Our University has performed well in this year’s QS World Rankings by Subject 2018 with five subject areas placing in the top 50 globally.
Nursing at Southampton leads the way, rising to 5th in the world from 9th last year, and placing 3rd amongst UK universities to be ranked by QS. Nursing is joined in the world’s top 50 by:
- Mining Engineering – 30th
- Earth & Marine Sciences – 46th
- Statistics & Operational Research – 48th
- Archaeology – =48th
The University’s performance in these, and other areas to feature in the world’s top 100, is powered by our continued improvement in reputational rating amongst academic peers and employers around the world and good scores for research citations and ‘h-index’ which measures the productivity and impact of work published by scientists and scholars in the subject.
Professor Mandy Fader, Head of Health Sciences, credited the dedication of her colleagues in Nursing:
“This terrific result in the QS World Ranking comes from a huge amount of work and commitment by our exceptional staff. We are very proud to be preparing nurses to reach the very top of their profession and to be changing policy and practice across the world through our research and education.”
Southampton also features in the QS top 100 (between 51-100) in the following subjects:
- Education
- Engineering – Civil & Structural
- Engineering – Electrical & Electronic
- Engineering – Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing
- Environmental Sciences
- Geography
- Medicine
- Performing Arts (Music)
- Philosophy
- Physics & Astronomy
- Psychology
This year’s results in the QS subject rankings continue to build on the University’s strong showing in the QS World University Rankings 2019 (published last June) where Southampton placed 96th overall. Read the full story here.
