"東亞大學排名攀升"

但是頂尖的位子還是由美國和英國的學校拿下。

泰晤士高等教育雜誌最近公佈了2013年的國際大學排名，並且展現出東亞學校正迎頭趕上他們西方的競爭對手。只有一所東亞大學──東京大學──登上前十名，但現在前100所中已有16所東亞大學。此數據中包含日本五所、新加坡三所、南韓兩所、台灣一所、香港兩所以及中國的三所學校。

排名編輯菲爾巴帝表示，東亞大學進入前100名的數據並不令人驚訝，他說：「我們看著亞洲大學上升的趨勢，在全球成為標榜。」他解釋如此改變「有部分是因為某些東亞政府承認，投資於大學的經費對他們的經濟來說相當重要。」

前十名的位子還是由英國和美國機構主導，第一和第二名分別是哈佛大學及麻省理工學院。英國學校劍橋和牛津則拿下第三和第四名，而加州大學柏克萊分校則補足了前五名的位子。

(Education) East Asian Universities Climb University Rankings

The top spots are still taken by schools in the US and UK, however.

The Times Higher Education magazines 2013 international university rankings were published recently, and they show that schools from East Asia are catching up with their Western rivals. There is still only one East Asian university V the University of Tokyo V in the top ten, but there are now 16 in the top 100. That figure includes five from Japan, three from Singapore, two from South Korea, one from Taiwan, two from Hong Kong, and three from China.

Rankings editor Phil Baty noted that the number of East Asian universities in the top 100 was not a surprise, saying: We are seeing a trend of Asian universities rising, making more of a mark globally. He explained that the change has come partly because of an acknowledgement by some East Asian governments that spending on universities is vital to their economies.

The top ten places are still dominated by UK and US institutions, with Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology coming first and second. UK schools Cambridge and Oxford took the third and fourth spots, with the University of California, Berkeley rounding out the top five.

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