The United Kingdom’s Times Higher Education published the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, local U.K. time, on the 2nd of September. Macau University of Science and Technology (M.U.S.T.) has been ranked among the top 251-300 of the Rankings for two consecutive years. As a top-300 world university, the University now occupies the highest rank in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings among all local Macao universities.
In the five areas of indicators calibrated by The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, namely, teaching, research, international outlook, citations and industry income, M.U.S.T. scored 86.3 in the “Citations” indicator, which represents an improvement over that of last year and speaks of the gradual rise of impact of the University in the international scholarship community. “Citations” indicates the force of impact of a university in the international academic community based on the number of times of research publications of the university being cited by international scholars. It helps to reflect the contribution of a university to societal progresses and to identify which research conducts excel in the eyes of the global academic community and therefore draw the eyes and interest of the other peer researchers.
Since it was founded, Macau University of Science and Technology has committed to cultivate a great diversity of high-level talents for the society, adopted the policy of attaching equal importance to teaching and research, placed emphasis on building of characteristics and uniqueness, and pursued extraordinariness, which has helped to bring the University to greater heights continuously. After two decades’ fast development, the University has accomplished continuous improvement for its educational quality, international profiles and research standards, fostered outstanding and innovative talents who love China and Macao for the Greater Bay Area, and made contributions to the adequately diversified development of Macao economy and to the societal progresses of Macao.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings, the U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings, and the Shanghai Rankings Academic Ranking of World Universities are regarded as the four most authoritative world university rankings. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings is based on 13 performance indicators in five areas: teaching, research, international outlook, citations and industry income.
For more details on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021, please refer to the following website:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2021/world-ranking
