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Top 300 universities in social sciences & management

By Zhang Junmian: 0 Comment(s)Print E-mail China.org.cn, September 15, 2011

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Cambridge came in as the top dog of the leading universities in the world for the second consecutive year, followed by Harvard, MIT and Yale, according to the latest world's university rankings released by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a London-based global company specializing in education and study abroad.

The QS currently evaluates over 700 universities in the world and ranks the top 400 based on the following six indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per faculty, faculty student ratio, proportion of international students and proportion of international faculty. This is the 8th year the QS published the world's university rankings of its kind. To produce this year's rankings, the QS surveyed more than 33,000 global academics and 16,000 graduate employers.

Despite Cambridge's most coveted performance, the U.S. universities maintain the dominant position, taking 20 of the top 50 spots and bragging 70 of the top 300. The United Kingdom has a total of 37 universities making their way into the top 300, second only to the U.S., and followed by Germany (24), Japan (15) and the Netherlands (12).

This year's top 5 Asian universities include: University of Hong Kong, China (22nd), University of Tokyo, Japan (25th), National University of Singapore (28th), Kyoto University, Japan (32nd) and Chinese University of Hong Kong, China (37th).

A total of 16 Chinese universities are included in this year's top 300 list, with 8 from the mainland, 6 from Hong Kong and 2 from Taiwan. Of the Chinese mainland universities, Peking University is the best performing one, taking the 46th spot, ahead of Tsinghua University (47th) and Fudan University (91st).

Besides the overall rankings, the QS also ranks the universities in five broad faculty areas: Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences & Management.

? Full list: world’s top 300 universities 2011

? Top 300 universities by faculty area:

? arts & humanities ? engineering & technology ? life sciences & medicine

? natural sciences ? social sciences & management

Following are the top 300 universities in the faculty area of social sciences & management compiled by the QS:

Rank	Institution	Country	Domestic Fees ($)		International Fees ($)		Score
			undergrad	postgrad	undergrad	postgrad
0	IMD	Switzerland					14.2
1	Harvard University	United States	38,000 - 40,000	36,000 - 38,000	38,000 - 40,000	36,000 - 38,000	100
2	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	14,000 - 16,000	4,000 - 6,000	20,000 - 22,000	20,000 - 22,000	79.5
3	Stanford University	United States	40,000 - 42,000	38,000 - 40,000	40,000 - 42,000	38,000 - 40,000	78.1
4	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	United States	10,000 - 12,000	10,000 - 12,000	32,000 - 34,000	24,000 - 26,000	78
5	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	14,000 - 16,000	4,000 - 6,000	18,000 - 20,000	20,000 - 22,000	77.3
6	London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	United Kingdom	12,000 - 14,000	18,000 - 20,000	20,000 - 22,000	26,000 - 28,000	77
7	University of Chicago	United States	42,000 - 44,000	42,000 - 44,000	42,000 - 44,000	42,000 - 44,000	69.7
8	Yale University	United States	38,000 - 40,000	32,000 - 34,000	38,000 - 40,000	32,000 - 34,000	68.5
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States	38,000 - 40,000	40,000 - 42,000	38,000 - 40,000	40,000 - 42,000	64.8
10	Columbia University	United States	42,000 - 44,000	38,000 - 40,000	42,000 - 44,000	38,000 - 40,000	63.7
11	Princeton University	United States	36,000 - 38,000	38,000 - 40,000	36,000 - 38,000	38,000 - 40,000	61.2
12	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	United States	10,000 - 12,000	10,000 - 12,000	32,000 - 34,000	24,000 - 26,000	60.9
13	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	34,000 - 36,000	6,000 - 8,000	40,000 - 42,000	18,000 - 20,000	60.1
14	The University of Tokyo	Japan	6,000 - 8,000	6,000 - 8,000	6,000 - 8,000	n/a	55.3
15	University of Pennsylvania	United States	40,000 - 42,000	26,000 - 28,000	40,000 - 42,000	26,000 - 28,000	55.2
16	Australian National University	Australia	6,000 - 8,000	22,000 - 24,000	40,000 - 42,000	28,000 - 30,000	54.4
17	University of Michigan	United States	10,000 - 12,000	16,000 - 18,000	36,000 - 38,000	36,000 - 38,000	53.9
18	New York University (NYU)	United States	40,000 - 42,000	34,000 - 36,000	40,000 - 42,000	34,000 - 36,000	51.2
19	The University of Melbourne	Australia	6,000 - 8,000	n/a	28,000 - 30,000	24,000 - 26,000	50.4
20	University of Toronto	Canada	10,000 - 12,000	12,000 - 14,000	32,000 - 34,000	28,000 - 30,000	48.2
21	Peking University	China	< 1,000	2,000 - 4,000	4,000 - 6,000	4,000 - 6,000	47
22	University of British Columbia	Canada	6,000 - 8,000	4,000 - 6,000	24,000 - 26,000	6,000 - 8,000	46.3
23	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	China	4,000 - 6,000	4,000 - 6,000	14,000 - 16,000	14,000 - 16,000	45.9
24	Cornell University	United States	38,000 - 40,000	28,000 - 30,000	38,000 - 40,000	28,000 - 30,000	44.4
25	The University of Sydney	Australia	6,000 - 8,000	22,000 - 24,000	30,000 - 32,000	28,000 - 30,000	44.1
26	Northwestern University	United States	40,000 - 42,000	40,000 - 42,000	40,000 - 42,000	40,000 - 42,000	43.3
27	UCL (University College London)	United Kingdom	14,000 - 16,000	6,000 - 8,000	24,000 - 26,000	24,000 - 26,000	42.4
28	The University of Warwick	United Kingdom	14,000 - 16,000	8,000 - 10,000	20,000 - 22,000	20,000 - 22,000	42.2
29	The University of Manchester	United Kingdom	14,000 - 16,000	8,000 - 10,000	18,000 - 20,000	22,000 - 24,000	41.8
30	Duke University	United States	40,000 - 42,000	38,000 - 40,000	40,000 - 42,000	38,000 - 40,000	39.8
31	Seoul National University	Korea, South	4,000 - 6,000	4,000 - 6,000	4,000 - 6,000	4,000 - 6,000	39.4
32	McGill University	Canada	4,000 - 6,000	4,000 - 6,000	18,000 - 20,000	14,000 - 16,000	39
33	Kyoto University	Japan	6,000 - 8,000	6,000 - 8,000	4,000 - 6,000	4,000 - 6,000	38.8
34	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States	8,000 - 10,000	10,000 - 12,000	24,000 - 26,000	24,000 - 26,000	38.8
35	The University of New South Wales	Australia	6,000 - 8,000	8,000 - 10,000	28,000 - 30,000	28,000 - 30,000	38.6
36	Monash University	Australia	6,000 - 8,000	6,000 - 8,000	22,000 - 24,000	24,000 - 26,000	37.7
37	University of Texas at Austin	United States	8,000 - 10,000	10,000 - 12,000	30,000 - 32,000	18,000 - 20,000	37.4
38	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	China	4,000 - 6,000	4,000 - 6,000	12,000 - 14,000	12,000 - 14,000	37
39	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	2,000 - 4,000	2,000 - 4,000	12,000 - 14,000	14,000 - 16,000	36.7
40	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	2,000 - 4,000	6,000 - 8,000	16,000 - 18,000	18,000 - 20,000	36.5
41	The University of Auckland	New Zealand	4,000 - 6,000	6,000 - 8,000	24,000 - 26,000	24,000 - 26,000	36.1
42	Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne	France	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	35
43	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	China	4,000 - 6,000	4,000 - 6,000	8,000 - 10,000	4,000 - 6,000	34
44	Tsinghua University	China	1,000 - 2,000	1,000 - 2,000	4,000 - 6,000	6,000 - 8,000	34
45	Fudan University	China	1,000 - 2,000	1,000 - 2,000	4,000 - 6,000	4,000 - 6,000	33.6
46	Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi	Italy					33.3
47	The University of Queensland	Australia	6,000 - 8,000	n/a	22,000 - 24,000	12,000 - 14,000	33
48	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	0	1,000 - 2,000	0	1,000 - 2,000	32.8
49	Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin	Germany	1,000 - 2,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	< 1,000	32.6