Four Thai universities make it to top 100

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Four Thai universities make it to top 100
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- FOUR THAI universities have made it to the QS World University Ranking of top 100 higher-educational institutions on the basis of subjects. The list was released today on the www.topuniversities.com website.

The four universities making the grade are Kasetsart, Chulalongkorn, Mahidol and Chiang Mai.

Kasetsart University is ranked 39th in the world for Agriculture and Forestry, and holds the highest ranking in Thailand for the subject.

Chulalongkorn University is part of the top-100 list for Chemical Engineering, Modern Languages and Architecture/Built Environment. Mahidol University made it to the ranking for excellence in Medicine, while Chiang Mai University was honoured for Agriculture and Forestry.

"These rankings provide institutions a unique opportunity to showcase their strengths that may not be represented in overall rankings," Ben Sowter, head of research at QS, said.

Since 2011, QS has been extending the scope of world rankings to include the evaluation of 36 individual disciplines. The methodology utilises adaptive weightings for the four criteria and takes into account the difference in disciplines. The rankings are based on research citations, alongside surveys of more than 126,000 academics and graduate employers worldwide.

In 2015, academics nominated 3,551 universities for the QS World University Rankings by Subject and of them only 512 have made it to the top 100 listing on at least one subject.

In addition, just 15 of the institutes have made to the No 1 spot for different subjects.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology tops the list in 11 subjects, including Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering - Chemical. Harvard University, meanwhile, tops the list in 10 other subjects, including Medicine and Psychology. Oxford University comes in first in two fields, namely Modern Languages and Geography, while Cambridge University tops the list in just one subject - English Language and Literature.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Four-Thai-universities-make-it-to-top-100-30259004.html


-- The Nation 2015-04-29

[ezzra]

Not long ago there was an article in these very website that said that Thai universities graduates

credentials are not recognised outside of Thailand and are worthless if you want to peruse a job

or an education out side Thailand, and now this? so where dose the truth lies?

[humqdpf]

Before we break out the champagne, this does not mean that four Thai universities made it into the top 100 universities in the QS annual review. It means that they made it under a specific discipline. While Kasetsart was ranked 39th in the one subject area of Agriculture and Forrestry, it only made it into the 650-700 section in the overall ranking (the server is down and I could not see the exact ranking).

It is one thing to make it into the top 100 overall. It is relatively easy to make it in one subject - for instance, not every university is going to have a medical faculty or an Agriculture and Forrestry department - therefore easier to make it in one of these subjects.

Much more difficult to make it in a large range of subjects, which is what is required to make it into the top 100 overall.

[thailand49]

Hard to believe! since they can't seem to even design a decent road here in Pattaya. All the drains are in the middle of the road or on the wrong side. One would think with all the suppose brain power something could be done?

[smotherb]

Well, since it is reported that US schools so far out distance UK schools in so many disciplines, who would ever believe what this site say about Thai schools?

[MrJohnson]

The devil is, as always, is in the detail. I understand that is a different set of criteria for discipline-specific rankings. And where is KMUTT?

[KamalaRider]

I only found Thai universities ranked in Asia, not the world.

Maybe someone can point me to where it says world ranking.

[berybert]

Well, since it is reported that US schools so far out distance UK schools in so many disciplines, who would ever believe what this site say about Thai schools?

Whilst everything you have typed is in the English language, why is it that none of it makes any sense what so ever ?

[godden]

Is TAT behind this survey

[CMHomeboy78]

Not long ago there was an article in these very website that said that Thai universities graduates

credentials are not recognised outside of Thailand and are worthless if you want to peruse a job

or an education out side Thailand, and now this? so where dose the truth lies?

For me, the truth lies in my own experience with family members.

One example: My eldest daughter graduated from CMU after four years of pre-law. She went on to get a masters in international law at Chulalongkorn.

Shortly after graduation she was recruited by a government ministry. Last year she qualified as a C-6 official at the age of 31, and was awarded a government scholarship to get a second masters degree abroad.

She has applied to several schools in the UK; so far being accepted at London University and King's College London.

We are quite proud of her.

[NongKhaiKid]

Chula is rated for modern languages, would that include ' sapeak Angrit ' ?