At 9:00 Pm on June 10^th, the World's Universities with Real Impact 2021 (WURI) was launched in Switzerland and South Korea, with the participation of more than 160 scholars from 30 Universities worldwide in an online conference. This year’s WURI recognized universities' contribution to preparing the workforce for the future in the context of meeting the growing needs of entrepreneurs in today's society.

Figure 1: Hwy-Chang Moon: Founder of WURI List, Professor Emeritus at Seoul University and Professor of BNUBS

Figure 2: Guests attending this conference

The latest list of the Global Top100 universities was published, along with a ranking of the top 50 universities based on five individual criteria. There are four institutions in Chinese mainland in the top 50, with Tsinghua University at 14^th, Peking University at 28^th, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business at 33^th and Beijing Normal University at 36^th.

Figure 3: The top 50 Ranking in 2021 WURI

Among the top 50 universities in the world, in the individual assessment of "student exchange and openness", Peking University ranks 3^rd, followed by Beijing Normal University at 14^th and University of International Business and Economics at 29^th.

Figure 4: Global top 50 rankings in 2021 WURI in “Student Exchange and Openness”

Based on the previous four dimensions of "industrial application, entrepreneurship, ethical values, student exchange and openness", a new index dimension, the "crisis management" was added this year in order to better observe how universities actively fulfill their missions in the context of COVID-19.

Note: Professor Hwy-Chang Moon is the National Ambassador for Investment Promotion of South Korea, former Dean and Honorary Professor of SNU International University. He is currently a professor in BNUBS.

Provided by Office of International Exchange and Cooperation