Most Widely-Used World University Ranking now on iPhone

- QS World University Rankings now an iPhone App.

- Top 500 Universities in the World Contactable at the Touch of a Button

LONDON, May 31 /CNW/ - The world's most popular university ranking (viewed over 18 million times on http://www.topuniversities.com) is now even more accessible to its diverse users, thanks to an innovative new iPhone App. The QS World University Rankings App, designed for students, parents and ranking fanatics, allows users to conduct their own study destination research by providing global, regional and subject-based rankings as well as profiles and contact details of 500 of the world's top universities.

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QS World University Rankings can be viewed and interpreted in three different ways - globally, regionally and by subject area. Users who have reviewed the App said it is, "Very thorough and organised", and also "Great to be able to see info about the universities I'm interested in all in one place".

Marcos Angelides, Online Marketing Manager at QS and co-creator of the App said, "Every year, QS surveys over 40,000 undergraduate and Masters applicants who register on topuniversities.com to meet universities face-to-face. Results revealed that they want to discuss university choices with their friends whilst on the move."

The iPhone App is the first of a series of initiatives to be launched by QS in the lead up to the release of the 2010 QS World University Rankings; it is free to download on iTunes. A demo of the App can be viewed here (http://www.topuniversities.com/videos/iphone-app)

    
    Country/Territory   No. of universities     Top-ranked university
                        in 2009 ranking         (2009 rank)

    US                  103                     Harvard (1)
    UK                  51                      Cambridge (2)
    Germany             42                      Technische Universitat,
                                                MUNCHEN (55)
    Japan               35                      University of Tokyo (22)
    France              29                      Ecole Normale
                                                Superieure, Paris (28)
    Australia           21                      Australia National
                                                University (17)
    Canada              20                      McGill University (18)
    Italy               19                      University of Bologna (174)
    South Korea         16                      Seoul National
                                                University (47)
    China               13                      Tsinghua University (49)
    Spain               13                      University of Barcelona (171)
    Taiwan              12                      National Taiwan
                                                University (95)
    Switzerland         8                       ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal
                                                Institute of Technology) (20)
    Hong Kong           5                       University of Hong Kong (24)
    Malaysia            5                       Universiti Malaya (180)
    Singapore           2                       National University of
                                                Singapore (30)
    

Web: http://www.topuniversities.com

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For further information: Simona Bizzozero, QS Head of Public Relations, Email: [email protected], Tel: [phone], Mobile: [phone]