INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITIES The World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI) Ranking 2020 From Challenging to Enhancing Competitiveness
Hwy-Chang MOON, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University Founder and Director, The WURI Ranking Table of Contents
The New Ranking: Importance and Methodology
The Rankings of Innovative Universities
Cases and Implications
Conclusion
2 Universities Are Now in Serious Trouble
The fourth industrial revolution • Goal: From intellectual curiosity to practical education
The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic • Means: From offline to online education
The coronavirus crisis deepens and speeds up the trouble. Will the students come back to campus? We need a different approach to universities.
3 Problems with Existing Models for University Evaluation
Existing Models • THE World University Rankings (Times Higher Education, UK) • QS World University Rankings (Quacquarelli Symonds, UK) • Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, China) • US News Best Global Universities Rankings (US News, US) • World’s Most Innovative Universities (Reuters, UK)
Common Problems • Uniform set of criteria for traditional research and teaching Disadvantage to universities with special visions and objectives • Research and fund-based capabilities Disadvantage to small and young universities • Over-dependence on past numerical data Disadvantage to future-oriented innovative universities
4 Why Do We Need A New Ranking System?
Yj = f (βiXi)
A university with real impacts should be… 1. Not a single objective, but flexible visions and objectives Y1 Yj 2. Not the result of performance, but the causes and methods of the result Yj Xi 3. Not the sense of achievement, but the means of continuous learning Xt Xt+1
Therefore, an effective ranking system should be… 1. Not a single index for academic purpose, but multiple directions for social needs 2. Not statistical outputs, but the inputs that explain why and how 3. Not just current success, but sustainable, practical values
5 How to Innovate?
Traditional Approach New Approach
“What” Approach “How” Approach
• Superior resources • Similar resources - Teaching - Similar teaching resources, but HOW? - Research - Similar research resources, but HOW?
Traditional System WURI System
The HOW approach is particularly important For those institutions that do not have superior resources.
6 The Categories for Innovation
• Industrial applications rather than the traditional ways of counting research papers and lecture-type teaching.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and value-creating startups rather than a traditional focus on the number of jobs filled.
• Ethical value and social responsibility rather than a focus on knowledge and skills just for material success.
• Student mobility and openness rather than an independent yet closed system.
7 The Criteria for Evaluation
Innovativeness Implementability Impact
(1) Industrial application
(2) Entrepreneurial spirit
(3) Ethical value
(4) Student mobility & openness
• Content • Cost • Scope • Process • Benefit • Intensity
8 The Process of Evaluation
Phase 1: Evaluation
• Date: By May 14, 2020 • Presidents or the school’s evaluation team designated by the president
Phase 2: Judgment
• Date: By May 28, 2020 • Representatives of the university leagues and the members of the WURI Evaluation Board
Phase 3: Final Review
• Date: By June 3, 2020 • WURI Evaluation Board aggregated the recommendations of the Judges, checked the reliability of the contents in the submitted applications, and finalized the entries in the Innovative Universities of the WURI Ranking 2020.
9 Table of Contents
The New Ranking: Importance and Methodology
The Rankings of Innovative Universities
Cases and Implications
Conclusion
10 WURI 2020: Top 50 (Industrial Application)
Rank Name Country Rank Name Country
1 Stanford University USA 26 American University of Ras Al Khaimah UAE 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA 27 University of Warwick UK 3 Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute* USA 28 Franklin University Switzerland Switzerland 4 California Institute of Technology USA 29 Simon Fraser University Canada 5 Arizona State University USA 30 Chungwoon University Korea 6 Tsinghua University China 31 Charles Darwin University Australia 7 University of Cambridge UK 32 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Korea 8 Singularity University* USA 33 Hamburger University USA 9 University of Oxford UK 34 Griffith University Australia 10 Olin College of Engineering* USA 35 Danube University Krems Austria 11 Kyoto University Japan 36 Beijing Institute of Technology China 12 University of Gothenburg Sweden 37 Seoul Institute of the Arts Korea 13 Tampere University Finland 38 Dalian Neusoft University of Information China 14 Ohio State University USA 39 Woosong University Korea 15 University of California, Merced USA 40 Telkom University Indonesia 16 Incheon National University Korea 41 Xinyang Vocational and Technical College China 17 Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business* China 42 Chungbuk National University Korea 18 Northwestern University USA 43 Chungnam National University Korea Hong Kong University of Science and 19 Hong Kong 44 ICFAI University India Technology 20 University of Technology Sydney Australia 45 Kunjang Univeristy College Korea 21 University of Antwerp Belgium 46 University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh Bangladesh 22 Brighton and Sussex Medical School UK 47 University of Pretoria South Africa 23 Burapha University Thailand 48 Dublin City University Ireland 24 Belgorod State National Research University Russia 49 Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway 25 University of Delhi India 50 The University of Nottingham UK * boutique universities 11 WURI 2020: Top 50 (Entrepreneurial Spirit)
Rank Name Country Rank Name Country
1 Aalto University Finland 26 Beijing Technology and Business University China 2 Hanze University of Applied Sciences Netherlands 27 Foundry college* USA 3 Princeton University USA 28 University of Athens Greece 4 University of California, Berkeley USA 29 Hupan University* China 5 University of Tokyo Japan 30 Minerva Schools at KGI* USA 6 University of Chicago USA 31 Toyota Technological Institute* Japan 7 Simon Fraser University Canada 32 Draper University* USA 8 Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany 33 Arizona State University USA 9 University of Twente Netherlands 34 Ajou University Korea King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang 10 University of Basel Switzerland 35 Thailand Business School 11 George Mason University USA 36 Riga Technical University Latvia 12 Kyushu University Japan 37 Kyungpook National University Korea 13 University of Oulu Finland 38 Duke University USA 14 Monash University Australia 39 Soonchunhyang University Korea 15 Queen's University Canada 40 Burapha University Thailand 16 Samsung Art and Design Institute* Korea 41 Vytautas Magnus University Lithuania 17 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute USA 42 University of Tartu Estonia 18 Temple University USA 43 University of Minho Portugal 19 Polytechnic Institute of Bragança Portugal 44 University of Aveiro Portugal 20 Dublin City University Ireland 45 Chitkara University India Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for 21 India 46 Singapore Management University Singapore Women 22 University of Catania Italy 47 University of York UK 23 IEDC-Bled School of Management Slovenia 48 Linnaeus University Sweden 24 Tra Vinh University Vietnam 49 Hamad Bin Khalifa University Qatar 25 Northern Kentucky University USA 50 Ashesi University Ghana * boutique universities 12 WURI 2020: Top 50 (Ethical Value)
Rank Name Country Rank Name Country 1 Harvard University USA 26 James Cook University Australia 2 University of Pennsylvania USA 27 Flinders University Australia 3 Ecole 42* France 28 La Trobe University Australia 4 Duke University USA 29 Murdoch University Australia 5 Columbia University USA 30 Incheon National University Korea 6 Yale University USA 31 Kaunas University of Technology Lithuania 7 Florida State University USA 32 Handong Global University Korea 8 University College Dublin Ireland 33 Lac Hong University Veitnam 9 Franklin University Switzerland Switzerland 34 Seoul Women's University Korea 10 University College London UK 35 Woosong University Korea 11 Florida Gulf Coast University USA 36 Polytechnic Institute of Bragança Portugal 12 University of Lincoln UK 37 Chungbuk National University Korea 13 Ajou University Korea 38 Griffith University Australia 14 Kyungpook National University Korea 39 Hanbat National Univeristy Korea 15 University of Split Croatia 40 Luther University Korea 16 Badr University in Cairo Egypt 41 Alliance Manchester Business School UK 17 Maharanis Cluster University India 42 Dublin City University Ireland 18 Telkom University Indonesia 43 Durban University of Technology South Africa 19 Far Eastern University Philippines 44 Centrum PUCP Business School Peru 20 Cranfield University UK 45 Grenoble Ecole de Management France 21 University of the People* USA 46 Hult International Business School USA 22 Monash University Australia 47 ESCP Europe France Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and 23 Korea 48 China Europe International Business School China Technologies 24 Griffith University Australia 49 Goa Institute of Management India 25 Rutgers University USA 50 Universidad Externado de Colombia Colombia * boutique universities 13 WURI 2020: Top 50 (Student Mobility and Openness)
Rank Name Country Rank Name Country 1 National University of Singapore Singapore 26 Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany 2 Seoul National University Korea 27 University of Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 3 University of Copenhagen Denmark 28 Chungwoon University Korea 4 Boston University USA 29 Monash University Australia 5 Free University of Berlin Germany 30 Kyungpook National University Korea Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and 6 Peking University China 31 Korea Technologies 7 RWTH Aachen University Germany 32 La Trobe University Australia 8 University of Bonn Germany 33 Badr University in Cairo Egypt 9 Sussex University UK 34 Telkom University Indonesia 10 Abdullah Gül University Turkey 35 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign USA 11 Aix-Marseille University France 36 Connecticut University USA 12 Northern Arizona University USA 37 Charles Darwin University Australia 13 Trinity College USA 38 Morgan State University USA 14 Flinders University Australia 39 Millsaps College USA 15 Beijing Normal University China 40 Murdoch University Australia 16 University of Vienna Austria 41 EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht Germany 17 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Korea 42 The University of San Diego USA 18 Sarah Lawrence College USA 43 University of Aveiro Portugal 19 Toyota Technological Institute* Japan 44 Belarusian State Pedagogical University Belarus University of International Business and 20 China 45 Business Breakthrough University* Japan Economics 21 University of Denver USA 46 Harlaxton College UK 22 Kansai University Japan 47 Butler University USA 23 Hamburger University* USA 48 Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel 24 Incheon National University Korea 49 University of Portland USA 25 Florida Gulf Coast University USA 50 Webster University USA * boutique universities 14 WURI 2020: Global Top 100 Innovative Universities (1-50)
Rank Name Country Rank Name Country
1 Stanford University USA 26 University of Tokyo Japan 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA 27 University of Gothenburg Sweden 3 Aalto University Finland 28 Tampere University Finland 4 Harvard University USA 29 Ohio State University USA 5 Minerva Schools at Keck Graduate Institute* USA 30 University of California, Merced USA 6 California Institute of Technology USA 31 University of Chicago USA 7 Arizona State University USA 32 Peking University China 8 University of Pennsylvania USA 33 Yale University USA 9 Hanze University of Applied Sciences Netherlands 34 Simon Fraser University Canada 10 Qinghua University China 35 Incheon National University Korea 11 University of Cambridge UK 36 RWTH Aachen University Germany 12 Princeton University USA 37 Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business* China 13 National University of Singapore Singapore 38 University of Bonn Germany 14 University of California, Berkeley USA 39 Northwestern University USA 15 Seoul National University Korea 40 Sussex University UK 16 Singularity University* USA 41 Abdullah Gül University Turkey 17 Ecole 42* France 42 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 18 University of Oxford UK 43 Deggendorf Institute of Technology Germany 19 University of Copenhagen Denmark 44 Aix-Marseille University France 20 Olin College of Engineering* USA 45 University of Twente Netherlands 21 Kyoto University Japan 46 Florida State University USA 22 Boston University USA 47 Northern Arizona University USA 23 Free University of Berlin Germany 48 Trinity College USA 24 Duke University USA 49 University of Basel Switzerland 25 Columbia University USA 50 University of Technology Sydney Australia * boutique universities 15 WURI 2020: Global Top 100 Innovative Universities (51-100)
Rank Name Country Rank Name Country
51 Flinders University Australia 76 Kyungpook National University Korea 52 Beijing Normal University China 77 Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women India 53 University College Dublin Ireland 78 University of Split Croatia 54 George Mason University USA 79 Badr University in Cairo Egypt 55 University of Vienna Austria 80 Burapha University Thailand 56 Franklin University Switzerland Switzerland 81 University of Catania Italy 57 Kyushu University Japan 82 Belgorod State National Research University Russia 58 University of Oulu Finland 83 IEDC-Bled School of Management Slovenia 59 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Korea 84 University of Denver USA 60 University of Antwerp Belgium 85 Maharanis Cluster University India 61 Brighton and Sussex Medical School UK 86 Tra Vinh University Vietnam 62 Sarah Lawrence College USA 87 Northern Kentucky University USA 63 Toyota Technological Institute* Japan 88 Beijing Technology and Business University China 64 Monash University Australia 89 Foundry College* USA 65 University College London UK 90 Telkom University Indonesia 66 Florida Gulf Coast University USA 91 Far Eastern University Philippines 67 Queen's University Canada 92 Kansai University Japan 68 Samsung Art and Design Institute* Korea 93 University of Delhi India 69 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute USA 94 University of Athens Greece 70 University of Lincoln UK 95 Hamburger University* USA 71 Temple University USA 96 American University of Ras Al Khaimah UAE 72 Polytechnic Institute of Bragança Portugal 97 Cranfield University UK 73 Dublin City University Ireland 98 University of the People* USA 74 Ajou University Korea 99 University of Warwick UK University of International Business and 75 China 100 Hupan University* China Economics * boutique universities 16 Table of Contents
The New Ranking: Importance and Methodology
The Rankings of Innovative Universities
Cases and Implications
Conclusion
17 Innovative Cases
Industrial Application Entrepreneurial Spirit
Minerva Schools and Singularity University Aalto University Practical and effective learning to solve the most Product Development Project: students of business, complex issues (the most urgent problems) of our design, and technology together to tackle and solve time industry challenges
Incheon National University Foundry College: Forge Learning Platform Matrix College: Some curriculums are designed Forge online classroom replicating and improving a and operated by companies (the future employers) physical classroom, to provide a community between students and faculty
Student Mobility and Ethical Value Openness
Ecole 42 in Paris [and 42 Silicon Valley] National University of Singapore No tuition, no teachers; project-based learning and Many special global programs: to develop students gamification; students mentored among (both outbound and inbound) into global citizens for themselves diversity and difference
Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and Deggendorf Institute of Technology (DIT) Technologies Regionally rooted – internationally networked: in Five-minute presentation on ethics in every class Europe and non-Europe (Silicon Valley Program) for for not only students, but also the instructors interdisciplinary and transnational problem-solving 18 Emerging Challengers: Regions and Nations
Average Ranking 0 10 20 30 North America, 45 40 50 Europe, 55 60 70 Asia, 67 80 90 100
19 Emerging Challengers: Universities and University Clusters
Universities • U.K.: Oxford (18) vs. Cambridge (11) • U.S.: Harvard (4) vs. Stanford (1) • Japan: Tokyo (26) vs. Kyoto (21) • China: Peking (32) vs. Tsinghua (10) • Korea: SNU (15) vs. INU (35)
University Clusters
US Route 128 US Silicon Valley Biotechnology cluster at Route 128 IT cluster at Silicon Valley • MIT (Media lab) • Stanford (Design thinking) • Unconventional mixing and matching of • Re-framing the tech & social problems seemingly disparate research areas that are ill-defined or unknown
Singapore China Education Cluster & Boston of Asia Beijing Haidian University Cluster • To attract world-class universities and • Peking University, Tsinghua University improve local universities and industries • Zhongguancun high-tech zone
Learn, Innovate and Challenge 20 Table of Contents
The New Ranking: Importance and Methodology
The Rankings of Innovative Universities
Cases and Implications
Conclusion
21 Conclusion
• New roles of universities Knowledge creation and transfer Solutions to the diverse needs of society
• New ranking system Traditional academic performance Real impacts on the world
• New competitors Boutique universities and university clusters
• New pattern of competition Enhancing competitiveness through learning, innovating and challenging
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