Sociology at Cardiff University in world’s top 100
3 April 2025
Cardiff University has been recognised as one of the world’s best centres in the world for sociology.
The QS World University Rankings by Subject has ranked sociology 86th in its influential league table.
It provides independent comparative analysis on the performance of more than 18,300 individual university programmes around the world, across 55 academic disciplines.
Reader in Sociology Dr Kate Moles said, “Sociology at Cardiff has a sustained history of international collaboration and impact in empirical research and methodological innovation.
In these locally and globally testing times, it is very welcome to see colleagues’ efforts and excellence in teaching and research recognised in the QS rankings.
“We look forward to continuing to work together to positively contribute to our students’ lives and to respond critically and carefully to the range of challenges society currently faces.”
QS uses five key metrics to compile the subject rankings. Reputation indicators are based on the responses of more than 240,000 employers and academics to QS surveys while Citations per Paper and H-Index measure research impact and productivity. International Research Network (IRN) is used to assess cross-border research collaboration.
Find out more about sociology at the School of Social Sciences.