英媒公布2013世界大学排名：北大清华排前50_BEC初级作文

英媒公布2013世界大学排名：北大清华排前50

英媒公布2013世界大学排名：北大清华排前501

Times Higher Education published its new world universities rankings yesterday. Universities from the Chinese mainland climbed up with two edging into top 50.

泰晤士高等教育昨天公布了新的世界大学排名。中国大陆有两所大学上升到前50名。

Peking University creeps up one place to 45th, while Tsinghua University rises two places to joint 50th.

北京大学上升至第45名，而清华大学上升了两个名次成为第50名。

"Both universities improve their positions and edge closer to the best in the world. Both act as national flagship institutions, attracting global talent and inspiring others," said Phil Baty, editor of Times Higher Education Rankings.

“这两所学校排名都有所上升，离世界一流大学越来越近。同时两校都是中国一流大学，吸引着全球范围内的优秀学生，并鼓舞着其他国家高校的发展，”泰晤士高等教育排名的编辑Phil Baty表示。

Four other universities entered the list of top 300, namely the Fudan University, the University of Science and Technology of China, the Renmin University and the Nanjing University.

其他四所进入前300名的大学是复旦大学、中国科学技术大学、中国人民大学以及南京大学。

The Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Wuhan University of Technology, the Zhejiang University and the Sun Yat-sen University followed, bringing the total number of universities from the Chinese mainland on the top 400 list to 10.