On May 11, 2022,Times Higher Education(THE) released the third edition of itsChina Subject Ratings. SJTU performed well in this year's ratings, with a total of 41 disciplines being awarded an A+ ranking. Three disciplines co-constructed by SAIF (Industry & Business Administration, Management Science and Engineering, and Applied Economics) regained A+ designation.
Based on the discipline classification system by Chinese Ministry of Education, theTHEChina Subject Ratingsprovide universities in mainland China with opportunities to compare and demonstrate academic strengths with universities worldwide. This year’s ratings include 1,543 universities worldwide, 91 of which are in mainland China. Using the subject classification system by the Chinese Ministry of Education, they measure performance in 82 subjects on a scale of A+ to C-.
The results show that in the vast majority of disciplines, mainland Chinese universities outperformed universities overseas. Overall, mainland China scores an average grade of B+ in the ratings, above the global average of B.
The data for the 2022THE China Subject Ratingscome from the 2022THE World University Rankings, theTHE China Reputation Surveyfor 2021 and 2022, theTHE Academic Reputation Surveyfor 2020 and 2021, and Elsevier bibliometrics.
TheTimes Higher Education China Subject Ratingsare the only performance tables that judge Chinese institutions against their global peers based upon the Chinese Ministry of Education's classification of subjects. The ratings measure research-intensive universities' subject performance across five key areas: teaching (the learning environment); research (volume, income, and reputation); citations (research influence); international outlook (staff, students, and research); and industry income (knowledge transfer).
