Thirteen Asian Universities Among World's Top 100
Thirteen Asian Universities Among World's Top 100
Thirteen Asian universities were included in the world's top 100 universities as rated by the Times Higher Education Supplement Quacquarelli Symonds (THES-QS) World University Rankings. Out of these thirteen universities, four are from Japan, three are from China, three are from Hongkong , two are from Singapore and one from South Korea.
The thirteen universities are as follows with their corresponding rankings:
University of Tokyo ranks 17th
University of Hongkong ranks 18th
Kyoto University ranks 25th
National University of Singapore ranks 33rd
Peking University China ranks 36th
The Chinese University of Hongkong ranks 38th
Tsinghua University ranks 40th
Osaka University ranks 46th
Seoul National University ranks 51st
Hongkong University of Science
And Technology ranks 53rd
Nanyang Technological University ranks 69th
Fudan University China ranks 85th
Tokyo Institute of Technology ranks 90th
Forming the top ten are six universities from the United States and four universities from the United Kingdom. Harvard University with a 100% score is at the top of the list followed by the University of Cambridge, University of Oxford, Yale University and Imperial College London. Princeton University ranks sixth followed by California Institute of Technology , University of Chicago, University College London and Massachussets Institute of Technology.
Already on its fourth year, the THES-QS World University Ranking selects from over 15,000 educational institutions worldwide to come up with its annual list. The criteria used by THES-QS is composed of :
Research Quality - 60%
Graduate. Employability - 10%
International Outlook - 10%
Teaching Quality - 20%
With the ever increasing popularity of the global education system, the university ranking system of THES-QS serves as a guide for students on which universities to enroll.
SOURCE :
THES-QS World University Ranking 2007