General information on ranking

Name of the ranking	THE World University Rankings by Subject
Geographical scope	Global
Name of person in charge of ranking	Phil Baty
E-mail of person in charge of ranking	phil.baty@timeshighereducation.com
Website of the ranking	www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rank...
Publication frequency	annual
First year of publication	2011
Most recent year of publication	2024
Date of last update	2024-05-06
Ranking organization	Times Higher Education
Website of the methodology	https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings-2024-subject-arts-and-humanities-methodology
Methodology	THE World University Rankings by Subject covers 11 broad subject areas: Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Clinical, Pre-cilinical & Health, Computer Science, Education, Engineering & Technology, Law, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences. The subject tables use the same range of  performance indicators as the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024. However, the overall methodology is carefully recalibrated for each subject, with the weightings changed to suit the individual fields. The performance indicators are: Teaching (the learning environment) Teaching reputation Staff-to-student ratio Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio Doctorates-awarded-to-academic-staff ratio Institutional income   Research environment Research reputation Research income Research productivity   Research quality Citation impact Research strength Research excellence Research influence   International outlook Proportion of international students Proportion of international staff International collaboration   Industry Industry income Patents   Two criteria determine eligibility for the THE subject rankings: a publication threshold and an academic staff threshold. They are set differently for each of the 11 broad ranking subjects. With regards to staff eligibility criterion, an institution needs to have either a minimum proportion of its staff or a minimum number of staff in the discipline to be included in the subject ranking. The threshold depends on the broad subject.

Additional information

• Type of publication: internet, print - magazine, newspaper
• Internet users access to ranking: open access
• Language of publication: English
• Main target groups: higher education institutions, policymakers, governments and funding agencies, students and parents
• Level of comparison: broad fields: 11
• Major dimensions covered: internationalization, knowledge transfer, reputation, research, teaching
• Structure of presentation: ordinary presentation (league tables)
• Data sources: data collected from HEIs by ranking organization, survey conducted exclusively by ranking organization, third-party database (data not provided by HEI)
• Quality assurance of ranking: certification (e.g. IREG Audit)
• Website of the ranking organization: http://www.timeshighereducation.com
• Types of the ranking organization: commercial/for-profit (incl. media)
• Types of rankings: global-subjects