China has 88 universities that have at least one subject ranking in the world’s top 400, according to the latest “QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016” report from London-headquartered education company Quacquarelli Symonds. It looks at 42 individual subjects taught around the world and names the top 400 institutions in each of those subjects, based on the institutions’ academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact. A total of 58 colleges and institutions from the Chinese mainland, eight from Hong Kong, 21 from Taiwan and one from Macao were included in the ranking for breaking into the top 400 in at least one subject. The good performance of the 88 educational institutions was second only to the U.S., which had 164 colleges and institutes ranked. “This year, China has five subjects in the global top 10, 65 subjects taught at seven universities that are in the top 50 and 134 subjects from 24 universities in the top 100, these are internationally recognized achievements,” Zhang Yan, China Director at the QS Intelligence Unit, said.