Research Article

A Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation Method on the Construction of High-Level Universities Based on Data from Jiangsu Province

Table 1

Index system of the first round of high-level university construction in Jiangsu province.

ObjectiveFirst-level indexSecond-level indexThird-level index

The first round ofhigh-level university construction in JiangsuProvince (A)Educational resources (B1)Material resources (C01)School space per student (C011)
Number of books per student (C012)
Number of repositories and databases (C013)
Funding input (C02)Total asset growth (C021)
Total increase of the four provisions (C022)
Growth in education spending (C023)
Social donation amount to total income ratio (C024)
Faculty quality (C03)Teacher-to-student ratio (C031)
The proportion of senior title teachers to the total number of teachers (C032)
Number of outstanding talents (C033)
Percentage of faculty with doctoral degrees (C034)
Teaching level (B2)The situation of university discipline construction (C04)Increases in the number of doctoral sites (C041)
Increase in the number of master’s points (C042)
Number of national key disciplines increased (C043)
Increase in the number of key disciplines at provincial and ministerial level (C044)
Incremental number of disciplines in the top 1% of the global ESI ranking (C045)
Quality of student source and cultivation (C05)Average undergraduate Entrance score (C051)
Number of graduate students as a percentage of the number of undergraduate students (C052)
Number of international students as a percentage of the number of undergraduate students (C053)
Number of national 100 excellent doctoral theses (C054)
Number of provincial excellent undergraduate thesis and master’s thesis (C055)
Number of student innovation competition awards (C056)
Number of internationally and nationally accredited undergraduate programs (C057)
Teaching output (C06)Number of provincial and ministerial teaching
Achievement awards for higher Education (C061)
Number of high-quality courses of the Ministry of Education (C062)
Number of provincial- and ministerial-level teaching projects (C063)
Number of provincial- and ministerial-level teaching platforms (C064)
Number of provincial- and ministerial-level teaching courses (C065)
Number of teaching materials at provincial and ministerial level (C066)
Research quality (B3)Scientific research input (C07)Total scientific research funding (C071)
Incremental amount of research funds entrusted by enterprises and institutions (C072)
Increase in the number of research projects entrusted by enterprises and institutions (C073)
Scientific research output (C08)Total number of licensed patents (C081)
Total number of international and domestic high-level scientific papers (C082)
Total number of national-level and provincial- and ministerial-level research platforms (C083)
Total number of scientific research projects at national and provincial levels (C084)
Number of national and provincial scientific research awards (C085)
Number of major international awards received (C086)
Scientific research output efficiency (C09)Total number of citations of international and domestic high-level scientific papers (C091)
Undergraduate dissertation sample inspection pass rate (C092)
Pass rate of graduate student dissertation sample inspection (C093)
Authorized patent conversion rate (C094)
Social reputation (B4)Service contribution (C10)Number of outstanding alumni (C101)
Percentage of graduates employed in Jiangsu (C102)
The number of provincial and ministerial leaders and departmental instructions to adopt (C103)
Social ranking (C11)Progressing places in Times Higher Education World
University Rankings (C111)
Progressing places in QS World University Rankings (C112)
Progressing places in Softbank Academic Ranking of World Universities (C113)
Progressing places in NSNEWS Rankings (C114)
Internationalization level (B5)International communication and cooperation (C12)Number of international cooperative research platforms (C121)
Number of international conferences held (C122)
Internationalization level of the faculty (C123)
Number of international joint training programs for students (C124)
Percentage of students studying and visiting abroad (C125)