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• Recently the Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University has launched ranking for 2020.
About:
• Times Higher Education (THE) is a weekly magazine based in London, reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education.
• The Times Higher Education (THE) Asia University Rankings 2020 use the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings.
• The universities are judged in four core areas: (1) Teaching, (2) Research, (3) Knowledge Transfer, and (4) International Outlook.
Key Findings:
• China is home to the continent’s top two universities for the first time this year, as Tsinghua University is ranked 1, and Peking University is ranked 2.
• With eight institutes in the top 100, India is the third most represented country in the Ranking.
• The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore retains its top position in the country by attaining the 36th spot globally. Eight Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) have also been featured in the top 100.
• Even as more IITs have been featured in the ranking; THE claims that “overall picture for India’s IITs (is) one of general decline amid increased regional competition”.
• This decline comes suggesting the negative movement is down to the increased number of qualifying universities from across Asia.
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