th.
The report said that Tsinghua University's rise is closely related to the government's investment over the years and the booming tech industry in China.
However, according to the CSRankings ranking, American universities still hold a dominant position in core areas such as algorithms, computational complexity, and cryptography.
At the same time, neither Tsinghua University nor other Chinese universities have topped the main rankings that emphasize global academic reputation, such as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings. In the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings Computer Science list, the highest-ranked Chinese universities are Peking University and Tsinghua University, ranking 12th and 13th respectively.
The report said that this gap indicates that although the research output of Chinese universities and institutions has increased significantly, they still lag behind the traditional top universities in the United States and the West in terms of global academic reputation.
A scene at Tsinghua University (Xinhua news photo)
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