NTU HITS RECORD LOW IN TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION RANKINGS|泰晤士報大學排名 台大195名歷年最差

In the latest world university rankings published by the Times Higher Education, National Taiwan University's ranking has hit a record low, dropping from 167th to 195th place. NTU said the new Times rankings also looks at school and research funding, which explains the receding position. The latest Times world university rankings have just been announced, with Oxford, Cal tech, and Stanford University claiming the top three places. The National University of Singapore, ranked at 24, is the best in Asia. Among the 26 Taiwan universities that made the list, National Taiwan University received the highest position, 195, which was its lowest since the creation of the Times ranking. ==LIN TA-TE, NTU Secretary-general== Indicators used by the Times rankings and the QS rankings tell us about NTU's strength and weaknesses. We will take position action to improve on our weaknesses. National Taiwan University's ranking fell from 134 in 2013 to 195. NTU said intense international competition and funding are crucial factors. NTU's thesis impact factor ranking went up from 47.3 to 54.5, but its ranking dropped 7 places, which was partly due to the fact that school funding has now been included in the ranking. ==HUANG MU-HSUAN, Prof., Dept. of Library and Information Science NTU== NTU's ranking peaked in 2013 and then started sliding in 2014, which coincided with the government's "Top University Plan" policy. The Times ranking includes several figures from the previous year, so the previous year's performance is directed reflected in the ranking. NTU received a record high 68th place in the QS rankings just recently. However, its position has dropped in both the Shanghai and the Times rankings. Prof. Huang said that the QS rankings mainly looks at prestige, whereas the other two rankings measure factual indicators. Taiwan government's budget for higher education has not increased since 2013, which contributed to NTU's declining performance. TRANSLATED BY：CHRISTINA LIU 英國泰晤士報高教特刊公布最新的世界大學排名，台大從去年的167跌到195，創歷年新低，台大指出，這次評比納入校經費與每位教師的研究經費，分數比才會大幅降低。 英國泰晤士報高教特刊公布最新世界大學排名，冠軍英國牛津大學，美國加州理工學院與史丹福大學分列二三，亞洲最佳是新加坡大學24，台灣有26校入榜，表現最好的台大195名，卻是該榜13年來，排名最差的紀錄。 ==台大主秘 林達德== 從這些的指標裡面 包含前次公布的QS的指標 我們會找到我們的強項 也會看到我們的弱項 對弱項的部分 當然我們也要 去積極去思考怎麼樣去改善 從2013年的134名一路跌到195名，台大指出，國際競爭激烈與經費多寡就是主因，以論文影響力為例，台大從47.3升到54.5，排名卻掉了7名，而邁頂經費縮水，評比新納校經費與每位老師研究費，分數比當然跟著下降。 ==聲音來源：台大圖資系特聘教授 黃慕萱== 大致上2013年到最高點 2014年開始退 就是那跟五年五百億的感覺 是蠻吻合的 其實因為 泰晤士報有蠻多是那種 直接去算去年的 當你直接算去年的時候 其實你去年的一些表現 就會馬上反應在分數上 先前QS排名，台大以68名創新高，但上海交大與泰晤士報的排名都下滑，黃慕萱指出，因為QS重聲望調查，另兩個以事實指標為主，2013年後，台灣高教經費沒增加，台大排名一路跌，退步的事實越來越明顯。 記者 林曉慧、沈志明、林志堅 台北報導