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With small changes, the 2010 ranking of the 100 best universities by subject resembles the 2009 standings. North America has 58% of universities among the top 100 worldwide, followed by Europe with a distant 26% and Asia & Pacific with an emerging 13%.
The ranking of the subjects by region shows that North America has Economics/Business at the top, Europe Physics and Asia & Pacific Chemistry. The second favored subject is Computer Sciences for North America and Asia & Pacific, and Chemistry for Europe.
100 World-Class Universities by Subject and by Region | |||||||||
Subject | North America | Europe | Asia & Pacific | Rest of the World | Total | ||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Mathematics | 57 | 57% | 29 | 29% | 11 | 11% | 3 | 3% | 100 |
| Physics | 54 | 54% | 34 | 34% | 9 | 9% | 3 | 3% | 100 |
| Chemistry | 47 | 47% | 31 | 31% | 20 | 20% | 2 | 2% | 100 |
| Computer Science | 58 | 58% | 18 | 18% | 19 | 19% | 5 | 5% | 100 |
| Economics/Business | 76 | 76% | 18 | 18% | 4 | 4% | 2 | 2% | 100 |
| Total | 292 | 58% | 130 | 26% | 63 | 13% | 15 | 3% | 500 |
Sources: see Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai.