Seven Thai unis make list of top 200
Seven Thai universities are among the world's top 200 institutions in many of the 30 subjects featured in QS World University Rankings by Subject this year.
They include Chulalongkorn University, Kasetsart University, Mahidol University, Thammasat University, Chiang Mai University, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi and Prince of Songkla University.
Chula was listed as best in 12 subjects; Mahidol, Thammasat and Chiang Mai University in two subjects; and Kasetsart, King Mongkut’s and Prince of Songkla universities in one subject each.
Chula, Thammasat and Chiang Mai Universities were deemed the best in English Language and Literature; while Chula and Thammasat were both lauded for Modern Languages.
Chula and King Mongkut’s were recognised for Civil and Structural Engineering subject, though Chula was the only Thai university to be recognised in the subjects of Chemical Engineering, Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Materials Science, as well as Communication and Media Studies.
Kasetsart was ranked 33 for Agriculture and Forestry studies, while Chiang Mai University and Prince Songkla universities were also listed.
Mahidol and Chula also made the top 200 ranking in Biological Sciences, Medicine and Pharmacy and Pharmacology subjects.
The rankings were announced on www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings this week.
“QS has three extensive data-sets that enable us to drill down by subject area: our academic and employer reputation surveys, and the Scopus data we use for our citations per faculty indicator in the global rankings. These have been combined to produce our subject results,” the website reads.
Launched in 2011, the annual QS World University Rankings by Subject is a comprehensive guide to a range of popular subject areas. Now in its third year, the rankings series revealed top 200 universities in the world for 30 individual subjects after evaluating 2,858 universities and ranking 678 institutions in total. Sixty-eight million citations were analysed and verified the provision of 8,391 programmes.
