THE -Subject Ranking

In addition to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, THE also publish their Subject Rankings annually. These rankings are based on data from the WUR mapped across 11 different subbjects/FOS.  The eleven broad categories of the field of science/subjects are listed below. The results are published annually in the months following the publication of the World rankings. See the field of science/subject ranking results published in October 2023 here referred to as the 2024 subject Rankings.   

The subject tables employ the same range of 13 performance indicators used in the overall World University Rankings published in 2023, brought together under five theme indicators; teaching, research, citations, international outlook, and income from industry. However, the overall methodology is carefully recalibrated for each subject, with the weightings changed to suit the individual fields. See more about the THE Rankings Subject Methodology here.

 Chart 1: Breakdown of the five theme indicators/field of study in THE Rankings:

THE Subject Weighting

 Chart 2: Breakdown of each of the 13 metrics /field of study in THE Rankings

13 Metric chart THE

Table 1:Percentage breakdown of each of the 13 metrics /field of study in THE Rankings

13 Table

News

10th July 2024

University of Galway is ranked within the top 100 Universities in Europe for the second year in a row - University of Galway ranked 98th in Europe out of 685 institutions across 42 European locations in the QS World University Rankings: Europe 2025

12th June 2024

University of Galway maintained its global top 50 rank in the 6th edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World IMPACT Rankings 2024, with a global rank of 47 (no. 1 in Ireland) out of a total  of 1,705 institutions from 125 countries across the World. It also maintained its top 50 global rankings in five SDGs.  

 

4th June 2024

QS World University Ranking 2025: University of Galway ranked 273rd in the world, out of ~1,500 global universities. 

 

10th April 2024 

QS World University Subject Rank 2024: University of Galway  achieved a global rank in 24 subjects, up from 23 in 2023, with a Top 100 Global Rank in 3 subjects. 

 

5th December 2023

University of Galway is ranked 120 in the second year of the QS Sustainability Ranking, up from 161-170 in 2022. 

 

27th September 2023

University of Galway retains it's global rank of 301-350 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2024. 

 

20th September 2023

University of Galway is ranked 98th in Europe out of 690 institutions across 42 European locations in the inaugural QS World University Rankings: Europe 

 

27th June 2023

University of Galway is ranked 289th out of ~ 1500 institutions worldwide in the QS World university Rankings. 

 

1st June 2023

University of Galway continued to climb in the  5th edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World IMPACT Rankings 2023, andhas a global rank of 34 (no. 1 in Ireland, up from 47 in 2022) out of a total  of 1,591 institutions from 112 countries across the World.

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22nd March 2023

QS World University Subject Rank 2023: University of Galway achieved a global rank in 23 Subjects, up from 22 last year - with Performing Arts at University of Galway achieiving a global rank of 101-120 for the first time. The subject of English at University of Galway also broke into the top 100 in the world, achieving a global subject rank of 91.