University of Macau improves in global ranking

The University of Macau (UMAC) improved it position in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2016-2017, moving from the 401-500 band last year to be placed in the 351-400 band this year. The institution’s scores in all sectors, namely Teaching, International Outlook, Industry Income, Research and Citations improved from the previous year.
In particular, UMAC has a strong suit in its International Outlook, with 98.8 points out of 100, a 0.4 point increase from the previous year. The Citation category scored 53.3, followed by Industry Income, which scored 46.3. Research received 22 points, while Teaching came in with the lowest score among all the indicators with 21.5, which is still a three point improvement from the previous year.
The rankings released earlier this week list the top 980 universities in the world. It is a global university performance table used to judge world class universities across all of their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
Strong Asia
When looking at country levels, nations in Asia stood out. Two new Asian universities made the top 100 – Chinese University of Hong Kong and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) – while another four joined the top 200 – City University of Hong Kong, University of Science and Technology of China, Fudan University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Furthermore, China’s two flagship universities both made gains – Peking University joined the top 30 in 29th place (up from 42nd last year), while Tsinghua University joined the top 40 in 35th place (up from 47th). Asia’s leading institution, the National University of Singapore, came in at 24th – its highest ever ranking.
Meanwhile, India’s leading university – the Indian Institute of Science – edged closer to the top 200, claiming a spot in the 201-250 band, its highest ever position.
Overall, 289 Asian universities from 24 countries made the list of 980 institutions, with an elite group of 19 ranked in the top 200, up from 15 last year.