The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 provides an independent comparative analysis of more than 15,700 independent university programmes from 1,594 universities in 93 regions around the world, spanning 54 subjects, including three first-time entrants: Data Science, Marketing, and Art History. In addition, QS is ranked based on 5 academic fields: Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences & Management.
In this subject ranking, the number of subject projects in Chinese mainland universities reached a record high of 851 (771 last year). UK universities have 1,527 subject programmes in the rankings this year, up from 1,225 last year; U.S. universities have 3,091 subject programs in the rankings, up from 2,571 last year.
In terms of the number of universities in the list, 226 universities in the United States and 109 in the United Kingdom, and Chinese mainland universities are second only to the United States and the United Kingdom, with 99 universities in the list, the third highest number in the world. In recent years, the performance of Chinese universities in the rankings has grown steadily:
The number of Chinese mainland universities in the top 50 of the QS World University Rankings by Subject has increased, ranking 5th in the world. Among the top 100 universities in various subject rankings, the performance of Chinese mainland universities has also improved significantly, ranking fourth in the world.
Chinese mainland has 32 disciplines in the top 20 in the world, 7 more than in 2022. Peking University has 11 subjects in the top 20, Tsinghua University has 13 subjects in the top 20, and Tsinghua University is ranked fifth in the world in art history and first in Chinese mainland.
U.S. universities are ranked leading in 32 subjects. Harvard University is the strongest performer in the rankings, ranking first out of 14 subjectsOne more subject than last year. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranked first in 11 subjects, the same as last year.
UK universities took first place in 15 subjects, with the University of Oxford topping in four subjects and the University of Cambridge and the Royal College of Art each topping in two.
ETH Zurich is the best performing university in continental Europe, ranking first in three subjects. Swiss universities are outstanding in this ranking, with a number of subjects in the top 10, a performance that also puts it third in the world.
Australia has the fourth highest number of subjects in the world. With 48 subjects in the top 50, the University of Toronto is the best performing university in Canada.
Singapore's universities occupy multiple seats in the top 10 in various disciplines, which makes Singapore a world-class higher education system. The National University of Singapore (NUS) is highly ranked in the Asia-Pacific region.
Top 10 in Engineering & Technology by Subject Rankings 2023
1.Mit.
2.Stanford University.
3.University of Cambridge.
4.Oxford.
5.University of California, Berkeley.
6.Imperial College London.
7.ETH Zurich.
8.Harvard University.
9.Tsinghua University.
10.California Institute of Technology.
Top 10 in Computer Science and Information Systems in the 2023QS Subject Rankings
1.Mit.
2.Carnegie Mellon University.
3.Stanford University.
4.University of California, Berkeley.
5.Oxford.
6.National University of Singapore.
7.University of Cambridge.
8.Harvard University.
9.ETH Zurich.
10.Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
Top 10 in Data Science in 2023QS Subject Rankings
1.Mit.
2.Carnegie Mellon University.
3.University of California, Berkeley.
4.Oxford.
5.Harvard University.
6.University of Toronto.
7.University of Washington.
8.Princeton University.
9=.Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
9=.Georgia Institute of Technology.
Top 10 in Chemical Engineering in 2023QS Subject Rankings
1.Mit.
2.Stanford University.
3.University of Cambridge.
4.University of California, Berkeley.
5.ETH Zurich.
6.National University of Singapore.
7.Imperial College London.
8.Delft University of Technology.
9.Oxford.
10.Nanyang Technological University.
2023QS Ranking by Subject: Top 10 in Mechanical Engineering
1.Mit.
2.Stanford University.
3.Delft University of Technology.
4.University of Cambridge.
5.ETH Zurich.
6.University of California, Berkeley.
7.Politecnico di Milano.
8.Imperial College London.
9.Oxford.
10.National University of Singapore.
2023QS Subject Ranking Top 10 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
1.Mit.
2.Stanford University.
3.University of California, Berkeley.
4.ETH Zurich.
5.University of Cambridge.
6.Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
7.Harvard University.
8.Oxford.
9.Nanyang Technological University.
10.Imperial College London, National University of Singapore.
2023QS Subject Rankings: Top 10 in History
1.Harvard University.
2.Oxford.
3.University of Cambridge.
4.Stanford University.
4.Yale University.
6.London School of Economics and Political Science.
7.University of California, Berkeley.
8.Columbia University.
9.University of California, Los Angeles.
10.Princeton University.
2023QS Subject Rankings: Top 10 in Classical Literature and Ancient History
1.University of Rome.
2.Oxford.
3.University of Cambridge.
4.École Normale Supérieure de Pisa.
5.University of Munich.
6.University of Heidelberg.
7.Harvard University.
8.Durham University.
9.Peking university.
10.Leiden University.
2023QS Subject Rankings: Top 10 in Modern Linguistics
1.University of Cambridge.
2.Oxford.
3.Harvard University.
4.University of California, Berkeley.
5.Yale University.
6.Columbia University.
7.Stanford University.
8.University of California, Los Angeles.
9.University of Edinburgh.
10.Princeton University.
Top 10 in English Language and Literature by Subject Rankings 2023
1.Oxford.
2.University of Cambridge.
3.Harvard University.
4.University of California, Berkeley.
5.Yale University.
6.Columbia University.
7.Stanford University.
8.University of California, Los Angeles.
9.University of Edinburgh.
10.Princeton University.
Top 10 in Psychology in 2023QS Subject Rankings
1.Harvard University.
2.Oxford.
3.University of Cambridge.
4.Stanford University.
5.University College London.
6.Yale University.
7.Columbia University.
8.University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
9.University of California, Los Angeles.
10.University of Amsterdam.
Top 10 Natural Sciences in the 2023QS Subject Rankings
1.Harvard University.
2.Mit.
3.University of Cambridge.
4.Stanford University.
5.Oxford.
6.California Institute of Technology.
7.University of California, Berkeley.
8.ETH Zurich.
9.Imperial College London.
10.Princeton University.
Top 10 in Social Sciences and Management by Subject Rankings 2023
1.Harvard University.
2.Oxford.
3.Stanford University.
4.Mit.
5.London School of Economics and Political Science.
6.University of Cambridge.
7.University of California, Berkeley.
8.Yale University.
9.University of Chicago.
10.Columbia University.
2023QS Subject Rankings: Top 10 in Media Studies
1.University of Amsterdam.
2.University of Southern California.
3.London School of Economics and Political Science.
4.Stanford University.
5.University of Texas at Austin.
6.Nanyang Technological University.
7.University of Pennsylvania.
8.University of Wisconsin-Madison.
9.Michigan State University.
10.New York University.
Top 10 in Education in 2023QS Subject Rankings
1.Faculty of Education, University College London.
2.Harvard University.
3.Stanford University.
4.University of Cambridge.
5.Oxford.
6.University of California, Berkeley.
7.University of Toronto.
8.The University of Hong Kong.
9.Columbia University.
10.University of California, Los Angeles.
2023QS Subject Rankings: Top 10 in Marketing
1.University of Pennsylvania.
2.Stanford University.
3.Mit.
4.University of Cambridge.
5.Northwestern University.
6.HEC Paris.
7.Columbia University.
8.Luigi Bocconi University of Milan.
9.National University of Singapore.
10.London Business School.