QS World University Rankings by Subject
29 April 2015
25 subjects feature in 2015 QS rankings.
The University features amongst the world's elite institutions in 25 of 33 subjects according to the latest QS World University Rankings by subject, published today (00.01, Wednesday 29th April, 2015).
The QS World University Rankings by Subject rank some 894 institutions across the world examining over 100M citations and over 14,000 University programs to come-up with a list of the world's leading universities by subject area.
The top three highlights for the University are:
- Architecture/Built Environment ranked 29th in the world – the University's highest ranked subject
- Psychology ranked 36th
- Geography ranked 38th
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Elizabeth Treasure said: "Coming on the back of our outstanding performance in the Research Excellence Framework the publication of this year's QS University Rankings by Subject cements our position amongst the world's very best.
"Whilst architecture, psychology and geography can be singled out for specific praise achieving a world top 50, what is especially pleasing is the breath of quality that we can point to in many subject areas.
"From the social sciences, to biomedical and life sciences right through to the physical sciences we rank amongst the very best.
"However, we are not complacent and as a University, as a whole, our aim is to be consistently ranked amongst the world's top 100.
"These results are positive and a step forward in achieving our overall objective."
Our results in full:
College of Physical Sciences and Engineering
Architecture/Built Environment – Top 50
Geography – Top 50
Civil and Structural Engineering - Top 150
Mechanical Engineering -Top 150
Earth and Marine Sciences -Top 200
Statistics and Operational Research – Top 200
Environmental Sciences – Top 200
Maths – Top 250
Electrical Engineering - Top 250
Chemistry - Top 250
Computer Science – Top 250
Physics and Astronomy - Top 350
Psychology – Top 50
Pharmacy and Pharmacology – Top 100
Pharmacy – Top 100
Medicine – Top 150
Biological sciences – Top 150
Medicine – Top 150
Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
Geography – Top 50
Accounting and Finance – Top 100
Business and Management – Top 100
Communications and Media Studies – Top 100
Sociology – Top 150
English Language and Literature – top 150
Education – Top 150
Law – Top 150
Linguistics – Top 150
History – Top 200