Huddersfield among world’s top universities for 13 subjects in 2024 QS Rankings
The University of Huddersfield has been named as one of the world's top universities in 13 subjects, and in the top 300 for 10 of those subjects in the 2024 QS World University Rankings By Subject.
The 2024 edition of the rankings, released by global higher education analyst QS Quacquarelli Symonds, names the world’s best universities for the study of 55 academic disciplines (narrow subject areas) and five broad subject areas.
Compared to the previous year, the institution is ranked in four additional subjects with another three of the University’s programmes improving in rank.
The University’s reputation for excellence in Music is underlined by its global ranking of 20, and 6th in the UK.
The University is:
- Ranked 20th globally for Music (6th in the UK)
- Ranked 32nd globally for Performing Arts
- In the top 150 in the world for Communication & Media Studies
- In the top 150 in the world for Petroleum and Engineering
- In the top 200 in the world for Nursing
The 13 subjects where the University of Huddersfield is named among the world’s top universities are: Music, Performing Arts, Communication & Media Studies, Petroleum Engineering, Education, English Language & Literature, Sociology, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical & Manufacturing, Engineering - Electrical & Electronic, Computer Science & Information Systems, Business & Management Studies, Nursing, and Architecture and the Built Environment.
“I am delighted to see the continued improvement in the global standing of the University of Huddersfield,” says University Pro Vice-Chancellor International Professor Alistair Sambell.
"Thirteen subjects have now achieved formal ranking in the 2024 QS world university subject rankings, with 10 of these in the world top 300 for their discipline. This is great recognition for the outstanding work of colleagues across the institution on an international stage. I want to congratulate our students, researchers, educators, and professional staff on this achievement."
Other highlights:
- The three subjects being ranked for the first time are Architecture/ Built Environment; Engineering – Electrical & Electronic; Nursing.
- The University performed best in the broad area of Arts & Humanities, in which it is placed 288=, an increase of 45 places from last year’s 333= in the world.
- Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing has moved up the rankings from 351-400 to 251-300.
- Computer Science & Information Systems has also moved up from 651-680 to 601-650.
About the QS World University Rankings
The QS World University Rankings provide an independent comparative analysis on the performance of more than 16,400 individual university programmes, taken by students at more than 1500 universities in 96 locations around the world, across 55 academic disciplines and five broad faculty areas.
United Kingdom has 1569 programmes ranked across 103 institutions. Of these, 338 climb the table, and 109 rank for the first time. UK institutions top 16 subject tables and boast the world’s highest concentration of programmes in the world’s top three, with 4% placing in this tier.
Reputation indicators are based on the responses of more than 240,000 employers and academics 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.
Visit the QS Top Universities website to see the full results.