3rd International Conference on World-Class Universities

The Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University is pleased to announce that the 3rd International Conference on World-Class Universities (WCU-3) will be held from 2 to 4 November 2009 in Shanghai, China.

WCU-3 will emphasize the institutional perspective in managing and building world-class universities. More specifically this should reflect the following issues:

1. Strategic planning and leadership of elite higher education institutions;

2. Global market and institutional policies for the promotion of academic talent;

3. Quality assurance in the context of undergraduate and graduate education;

4. Institutional initiatives for research excellence and innovation and technology;

5. Institutional responses for accountability: internal evaluation and benchmarking;

6. Role of elite universities in national higher education and research systems.

WCU-3 will include a special event during which will be presented by Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University the following rankings:

- Academic Ranking of World Universities – 2009;
- Academic Ranking of World Universities by Broad Subject Fields – 2009; and
- Academic Ranking of World Universities by Subject Fields – 2009 [new ranking by subject fields, proposed subject fields include chemistry, physics, mathematics, computer science and engineering, and economics].

Participants interested in presenting a contribution on one of above-mentioned topics are kindly asked to submit an abstract of up to 2,000 words by April 1, 2009. For further information, please look at our meeting website: http://gse.sjtu.edu.cn/WCU/WCU-3.htm

For more information, please contact

Conference Secretariat
Center for World-Class Universities
Graduate School of Education
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai, China
Email: [email protected]