The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 have been released. These rankings cover a total of 51 disciplines, grouped into five broad subject areas.
arts and humanity
In the Arts and Humanities stream, the University of Oxford tops the list with a score of 98, followed by the University of Cambridge with a score of 97.9 and Harvard University with a score of 97.4. While there is no Indian university in the first 100 ranks, Jawaharlal Nehru University has earned the 188th rank with a score of 68.5.
The University of Delhi took 227th place with a score of 66.7, along with Queen’s University Belfast, Western Sydney University and Wuhan University.
The Indian Institute of Bombay is affiliated with Essex University, Italian Politecnico di Torino, Portuguese University of Coimbra and University of Southern Denmark (SDU) with a score of 62.7.
Moreover, the Indian Institute of Delhi (IIT-Delhi) and Jadavpur University (JU) are among the 401-450 this year.
Technique and technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology took first place in the 2022 list with a score of 96.5, followed by the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford.
The Indian Institute of Bombay and the Indian Institute of Delhi were ranked 65th and 72nd respectively on the engineering and technology list this year. IIT Bombay scored 79.9 and IIT Delhi scored 78.9.
Meanwhile, IIT Kharagpur ranked 101 with a score of 76.2, while IIT Madras and Kanpur ranked 103 and 122 respectively. However, Delhi University is somewhere between 451-500 on this year’s list.
Life Sciences and Medicine
In Life Sciences and Medicine, only three Indian universities were listed this year, namely All India Institute of Medical Sciences (rank 204), University of Delhi (rank 330) and Manipal Academy of Higher Education (rank 375).
