The University of Sussex in the UK, the University of Oxford and Harvard University in the US rank among the top three in development studies in this year's QS World University Rankings.
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Author: Julia Sun
According to the QS World University Rankings released in March this year, the University of Sussex (UK), the University of Oxford (Oxford) and the US Harvard University (Harvard) rank among the top three in the global development studies (Development Studies) major.
The QS World University Rankings released by Quacquarelli Symonds, a British international higher education consulting company, include comprehensive global university rankings and subject rankings, and are known as the vane for studying abroad. The QS World University Rankings, the UK's Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the US News World University Rankings, and China's ARWU World University Academic Rankings are the four most authoritative university rankings in the world, and have broad influence.
The QS World University Rankings are based on academic reputation (40% share), employer reputation (10% share), faculty/student ratio (20% share), number of citations (20% share), international faculty share (5% share), international The evaluation is based on six key indicators including the proportion of students (5%).
Compared with the other three major rankings, the QS ranking pays more attention to academic reputation. This indicator is based on peer review and has important reference value. At the same time, the QS ranking takes employer reputation as an important indicator, reflecting the employer's reputation for the school's students and having certain reference value for future employment. The 2021 QS Subject Rankings evaluated 1,440 universities around the world, covering 51 subjects. QS's professional rankings have important reference value for students who want to conduct in-depth research in professional fields.
Development studies focus on the various challenges faced by human development and explore solutions. Seven universities in the UK and the United States each entered the top 20 in the 2021QS development studies major list. Among them, the University of Sussex in the UK beat many prestigious universities and topped the list for development studies for four consecutive years. The school's Institution of Development Studies (IDS) is famous for its strong faculty, excellent research standards, and the number of outstanding diplomats, scholars, and experts it has trained. IDS is also ranked first in the field of international development in the "2021 Global Think Tank Report"think tank. In addition, six universities from South Africa, the Netherlands, Australia, Germany and Denmark are among the top 20.
Top 20 Universities for Global Development Studies in 2021
A total of three universities in Asia are ranked in the top 100 of the list. Among them, the University of Hong Kong, National Taiwan University and Zhejiang University ranked 22nd, 62nd and 100th respectively.
This article was first published on the WeChat public account "International Development Observation".
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https://www.qschina.cn/en/qs-world-university-rankings/methodology
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