Chinese Universities Are Becoming Increasingly Competitive
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Chinese colleges and universities are becoming increasingly competitive. According to a British study, many of China’s colleges and universities are attracting global talent and putting themselves on a global map of top institutions which has been long dominated by American universities.
British-based Times Higher Education established a new study and ranked the world’s universities using the Alma Mater Index, which charts the number of global CEOs a given institution has produced.
Harvard University unsurprisingly tops the list with 25 graduates who are on Fortune magazine’s Global 500 CEOs list. However, 15 mainland-China institutions and one Hong Kong university climbs list of CEO-producing universities. Tsinghua University with seven top CEOs was top 13 on the list.
Shandong University is also 30 on the list. China Europe International Business School ranked 42 on the list, and even the Communist Party Central School ranked 47 on the list. Coming in at 67 and 72 were Southwest Jiaotong University and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which produced big names in communication technology.
According to a report by the South China Morning Post, there is a new trend of South Korean students turning to their Asian neighbor for schooling instead of the U.S.“I chose China over the U.S. as China is the future,” said Lee Eun-yul, a South Korean student who got her master’s degree at China Europe International Business School in Shanghai. “My experience in China opens more exciting opportunities and I expect more challenging work when I join [Samsung this month],” she said.
Many students like Lee saw their future in China. According to South Korea’s Ministry of Education report, the number of South Koreans studying in China was more than double that of 10 years before, with a recorded 62,855 students.
Moreover, the Chinese language is an increasingly important business skill. “Studying in China offers another language skill and human network, a qualification that sells well to companies expanding their Asia businesses.”
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