Posted Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 8:23 a.m. by Chris Amico in Mess Of A Language and Projects about China, education and second-tier cities
I'm finishing up a long project on second-tier Chinese cities for a real estate newsletter, and clearly, I now have second-tier cities on the brain.
CN Reviews posted a list of the Middle Kingdom's top 30 universities, according to the China Academy of Management Science (h/t China Law Blog), and I couldn't help count how many were in smaller cities. For purposes of consistency, I'm calling Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen the first tier, and anything else is second-tier or lower. By that standard, two-thirds (20/30) of China's top 30 campuses are in second-tier cities.
This could be as much a function of there being more (duh) cities in the second tier than the first, but its interesting to watch places once on the fringe rise to become metropolitan centers in their own right. If the universities listed below are indeed the best in the country, it wouldn't surprise me to see those cities begin to draw more research talent and more high-value investment as their campuses gain notoriety.
Anyway, here's the list. As all rankings of this sort go, add salt to taste.
Top 30 China Universities in 2008
- Tsinghua University: Beijing
- Beijing University: Beijing
- Zhejiang University: Hangzhou, Zhejiang
- Shanghai Jiaotong University: Shanghai
- Nanjing University: Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Fudan University: Shanghai
- University of Science and Technology of China: Hefei, Anhui
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology:Wuhan, Hubei
- Wuhan University: Wuhan, Hubei
- Xi’an Jiaotong University: Xi’an, Shanxi
- Jilin University: Changchun, Jilin
- Zhongshan University: Guangzhou, Guangdong
- Sichuan University: Chengdu, Sichuan
- Harbin Institute of Technology: Harbin, Heilongjiang
- Shandong University: Jinan, Shandong
- Nankai University: Tianjin
- Tianjin University: Tianjin
- Beijing Normal University: Beijing
- Central South University: Changsha, Hunan
- Southeast University: Nanjing, Jiangsu
- Xiamen University: Xiamen, Fujian
- Renmin University: Beijing
- Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics: Beijing
- Dalian University of Technology: Dalian, Liaoning
- Northwest Polytechnical University: Xi’an, Shanxi
- Tongji University: Shanghai
- South China University of Technology: Guangzhou, Guangdong
- Chongqing University: Chongqing
- East China Normal University: Shanghai
- Lanzhou University: Lanzhou, Gansu
(For what it's worth, I studied Chinese at Dalian University of Technology)
Update: I took out the Chinese names for the universities listed, because Wordpress, in its current incarnation, doesn't seem to know what to do with them. If anyone knows how to fix this...
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jun 19, 2008 at 11:07 p.m. // SImon said:
Strange that Chinese characters dont show up properly for you. I use Japanese on some blogs (also running 2.5.1) and don't have any problems. Looking at your page source you are using UTF-8 which is correct. Perhaps there is some problem with how your host has your php.conf set up regarding writing / reading to the database?
jun 20, 2008 at 1:31 p.m. // Chris said:
As far as I can tell, everything is in UTF-8, both in my theme and in the database. This is definitely new--I've never had an issue with Chinese--and it's definitely wordpress. It's been a problem in several themes, including default, and last time the characters didn't even survive editing (reverted to ???). Makes me want to jump platforms again.
jul 13, 2008 at 6:06 a.m. // Chinamatt said:
Any idea if there's a listing for grad schools in China? My university is in the top half here, but I don't work for the undergrads.
jul 14, 2008 at 12:13 p.m. // Chris said:
I didn't see any division of grad and undergrad on the original list. I imagine it's an aggregate ranking, including instruction, research, competitiveness, etc. I've seen a lot of lists like this, with generally similar rankings, but never a post-grad v. undergrad breakdown. If I see one, I'll post it.