2010 QS Asian University Rankings Reveal Top-Class Institutions Throughout Region

LONDON, May 13, 2010 - (Rankings Live on www.topuniversities.com)

- University of Hong Kong Tops Table Ahead of Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology and National University of Singapore

- Rankings Produced by Team Behind the QS World University Rankings(TM)

The excellence of Asia's universities is showcased in the 2010 QS Asian
University Rankings, published today. With 11 countries represented in the
top 200, highlights of the research include the continued dominance of
Japan's universities and the success of Hong Kong's increasingly
internationalized institutions, which take three out of the top four places.

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Japanese universities occupy five of the top ten places in this year's
table. Government-led investment, most recently through the 'Global 30'
program, has helped drive up standards by attracting high-quality
international students and staff.

Despite scoring highly in the academic and employer surveys, China's top
universities, led by The University of Peking (12) and Tsinghua University
(16), are again out-performed by their Hong Kong counterparts. Hong Kong's
more international university culture is reflected in the international
student and faculty measures, for which four of them achieve the maximum
score.

Strength in academic peer recognition helped 15 South Korean universities
and seven Indian Institutes of Technology appear in the Asian top 100.

QS Managing Director, Nunzio Quacquarelli says, "The delivery of
high-quality research, excellent employer networks and world-class facilities
mean many of these top 200 Asian universities are playing an increasingly
important role within the global knowledge economy."

For the full results visit www.topuniversities.com, where you can
read comments on our methodology from QS'Academic Advisory Board. Paul
Thurman, Clinical Professor at Columbia University, says "Your method
eliminates most response bias and you have controlled your sample, to be
broadly representative by discipline and region. Your results are certainly
statistically valid."

    2010    2009   Institution name
    Rank    Rank                                        Country/Territory
    1       1      University of Hong Kong                  Hong Kong
    2       4      The Hong Kong University of Science and
                   Technology                               Hong Kong
    3       10=    National University of Singapore (NUS)   Singapore
    4       2      The Chinese University of Hong Kong      Hong Kong
    5       3      The University of Tokyo                  Japan
    6       8      Seoul National University                South Korea
    7              Osaka University                         Japan
    8       5      Kyoto University                         Japan
    9       13     Tohoku University                        Japan
    10      12     Nagoya University                        Japan

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