A new tool for students

Updated on: Tuesday, March 29, 2011

 QS Quacquarelli Symonds is launching a new series of rankings in April. The QS World University Rankings by Subject will provide new insight into the strengths of the world's leading institutions in specific-subject areas.


Ben Sowter, head of research explains, "There is a clear demand for ways to compare the effectiveness of higher education institutions in narrower subject disciplines . After all, the majority of prospective international students know first what they want to study before asking themselves where they want to study."


The first series of the four-part release of the rankings will be engineering and IT disciplines; revealing the world's best universities for computer science, mechanical, chemical, electrical and civil engineering. Rankings by biomedicine and life sciences, natural sciences , arts and humanities and social sciences disciplines will be released as separate groups throughout 2011.


QS World University Rankings by Subject will be available on www.topuniversities.com on April 2.

Times of India

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