Oct. 13, 2008 --KAIST is ranked 95th among Top 200 Universities of the World this year, scoring a notable increase from last year"s ranking of 132nd. KAIST, Seoul National University which was placed 50th, and POSTECH ranked 188th became the only three institutions of higher education in Korea to make it to the list, called "The Times Higher Education -- QS World University Rankings."
KAIST"s advancement was more conspicuous in specific area evaluations. In the area of Engineering and Information Technology, it is ranked 34th (49th last year), in Natural Sciences 46th (86th last year), and in Biological Sciences and Biotechnology 134th (166th last year).
While North America dominates the ranking with 42 universities on the list, Europe and Asia Pacific are also well represented with 36 and 22 institutions, respectively.
The list, compiled by The Times (of London) newspaper annually, is topped by Harvard University (USA), followed by Yale University (USA) and University of Cambridge (United Kingdom).
Last year, only KAIST and SNU were included in the top 200 list. This year, Yonsei University raised its ranking to 203rd from last year"s 223rd while Korea University improved from 243rd to 236th, showing overall improvement of universities in Korea.
Again this year, Japan and China had most of the top ranked universities in Asia, each sharing three in the top 50. University of Tokyo, ranked 19th, led all Japanese universities; Kyoto University was placed 25th and Osaka University 44th. University of Hong Kong was listed 26th, followed by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on 39th and the Chinese University of Hong Kong on 42nd.
The Times Higher Education--QS World University Rankings evaluates four main categories: quality of research, globalization, and quality of education and work of graduates in society. The evaluation also considers academic peer review, citations per faculty, recruiter review, international faculty, international students and faculty-student ratio.
QS Top 100 Universities 2008
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2 |
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3 |
United Kingdom |
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4 |
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5 |
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6 |
United Kingdom |
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7 |
United Kingdom |
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8 |
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9 |
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10 |
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11 |
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12 |
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15 |
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16 |
Australia |
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17 |
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18 |
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19 |
Japan |
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20 |
Canada |
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21 |
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22 |
United Kingdom |
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23 |
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24 |
Switzerland |
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25 |
Japan |
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26 |
Hong Kong |
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27 |
United States |
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28 |
France |
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29 |
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Singapore |
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32 |
United Kingdom |
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33 |
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France |
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Canada |
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36 |
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37 |
Australia |
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38 |
Australia |
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39 |
Hong Kong |
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40 |
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41 |
Canada |
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42 |
Hong Kong |
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43 |
Australia |
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44 |
Japan |
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45 |
Australia |
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46 |
United States |
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47 |
Australia |
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48 |
Denmark |
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Ireland |
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Switzerland |
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China |
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Korea, South |
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53 |
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54 |
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55 |
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56 |
China |
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57 |
Germany |
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58 |
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59 |
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60 |
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61 |
Japan |
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62 |
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63 |
Sweden |
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64 |
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65 |
New Zealand |
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66 |
United Kingdom |
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67 |
Netherlands |
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68 |
Switzerland |
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69 |
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70 |
United States |
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71 |
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72 |
Belgium |
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73 |
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74 |
Canada |
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75 |
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76 |
United Kingdom |
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77 |
Singapore |
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Netherlands |
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78= |
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78= |
Germany |
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81= |
Denmark |
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81= |
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United States |
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Australia |
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83= |
United Kingdom |
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86 |
United Kingdom |
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87 |
United States |
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88 |
Sweden |
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89 |
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90 |
United States |
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Canada |
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91= |
Finland |
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93= |
Israel |
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93= |
Germany |
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95 |
Korea, South |
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96 |
United States |
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97 |
United States |
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98 |
United States |
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99= |
United States |
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99= |
United Kingdom |
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