World University Rankingsby Subject 2026

Explore the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject.

These subject rankings allow you to compare universities worldwide across 11 major subject areas and discover which institutions demonstrate excellence in your field of study.

The THE subject rankings encompass 148 individual disciplines. They are developed using the same comprehensive and trusted methodology as the THE World University Rankings. However, metric weightings are carefully adjusted for each subject, ensuring that the rankings accurately reflect disciplinary priorities, fairly assess institutional strengths and provide meaningful, field-specific insights.

Arts and Humanities

Discover how universities perform in the Arts and Humanities. This ranking evaluates excellence across the full breadth of cultural and creative fields, using THE’s established methodology.

Business and Economics

See how universities compare in Business and Economics. This ranking evaluates performance across core business, finance and economic fields using THE’s trusted framework.

Computer Science

Explore global performance in Computer Science. This ranking measures strengths in computing and digital disciplines using THE’s subject-weighted indicators.

Education studies

Find out how universities perform in Education Studies. This ranking assesses teacher training and educational research through THE’s established metrics.

Engineering

See how universities rank across Engineering disciplines. This ranking evaluates global performance using THE’s robust and balanced methodology.

Law

Explore university performance in Law. This ranking measures strengths in legal teaching and research using THE’s rigorous subject-weighted indicators.

Life Sciences

Find out which institutions perform strongly in the Life Sciences. This ranking assesses biological and environmental fields using THE’s established methodology.

Medical and Health

Explore global performance in Medical and Health fields. This ranking evaluates clinical and healthcare disciplines using THE’s trusted assessment framework.

Physical Sciences

See how universities compare in the Physical Sciences. This ranking measures performance across core scientific fields using THE’s rigorous methodology.

Psychology

Explore performance in Psychology worldwide. This ranking assesses strengths in psychological research and education using THE’s subject-weighted indicators.

Social Sciences

Find out how universities perform in the Social Sciences. This ranking evaluates key social, political and behavioural fields using THE’s established methodology.