Many of China’s colleges and universities are becoming increasingly competitive, and according to a British study, they are attracting global talent and putting themselves on a global map of top institutions that's been long dominated by American universities.
A new study by British-based Times Higher Education has ranked the world’s universities using the Alma Mater Index, which charts the number of global CEOs a given institution has produced.
Boston-based Harvard University unsurprisingly tops the list with 25 graduates who are on
Fortune magazine’s Global 500 CEOs list. However, climbing the list of CEO-producing universities were 15
mainland-China institutions and one Hong Kong University. The highest-ranking Chinese institution, Beijing-based Tsinghua University, was number 13 on the list, with seven top CEOs. One big draw: its competitive joint MBA program with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Other schools on the list included Shandong University, China Europe International Business School, and even the Communist Party Central School, all of which produced three CEOS and ranked on the list at 30, 42 and 47, respectively.
Coming in at 67 and 72 were Southwest Jiaotong University and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, which produced big names in communication technology.
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, Wuhan University of Science and Technology and Huazhong University of Science and Technology ranked on the list at78, 93 and 94, which famous for their science and technology.