University of Huddersfield among world’s best for 11 subjects

In the 2023 QS World University Rankings By Subject the University of Huddersfield has been named as one of the world's top universities in 11 subjects and in the top 300 for five of those subjects.

The 2023 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, released only on Wednesday 22 March by global higher education analyst QS Quacquarelli Symonds, names the world’s best universities for the study of 54 academic disciplines..

The University’s best performance is in Performing Arts, in which it ranks 27th globally and 9th in the United Kingdom. Compared to the previous year, the institution is ranked in four additional subjects with another four of the University’s programmes improving in rank.

The 11 subjects where the University of Huddersfield is named among the world’s top universities are: Performing Arts, Communication & Media Studies, Petroleum Engineering, Education, English Language & Literature, Sociology, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical & Manufacturing, Business & Management Studies, Computer Science & Information Systems and the broad subject areas of Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences & Management.

Key findings

• • For Academic Reputation, the University performs best in Performing Arts, in which it scores 75.8
  • In Citations per Paper, QS’ measure of research quality, the University performs best in Communication & Media Studies, with a score of 87.5
  • For the H-Index, which also measures research impact and productivity, the University performs best in Business & Management Studies, in which it scores 85.4
  • For Employer Reputation, the University performs best in Performing Arts, scoring 76.8
  • For International Research Network, the University performs best in Computer Science & Information Systems, with a score of 50.6.

In the broad subject areas, the University of Huddersfield performed best in Arts & Humanities, in which it is placed 333= in the world.

The University’s Pro Vice-Chancellor International Professor Alistair Sambell is absolutely delighted by the results.

“I am incredibly proud the University of Huddersfield is being recognised across the globe by our peers and stakeholders,” said Professor Sambell. “I want to congratulate our students, researchers, educators, and professional staff for achieving such high recognition of their inspiring and impactful work.”

About the QS World University Rankings

The QS World University Rankings provide an authoritative comparative analysis of the performance of 15,703 individual university programmes at 1,594 universities in 93 locations around the world, across 54 academic disciplines and five broad Faculty Areas.

Based on its number of top-100 programmes, the UK is home to the world’s second strongest higher education system. In terms of its total number of ranked programmes across the 54 subject tables, the UK is also the second most-represented territory in the world.

QS uses five key metrics to compile the subject rankings. Reputation indicators are based on the responses of 150,000 academics and 99,000 employers to QS surveys while Citations per Paper and H-Index measure research impact and productivity. International Research Network (IRN) is used to assess cross-border research collaboration.

This year, three new academic disciplines have been included in the QS World University Rankings by Subject: Data Science, Marketing and History of Art. QS welcomes feedback from the global higher education community as it seeks to expand these tables for future iterations.

Visit the QS Top Universities website to see the full results.