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