QS World University Rankings(R) 2010: Belgian Universities Strong in Social Sciences and Management

Top 300 in five broad subject areas, and QS Top 500 universities, released today on https://www.topuniversities.com

LONDON, September 15, 2010 -

    - 2 Belgian universities in top 100 for social sciences & management; 5
      in top 300 for arts & humanities, and engineering & technology

    - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is the best-performing university in
      Belgium by subject area.

    - 7 Belgian 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 Belgian universities by broad subject area

    Arts & Humanities                           Global
    Top 5 Institutions                           Rank

    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven                64=
    Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)       105
    University of Ghent                          172=
    Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)          201=
    University of Antwerp                        238=

    Engineering & Technology                    Global
    Top 5 Institutions                           Rank

    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven                76=
    Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)       147=
    University of Ghent                          192=
    University of Liege                          251=
    Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)             264=

    Life Sciences & Medicine                    Global
    Top 5 Institutions                           Rank

    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven                91
    University of Ghent                          131=
    University of Antwerp                        206=
    Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)       277=

    Natural Sciences                            Global
    Top 5 Institutions                           Rank

    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven               112=
    Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)       127=
    Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)          163=
    University of Ghent                          207=

    Social Sciences & Management                Global
    Top 5 Institutions                           Rank

    Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)        65=
    Katholieke Universiteit Leuven                74=
    Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)          150=
    University of Ghent                          272=

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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."

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