Wu Shulian Chinese university rankings explained

Frequency:Annual
Category:Higher education
Publisher:Chinese Academy of Management Science
Country:People's Republic of China
Language:English and Chinese
S:武书连大学排名
T:武書連大學排名
P:Wǔshūlián dàxué páimíng
Order:st

Wu Shulian is an individual who created and published by himself the rankings for universities in China. Wu Shulian's ranking has caused significant controversy due to his excessive business operations behind the rankings and for-profit indicator system design of the rankings. The publication of the rankings has been criticized by many Chinese media, including Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, and Guangming Daily. The Ministry of Education of China strongly opposed the university rankings as it was based on the payment of "fees."[1] [2] [3]

Published ranking

The annual ranking has been continuously released since 1996. Top 100 universities out of 2,236 colleges and universities (general/integrated ranking) since 2002 are as below, as well as 1996 ranking.

University (membership of C9 League/Project 985) 1996 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Zhejiang University (C9-985)43333333311
Peking University (C9-985)32222222222
Tsinghua University (C9-985)11111111133
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (C9-985)217764444444
Fudan University (C9-985)64445666555
Nanjing University (C9-985)26656555666
Wuhan University (985)2099888910787
Sun Yat-sen University (985)191011101012128978
University of Science and Technology of China (C9-985)10151511131177131617
Huazhong University of Science and Technology (985)755777898911
Jilin University (985)15889991111121212
Xi'an Jiaotong University (C9-985)512121412101012141415
Sichuan University (985)271310121113131310109
Harbin Institute of Technology (C9-985)811131314141414111110
Nankai University (985)2519191817171615161514
Shandong University (985)2314141515151516151313
Beijing Normal University (985)4325222019191817202022
Tianjin University (985)1818161616161718212220
Central South University (985)3216171718181919171716
Southeast University (985)921202122232020181919
Renmin University of China (985)4435282624202221191821
Beihang University (985)1422232323222322252727
Xiamen University (985)4224252221212123262323
Dalian University of Technology (985)1130262727252424222118
Tongji University (985)2923212426242625232525
South China University of Technology (985)3520242525272726242424
Chongqing University (985)3433313029282827272626
Lanzhou University (985)3341423233313028292929
Northwestern Polytechnical University (985)1226292828262529282828
East China Normal University (985)3936343332302930313333
Beijing Institute of Technology (985)5032363735333131303030
China Agricultural University (985)1329303130293232333131
Hunan University (985)3845434340343333323232
Northeastern University (985)2227272931323434464646
Zhengzhou University5144444439363535353434
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics1752474544393636363736
East China University of Science and Technology3134353636383837343535
Soochow University6437393938353738423637
Nanjing Agricultural University4750504945424039403938
Wuhan University of Technology6338384242403940394242
Shanghai University4943455254504341383841
University of Science and Technology Beijing2640403843434242504951
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (985)3756564849474843374039
Southwest University93917951514645414343
Northeast Normal University3658605958544943434444
Xidian University4653554746454446474545
Northwest A&F University (985)57495452495347494848
Jinan University8449515348444748545249
Nanjing University of Science and Technology3046464650485149484747
Huazhong Normal University5254575857555050455867
Weifang University55525555535551515453
China University of Mining and Technology2431333541414552538587
Nanjing Normal University7047485153525253645154
Yangzhou University7451545760575754444140
Huazhong Agricultural University6960585656566255616558
Northwest University9548535047465456626163
Ocean University of China (985)5464656059585657605756
Hunan Normal University6261616665606158596268
Beijing Jiaotong University5366677370626059525557
South China Normal University6165666261595960565962
Beijing University of Chemical Technology7586746966615861575655
Shaanxi Normal University8084837571676362666060
Nanchang University9771738868666563636361
Shanxi University80726464636464696870
Hohai University8581707169646665676664
Beijing University of Technology8159646874746766656465
South China Agricultural University8370756562696867827977
Jiangnan University101+101+101+94857368585352
Donghua University75868477827569555050
Nanjing University of Technology72636775707070778078
Fuzhou University69778379727271837774
China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)42374134656972727273
Yanshan University91798182757473737375
Henan University5997101+9387837774716766
Zhejiang University of Technology100929191888075747071
Harbin Engineering University9096897878797176817569
Hebei University82818681777677807880
Jiangsu University73717783817978757472
Shandong Agricultural University238780767673817993101+101+
Hefei University of Technology6879858786877880687176
Xiangtan University9889938990898581788382
Capital University of Medical Sciences63596163688282706959
China University of Petroleum (Qingdao, Shandong Province)4839414037374183858489
Yunnan University67697272788384797679
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law74627480768685869088
China Medical University62686367718786101+101+101+
Southern Medical University101+101+101+101+80888798101+101+
China University of Geosciences (Beijing)42374134918988898893
North China Electric Power University101+95101+100949289768184
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics85768584909090888283
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications89941009285868491878781
China Pharmaceutical University101+101+101+96101+9792909485
Shandong Normal University659997949795919395101+101+
Heilongjiang University101+101+101+101+101+9694949291
Capital Normal University101+101+101+101+101+101+95929395
Shanghai Normal University989697101+101+9896959596
Anhui University959898101+101+9997101+101+100
Fujian Normal University7792101+101+101+101+10098101+101+101+
Taiyuan University of Technology798884808999101+99101+101+101+
Kunming University of Science and Technology839090959393100101+101+101+

Notes:

Controversies

In 2009, the leader of this university ranking program, Mr. Wu Shulian, was reported to have been involved in a fee-for-ranking scandal, involving universities being able to pay money to the ranking program in order to boost their rankings.[5] Consequently, the creditability of his ranking came under criticism. The Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China strongly opposes all university rankings, especially those based on payment of “fees”, a ministry spokeswoman Xu Mei said.

A study by an anonymous group from the Chinese University of Science and Technology showed that California Institute of Technology would fail to rank on the Chinese university rankings if calculated by Wu Shulian's ranking standard, which was considered ridiculous due to that university's international reputation as a leading research institution.[6] This widespread controversy has greatly affected the credit of this ranking program and has frequently been reported on by the media.[7] [8] Wu Shuliang officially responded with paper in Higher Education Development and Evaluation[9] [10] addressing several mistakes made by the study, including failure to correctly use the ranking method, failure to show the calculation process, meaning that the calculations cannot be repeated, inappropriately publishing classified data from the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, inappropriate use of unavailable/non-equivalent indices/scores for California Institute of Technology constituting 78.79% of total indices/scores.[11] Wu Shuliang's paper shows California Institute of Technology clearly ranks much higher than any of Chinese Universities using his published method with proper treatment.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 李江涛 . 2011-05-28 . 新华调查:“大学排行榜”?不如一笑了之 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170124051148/http://news.xinhuanet.com/society/2011-05/28/c_13898883.htm . 2017-01-24 . 2013-01-12 . 新华网.
  2. Web site: 何聪, 姜泓冰, 陈星星 . 2012-05-24 . 大学排行榜不同版本掐架 爆"竞价排名"丑闻 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122217/http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/17969500.html . 2016-03-04 . 2013-01-12 . 人民日报.
  3. Web site: 魏晓明, 丰捷 . 2011-05-27 . 武书连大学排行榜再受质疑 商业操作致弊端丛生 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160313073647/http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/14757616.html . 2016-03-13 . 2013-01-12 . 光明日报.
  4. Top 10 in 1996, 盘点1987~2005中国大学排行榜 (Summarily Counting 1987-2005 Chinese university rankings)
  5. Web site: Universities in Fee-for-Ranking Scandal . China Digital Times (CDT). May 8, 2009.
  6. News: 王磊. zh:加州理工排不进"武书连大学排行榜"前五百. http://zqb.cyol.com/html/2012-05/15/nw.D110000zgqnb_20120515_1-03.htm. August 22, 2012. China Youth Daily. May 15, 2012. Chinese.
  7. Web site: 武书连大学排行榜遭质疑 加州理工排不进前五百_教育_腾讯网.
  8. Web site: 武书连大学排行榜遭质疑 加州理工排不进前五百_教育频道_新浪四川_新浪网.
  9. Web site: 武书连发表论文 正式答复中科大课题组质疑_教育_腾讯网.
  10. Web site: 加州理工学院在中国能排第几名? 武书连正式答复中科大课题组质疑_武书连_新浪博客.
  11. Web site: 加州理工学院在中国能排第几名?(二) - 武书连的日志 - 网易博客 . 2014-01-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202195709/http://wushulianvip.blog.163.com/blog/static/167901482201251425320419/ . February 2, 2014 . mdy-all .