We’ve just released our much sought after 2011 QS Asian University Rankings. Check out full results here. Rank School Name Country Classification Score 1 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong M|CO|VH 100.00 2 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong L|FC|VH 99.80 3 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore XL|FC|VH 99.30 4
By Danny Byrne The first QS subject ranking for Environmental Sciences comes at a time when climate change, sustainable energy and green alternatives are high on the international agenda. The results show that the university research and innovation that underpins environmental policy is global in its reach, with universities from 30 countries making up the
Martin Ince takes a look at some of the cutting-edge research that is recognised in the latest batch of QS World University Rankings® by Subject In this cluster of QS’s World University Rankings® by Subject, we examine three core areas of the life sciences: medicine, the biological sciences, and psychology. These subjects are among the
by Danny Byrne Harvard leads an all Anglo-American top five of Cambridge, MIT, Oxford and Stanford in the first QS World University Ranking for Medicine. Universities from 27 countries make the top 200, with the most well-represented nations being the US (54), UK (29), Germany (18), Canada (13) and Australia (11). Imperial College London (9)
* Danny Byrne is the editor of www.topuniversities.com and of the QS Top Grad School Guide. Anybody who has been following the debate surrounding world university rankings in the last year or so will have raised an eyebrow at the recent publication by Times Higher Education of a ranking based entirely upon academic assessment of
by Danny Byrne The plot thickens. All over the news in the UK today is the story of 681 Oxbridge academics coming togethether to sign a “strongly worded” letter demanding a public enquiry into the proposed changes to fees and funding set forth in the UK. The full text of the letter, along with the
This guest post is contributed by Katheryn Rivas, who particularly enjoys writing about online universities. Questions and comments can be sent to: [email protected]. Throughout the recession, for the past several years, some states, like California, were labeled big losers, while other states, namely Texas, were revered as models of conservative fiscal policy. Led by long-standing Governor Rick Perry,
by Ina Chiriliuc Almost two years after Russia fully introduced its Unified State Exam (later referred to as EGE –“Ediny Gosudarstvenny Ekzamen”), students, parents and teachers are still dismayed by the change. The exam is similar to the American SAT-s and is a mandatory requirement for acceptance into higher education institutions. At the polar opposite