LONDON, September 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --
- 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.
SOURCE: QS TopMBA
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