- QS World University Rankings(R) Top 300 in Five Broad Subject Areas,
Released With QS Top 500 Universities at 12:01 GMT +1:00 on Tuesday 14th
September
LONDON, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-Asia/ --
- 5 Chinese universities in top 100 for engineering & technology;
Tsinghua University ranked 11 in the world
- 4 Chinese universities in top 100 for natural sciences
- 3 Chinese universities in top 100 for arts & humanities, life sciences
& medicine, and social sciences & management
- Oxford University beats Cambridge and Harvard to top the table for arts
and humanities
- MIT stays top in engineering and technology, Cambridge in natural
sciences, and Harvard in both life sciences and social sciences
- 50 countries represented in the overall Top 500; 10 Chinese
universities in QS Top 500
QS World University Rankings(R) subject tables are based on an academic survey completed by 15,050 academics, including 700 university leaders, who were asked to identify the universities producing the best research in their own field of knowledge and within their region of expertise. The overall rankings also take into account employer reputation, research strength and teaching and international commitment.
Paul Thurman, a leading statistician and professor at Columbia University says: "The benefit of the academic peer review is it allows comparison of universities at a multi-disciplinary level or by single disciplines, based on the expertise identified by the respondent. The QS rankings methodology is conservative and robust... and the overall results are certainly statistically valid."
Top five universities in China by broad subject area
Arts & Humanities Global
Top 5 Institutions Rank
Peking University 24
Tsinghua University 58=
Fudan University 64=
Nanjing University 140=
Zhejiang University 184=
Engineering & Technology Global
Top 5 Institutions Rank
Tsinghua University 11
Peking University 33
Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) 43
University of Science and Technology of China 71
Zhejiang University 79
Life Sciences & Medicine Global
Top 5 Institutions Rank
Peking University 21
Tsinghua University 55
Fudan University 69
University of Science and Technology of China 102
Zhejiang University 120
Natural Sciences Global
Top 5 Institutions Rank
Peking University 21
Tsinghua University 27
University of Science and Technology of China 77
Fudan University 92=
Nanjing University 107
Social Sciences & Management Global
Top 5 Institutions Rank
Peking University 23
Tsinghua University 46=
Fudan University 54=
Nanjing University 150=
Renmin (People's) University of China 175
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Top 500
There are 50 universities represented in the QS World University Rankings(R) Top 500, available on TopUniversities.com from 12:01 GMT +1:00 on Tuesday 14th September.
Nunzio Quacquarelli, managing director of QS says: "The growing number of countries represented in the Top 500 demonstrates the highly competitive environment of global higher education, as well as the increasing number of options for over 3 million students who study overseas every year."
Deise Leobet, Admissions Officer from IE University in Spain said, "QS World University Rankings(R) are popular because they are simple to understand and are relevant to candidates looking for an international degree."
The countries most widely represented in QS Top 500 and Top 300 by subject area, are: USA, UK, Germany, Japan, Australia, France and Canada. These countries also attract the most incoming international students according to the OECD's Education at a Glance, published on September 8, 2010.
