LONDON, September 15, 2010 /PRNewswire/ --

- 2 Singapore universities in top 100 for engineering technology; National University of Singapore (NUS) ranked 9= in the world - National University of Singapore (NUS) top ranked Singapore university in all five subject areas - 50 countries represented in the overall Top 500; 2 Singaporean 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 universities in Singapore by broad subject area Arts Humanities Global Top 2 Institutions Rank National University of Singapore (NUS) 23 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 125 Engineering Technology Global Top 2 Institutions Rank National University of Singapore (NUS) 9= Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 36= Life Sciences Medicine Global Top 2 Institutions Rank National University of Singapore (NUS) 13 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 174= Natural Sciences Global Top 2 Institutions Rank National University of Singapore (NUS) 25= Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 143= Social Sciences Management Global Top 3 Institutions Rank National University of Singapore (NUS) 16 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 60 Singapore Management University 237=

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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.

SOURCE: QS TopMBA

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