QS World University Rankings(R) 2010: Hong Kong Universities Show Strong Performance in Engineering and Technology

Top 300 in Five Broad Subject Areas, and QS Top 500 Universities, Released Today on https://www.topuniversities.com

LONDON, September 15, 2010 -

    - 4 Hong Kong universities in top 100 for engineering and technology;
      HKUST ranked 26 in the world

    - 3 Hong Kong universities in top 100 for life sciences & medicine,
      natural sciences, and social sciences & management

    - Oxford tops the table for arts and humanities, MIT for engineering and
      technology, Cambridge for natural sciences, and Harvard for both life
      sciences and medicine, and social sciences and management

    - 50 countries represented in the overall 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.

    Top five universities in Hong Kong by broad subject area

    Arts & Humanities                              Global
    Top 4 Institutions                              Rank

    University of Hong Kong (HKU)                    35
    Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)           60=
    City University of Hong Kong                    107
    Hong Kong Polytechnic University                188=

    Engineering & Technology                       Global
    Top 5 Institutions                              Rank

    HKUST                                            26
    HKU                                              52=
    HK Polytechnic University                        70
    CUHK                                             85
    City University of HK                           107

    Life Sciences & Medicine                       Global
    Top 4 Institutions                              Rank

    HKU                                              37
    HKUST                                            62=
    CUHK                                             67
    HK Polytechnic University                       214=

    Natural Sciences                               Global
    Top 4 Institutions                              Rank

    HKU                                              56
    CUHK                                             91
    HKUST                                            94
    City University of HK                           228

    Social Sciences & Management                   Global
    Top 5 Institutions                              Rank

    HKU                                              35
    CUHK                                             43
    HKUST                                            58=
    City University of HK                           105=
    HK Polytechnic University                       194

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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."

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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