AsianScientist (Mar. 29, 2016) – Universities from China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore have made it into the top ten and/or number one spots of the 2016 version of the QS World University Rankings by Subject report.
Published annually since 2011, the QS World University Rankings by Subject highlights the world’s top-performing institutions in a broad spectrum of individual academic areas. The QS World University Rankings by Subject are compiled using indicators selected to assess institutions’ international reputation in each subject area, alongside research impact in the field.
Reputation is assessed using QS’s major global surveys of academics and employers, while research impact is gauged using citations data from Elsevier’s Scopus bibliometric database.
The 2016 results draw on the opinions of over 76,000 academics and 44,000 employers, alongside analysis of 28.5 million research papers and over 113 million citations. This year also features a record-breaking 42 subject tables, making it the largest ever release of its kind. Six subjects were added to the list, with new rankings for anthropology, archaeology, mining engineering, nursing, performing arts and social policy.
A total of 945 universities appear in the published range of results for at least one subject, while 49 countries are home to at least one top-100 institution. Asian universities account for 16 percent of the top-50 spots.
The University of Hong Kong claims one top spot, coming in first for dentistry, and is in the top ten for six other subjects. The National University of Singapore makes a particularly impressive showing, appearing in the top ten of 13 different subjects. The University of Tokyo and Tsinghua University have five and three top ten appearances respectively.
The results are presented in interactive online tables, which can be filtered by location and by performance indicator. To explore the results on your mobile device, download the free QS World University Rankings app, available for iPhone and Android. For more in-depth analysis, download the dedicated country reports.
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Source: QS; Photo: Shutterstock.
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