QS World University Rankings 2010: Chinese Universities Show Strong Performance in Engineering and Technology

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, September 15, 2010 -

    - 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.

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