What's a general guide to ranking Dalian universities?
By SuperDonkey on Wed, 2009-06-24 12:37
Now I don't mean this to be horribly subjective. I am genuinely curious on the reputation universities in Dalian enjoy - both inside Dalian and outside. As a teacher this affects what I put on my resume, and determines the caliber of student's I'll teach (i.e. better students tend to go to better universities).
What's your general opinion on a ranking of Dalian universities?
Here's one ranking
I posted one ranking of China's top 30 universities on my blog a while back, courtesy of CN Reviews.
Here's the full list
Dalian University info on DD
Most (if not all) of the Dalian universities are listed here on this site, along with links to their websites. You can also view them layed out on a map here.
Personally, from what I know about the universities in Dalian, I would put Dalian University of Technology, Dalian University of Economics and Finance, and Dalian Foreign Language University in a class on their own. Maybe Dalian Maritime University and Dalian Medical University comes close to getting in that group too.
I wouldn't touch any of the other schools.
Hope that helps a little!
Rick Martin
SARS Technica - China Tech Blog
Regarding ranking, and to
Regarding ranking, and to expand on Chris's answer, the most widely recognised ranking system is provided by the Chinese Academy of Management Science. In this ranking, only Dalian University reaches the top 100 across China (at a respectable ~20 depending on year), you can read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_university_ranking_(Chinese_Academy_of_Management_Science). You'll notice that the top universities tend to be either generalist or technology institutes, rather than softer sciences, I guess this reflects China's funding and academic priorities.
Ranking is different from tiering. There are three generally recognised tiers of university in China - tier I to tier III. It also generally ignores soecialities. For example Dalian Maritime University is recognised as leading it's class (maritime studies in China) but that's a bit of a niche.
It would be a bit of a toll to write down the qualitative advantages and disadvantages of each university here.
I'd also add in factors like a Chinese study program (if you're going to study Chinese there - neither the 'best' college DUT, nor the 'foreign language college' may be the best choice, it depends on the course and student support a lot too).
Likewise teaching, a great university may have a poorly run English faculty, while a 'bad' university may have a very well run faculty. Living too, would you rather be in Lushun or Downtown?
Which is all a bit imprecise.
For study I understand Liaoshi is well regarded simply because it's a training college and puts a lot of resources into training teachers to teach people like you Chinese.
For academics and the 'best' students (on average) I'd recommend DUT.
I worked at Neusoft for a year, it was good, but the students' ability and interest levels varied widely between classes, and the way the faculty was run varied wildly from one year to another.
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