How come the best university in the world went to a university in S.Korea?!!
l read the webpage again:
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/features/universities2000/rank_country/index.html#13
this webpage provides a list of ASIA Best Universities (ranking of universities in ASIA, not for the whole world)!!
Also the universities are classified in 2 categories: (1) Multi-Disciplinary and (2) Science and Technology. therefore there are 2 lists posted.
Therefore, the best 4 under Multi-Disciplinary category in ASIA are:
1. Kyoto University (Japan)
2. Tohoku University (Japan)
3. University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
4. Seoul National University (S. Korea)
The best 4 under Science and Technology category in ASIA are:
1. KAIST (Korea Advanced Inst. of Science & Tech) (S. Korea)
2. Pohang University of Science & Technology (S. Korea)
3 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (India)
4 Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (India)
In Korea the best university is always Seoul National University.