QS is proud to announce the QS Undergraduate scholarship.

Scholarship value: US$ 10,000

Recipients: 1

Eligibility Criteria:

1. You must start your first year of study in the next academic year
2. You must study at a bachelor/ undergraduate level
3. You must be admitted to study at a university featured in a QS ranking at any position. Please check here: QS World University Rankings®, QS World University Rankings by Subject, QS World University Rankings by Faculty, QS Top 50 Under 50, or QS University Rankings by Region. 
4. You must have accepted an offer from a school by the time we select a winner in May
5. The scholarship must go towards your tuition fee 

To apply for the scholarship, please write an essay on the below:

Essay topic:  Choose a person who has had a significant impact on your life so far. This could be someone you know personally, or a famous person from the past or present. Explain how and why this person has inspired you, and how s/he has influenced your academic and professional goals.

Word limit: Maximum 500 words

Deadline: 30^th April 2020 (midnight GMT)

Please indicate your full name and the scholarship title at the beginning of your essay. These words will not count towards the word limit.

Harvard University today retains the top spot in the 2016 edition of the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) – widely known as the Shanghai Ranking – a position it has now occupied for 14 years. Stanford University holds onto second place, while the University of California, Berkeley climbs one position to third. While there is some re-shuffling within the top 10, no universities break into or drop out of this group, in which the United States’ clean sweep is interrupted only by the UK’s Oxbridge institutions.

The top tier of the ARWU ranking is strongly dominated by US universities – even more so than the QS World University Rankings® or the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. While only two UK universities feature in the Shanghai Ranking’s top 10, the latest edition of the QS ranking features four UK entries at this level, and THE three.

Both the QS and THE rankings also feature Switzerland’s ETH Zurich within their top 10s. While the prestigious Swiss institution remains continental Europe’s leading entry in the Shanghai Ranking, it does not appear until 19^th.

The only other non-US and -UK institution to feature in the Shanghai Ranking’s top 20 is Japan’s University of Tokyo (Todai), which climbs one position this year to rank 20^th. This time the result is much higher than in the other rankings; Todai comes 39^th in the latest QS ranking, and 43^rd in THE.

Canada’s leading representative in the ARWU, the University of Toronto, falls two places this year to rank 27^th – higher than its position in the QS table, but lower than its place in the THE list. France’s leader in the Shanghai Ranking, Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6, drops three positions to 39^th, but remains much higher here than in either of the other tables.

Nearby in the table, Denmark’s University of Copenhagen strengthens its position, climbing five places to 30^th. Australia’s leading entrant, the University of Melbourne, will also be celebrating, having climbed four positions to 40^th - similar to its QS position, though lower than it ranks in THE. Meanwhile Sweden’s Karolinska Institute likewise gains four positions, finishing at 44^th. 

About the Shanghai Ranking

Published annually since 2003, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), or Shanghai Ranking, publishes the world’s top 500 universities based on six indicators. These include the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers, number of articles published in Nature and Science, number of articles indexed in the Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index, and per capita academic performance of an institution. While there are some similarities with the methodologies used to create the QS World University Rankings® and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, all three apply a different set of indicators and weightings – resulting in lists that while largely correlated, often differ in both individual ranking positions and broader national trends.

We’re pleased to introduce a great new feature of the QS university ranking tables, allowing users to directly compare universities worldwide on a range of criteria – including tuition fees, ranking history, size and international diversity on campus.

The new university comparison function can be accessed directly from any of the QS ranking tables, and is available for all logged-in users (to register for free, click here). To create a comparison, simply select up to four universities in the ranking table, and then click on ‘Compare’.

The university comparison displays data on each institution side by side, including ranking results and history, as well as additional information. Students can quickly compare several universities they’re interested in – and then click through to a university profile page for more details.

Alongside information about each institution’s type, focus, size and diversity, the university comparison also provides details of the range of tuition fees charged. This is broken down by study level (undergraduate and postgraduate), with specific fee ranges provided for domestic and international students.

More information will be added to the university comparison in future, making it even easier for prospective students to quickly create a shortlist of institutions matching their own priorities, preferences and budget.

Got a suggestion for the next phase of the university comparison? What information would you like to see added? Let us know in the comments below, or send us a message on Twitter or Facebook.

如果你想在中国顶尖大学学习，那么基本可以肯定你在考虑清华大学和北京大学。这两所高校均位于中国首都北京，一直位列中国前两名。

在2019年QS世界大学排名中，清华大学排名世界第17位，超过第30位的北京大学。在最新一期的QS金砖五国大学排名中，得益于在全球范围内的良好声誉，这两所大学也取得了前两名的成绩。

继续了解一下中国这两所顶尖大学在金砖五国排名以及最新QS世界大学学科排名中展示出的相关学科优势吧。

金砖五国排名中清华大学、北京大学的对比

如上表所示，这两所中国顶尖大学在金砖五国所有顶尖学府中的声誉都是最优秀的，在学术界和雇主评价中都名列前茅。清华大学在这两项声誉调查中稍稍领先，而北京大学在其他三项指标上则更胜一筹。

值得注意的是，北京大学有着更为国际化的校园社群占比，国际教职工和学生的比例更高，尽管清华在这些指标上的得分也不错。

在学术影响力方面，这两所大学势均力敌。除了北大的师生比例，这两所大学的最低分都出现在“拥有博士学位的教职工”指标中，该指标反映了拥有博士学位资格的学术人员比例。不过两所高校在教员学术论文数量和论文引用数量方面的排名都是非常好的。

既然这两所中国顶尖大学总体表现水平相近，那么在具体学科上的表现如何呢？

清华大学、北京大学的学科排名

这两所中国排名前二的大学，在按学科划分的QS世界大学排行榜上也很突出。在一共46门学科中，清华大学有33门被列入世界最佳榜单，而北京大学则有37门。

清华最强的学科是土木与结构工程（世界排名第9）、建筑学/建筑环境与工程技术（第10）和化学工程（第11）。北京排名前三的是现代语言（第10）、自然科学（第14）和地理（第16）。

北京大学总体上说，在更广泛的学科领域中表现优异，除了工程和技术，在其他所有学科领域中的表现均优于清华。以下是2019年按学科划分的QS世界大学排名详情，以及这两所大学在各大学科领域中的排名。

Which of these two top universities in China would you choose, and why? Let us know in the comments below.你会选择这两所中国顶尖大学中的哪一所，为什么？欢迎在评论中告诉我们。

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无论你是美国公民还是国际学生，美国研究生院的录取过程都是很难掌握的。但是，当然，一旦你获得了你梦想中的研究生院的位置，你所付出的所有努力都会得到回报！请跟随我们的步骤指南来浏览美国研究生院的录取周期......

1. 尽早开始，检查截止日期。                                           

很显然，申请研究生院会占用很多时间。从在标准化考试中取得高分，到提交成绩单，再到获得教授的推荐信，要通过很多环节。因此，尽早开始，列出一份您需要提供的所有文件的清单，记下所有重要的截止日期--包括申请奖学金的截止日期。有必要在日历上做注解或在手机上设置提醒，以帮助你记住你必须遵守的最后期限。

2. 弄清资金情况。

你要申请的每门课程的学费是多少？大学推荐的生活费预算是多少？你有资格申请哪些奖学金？你（现实中）有时间在学习之余做兼职吗？是否有机会申请研究生助教？您准备好申请贷款了吗？

您还需要考虑到个人的申请费，平均费用在50美元到100美元之间，以及标准化考试如GRE的费用。准备一份预算，记下申请所涉及的所有费用，您需要的金额，以及您可以从各种渠道获得的资金。在整个过程中，定期更新这个预算。

3. 预订你的标准化考试。  

了解你需要参加哪些标准化考试。大多数美国大学要求研究生申请人提交GRE®综合测试成绩，而一些部门可能会要求你提交GRE科目测试的成绩。在预约考试日期时，确保你有足够的时间在截止日期内给你的论文打分，并将分数寄给每所研究生院。如果对自己的分数不满意，你可能还想留出时间重新参加考试。

如果你是国际申请者，你可能还会被要求提交英语语言能力测试的成绩，比如托福或雅思。

4. 准备GRE考试。

你应该分配多少时间来准备GRE考试，很大程度上取决于你的应试信心和对考试的熟悉程度，但请记住，GRE和大多数标准化考试一样，往往是一种后天的技能。考官会在你的答案中寻找特定的东西，而其他考生也会熟悉在考试中节省时间和加分的策略。留出时间来复习过去的试卷和评分标准，并投资一些备考资源。如果你热衷于降低成本，通过亚马逊和eBay等网店可以买到很多更便宜的二手GRE备考教材，还有QS Leap等免费的在线资源。

5. 完善你的个人陈述。

如果没有一份强有力的个人陈述，概述你的动机、资格和研究计划，你将几乎没有机会进入美国研究生院。撰写和重写你的论文，争取你的同学、教授、朋友和家人的帮助。你的论文应该总结你的学术成就、意图和对课程的适应性--而且应该100%无误。不要低估哪怕只是几个小错别字的负面影响!

6.  索取推荐信。

至少在截止日期前两个月向与你关系良好的教授索取推荐信。首先，询问你的潜在推荐人是否愿意推荐你。如果他们接受了，感谢他们，并向他们简要介绍一下过程和截止日期。如果可能的话，请与每位教授安排一次会面，向他们解释您就读研究生院的动机，以及您打算进行的研究项目。确保你的推荐信符合你所选择的研究生院制定的指导方针；你的推荐人可能需要提交一封正式的信件，或者填写一份在线表格。

7. 申请学生签证。

如果你是一名国际学生，当你获得美国研究生院的录取通知书并被录取后，立即开始申请学生签证。申请时，请填写在线申请表并上传你的照片，并与你所在国家的美国大使馆或领事馆安排面试。

准备好支付约160美元的申请费，并提供护照复印件；大学提供的I-20表；DS-160表的确认页；学习完成后打算离开美国的证明；银行账户中支付学习所需资金的证明；以及你为课程所做的学术准备的证明，如标准化考试成绩、成绩单和毕业证书。

还在选择研究生院吗？

关于这个话题的更多建议，你可能有兴趣阅读我们关于如何申请研究生院的完整指南，可免费下载。您还可以在QS世界研究生院巡回展上见到来自美国各地和其他地区的领先研究生院--即将在您附近的城市举行。这是一个与研究生院代表见面的机会，可以参加免费的研讨会，得到个人的解答，并申请专属的研究生奖学金。