QS World University Rankings(R) 2010: Netherland's Universities Show Strong Performance 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 -

    - 4 Dutch universities in top 100 for social sciences & management, with
      Utrecht University at 103; University of Amsterdam (UVA) leads the way
      at 32

    - 50 countries represented in the overall Top 500; 12 Dutch 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 Dutch universities by broad subject area

    Arts & Humanities                               Global
    Top 5 Institutions                               Rank

    University of Amsterdam                           29
    Leiden University                                 38=
    Utrecht University                                70
    Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)        161
    University of Groningen                          165=

    Engineering & Technology                        Global
    Top 5 Institutions                               Rank

    Delft University of Technology                    18
    (TU Delft)
    Eindhoven University of Technology (TU            50
    Eindhoven)
    University of Amsterdam                          123=
    University of Twente                             138
    Utrecht University                               171

    Life Sciences & Medicine                        Global
    Top 5 Institutions                               Rank

    University of Amsterdam                           50=
    Utrecht University                                73
    Erasmus University Rotterdam                      93=
    University of Groningen                          103=
    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)      105=

    Natural Sciences                                Global
    Top 5 Institutions                               Rank

    Utrecht University                                48
    Leiden University                                 64=
    University of Amsterdam                           69=
    Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)         84=
    Eindhoven University of Technology (TU           134=
     Eindhoven)

    Social Sciences & Management                    Global
    Top 5 Institutions                               Rank

    University of Amsterdam                           32
    Erasmus University Rotterdam                      57
    Leiden University                                 70=
    Maastricht University                             94
    Utrecht University                               103

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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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