CMU climbs in ranking in top 200 Asian Universities survey

Jedsadapong Wongkiew

Chiang Mai University (CMU) climbed two places since last years’ ranking from 81 to 79 in the top 200 universities in the Asian University Rankings poll conducted by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) last month, Professor Dr. Pongsak Angkhasithm CMU’s President reported.

QS, in addition to rating CMU higher in Asia also ranked it as the third best university in Thailand as well. This year 7 Thai universities were ranked in the top 200 universities in Asia; Mahidol University ranked number 28, Chulalongkorn University number 44, CMU at 79, Thammasart University was ranked at 91, Prince of Songkhla University reached 101,Khon Kaen University numbered 122, and Kasetsart University ranked 126 in the list.

Ranking was further divided into Arts and Humanities where Chulalongkorn ranked 7 in the top 200, Thammasart 26, Mahidol 33, CMU number 42, Prince of Songkhla reached 88 and Khon Kaen was 97 in the list.

Chulalongkorn University was number 10 on the Life Sciences in Biomedicine category, while Mahidol as 18, Prince of Songkhla 52, CMU, 61, Thammasart 77, Kasetsart 82 and Khon Kaen 90.

Again ranking high in the Social Sciences category, Chulalongkorn was 9, Thammasart 26, CMU 39, Mahidol 45, Prince of Songkhla 64, Kasetsart 68 and Khon Kaen 99.

Not showing as strongly in the Natural Sciences, Chulalongkorn ranked the highest at 27 while Mahidol reached number 55, CMU 79, Prince of Songkhla 84 and Kasetsart 92nd on the list. IT and Engineering also showed Thai universities not reaching in the top 20 with Chulalongkorn leading the group at 31 in the ranking. Thammasart was much further down at 68 on the list, with Mahidol at 70, Prince of Songkhla 82nd, CMU at number 86 and Kasetsart at 100.

President Prof. Dr. Pongsak said that they were very pleased that CMU had achieved third best university in Thailand and 79 out of top 200. Concluding that, “this is because of increased evaluation of curriculum, development of the school and its students. The University will have to do more to develop its curriculum and to encourage students’ excellence so that CMU can be the University of Excellence.”

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[chiangmaimail]2010/07/06[/chiangmaimail]

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