cross-posted from : lemmy.zip/post/57099081
Today, Zhejiang is ranked first on that list, the Leiden Rankings, from the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Seven other Chinese schools are in the top 10.
Rafael Reif, a former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said on a podcast last year that “the number of papers and the quality of the papers coming from China are outstanding” and are “dwarfing what we’re doing in the U.S.”
The number of international students arriving in the U.S. in August 2025 was 19 percent lower than the year before, a trend that could further hurt the prestige and rankings of American schools if the world’s best minds choose to study and work elsewhere.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
And what’s the number of international students at those Chinese universities? I doubt it’s anywhere near what the US has even on ICE raid day.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
It’s getting very close 1.2m (US) vs 1m (China). For the 2025 academic year, US enrolmment dropped 17%, China’s grown 4.5%.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
Well, shit, TIL.
So why are all these people going there then, if they have no real promise of citizenship etc.? Or am I wrong there too? Is Chinese education that prestigious? Or are we talking PhDs and researchers and the likes?
Wouldn’t mind a source as well.