QS World University Rankings(R) 2010: Oxbridge Universities Lead the Way in Subject Area Rankings

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

LONDON, September 15, 2010 -

    - Cambridge the only university to rank in the top 4 in all 5 subject
      areas

    - Oxford deemed best in the world for arts & humanities; Cambridge tops
      the table for natural sciences

    - 50 countries represented in overall Top 500; 51 UK 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 UK universities by broad subject area

    Arts & Humanities                                  Global
    Top 5 Institutions                                  Rank

    University of Oxford                                  1
    University of Cambridge                               2
    UCL (University College London)                      12
    University of Edinburgh                              14
    King's College London (KCL)                          26

    Engineering & Technology                           Global
    Top 5 Institutions                                  Rank

    University of Cambridge                               4
    Imperial College London                               6
    University of Oxford                                 9=
    University of Manchester                             25
    University of Edinburgh                              46

    Life Sciences & Medicine                           Global
    Top 5 Institutions                                  Rank

    University of Cambridge                               2
    University of Oxford                                  3
    Imperial College London                              11
    UCL (University College London)                      15
    University of Edinburgh                              17

    Natural Sciences                                   Global
    Top 5 Institutions                                  Rank

    University of Cambridge                               1
    University of Oxford                                  3
    Imperial College London                              11
    University of Bristol                                40
    University of Edinburgh                              41=

    Social Sciences & Management                       Global
    Top 5 Institutions                                  Rank

    University of Oxford                                  2
    University of Cambridge                               3
    London School of Economics and Political Science      4
    (LSE)
    University of Warwick                                24
    UCL (University College London)                      25

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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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