QS Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings by Subject 2025 has ranked six of our subjects in the top 100 in the world:
- Sports (12)
- Psychology (74)
- Architecture (51-100)
- Development Studies (51-100)
- Marketing (51-100)
- Social Policy & Administration (51-100).
Psychology moved up in their rankings from 96 last year, with Marketing entering the top 100 for the first time. QS also ranked Electrical Engineering 151-200, up from 201-250 in 2024.
These results are against a backdrop of increased competition from a 12% rise in the number of new programmes ranked this year.
Twenty-seven subjects at Bath were ranked in the latest the QS World University Rankings by Subject, up from 25 in 2024, with Marketing a new entrant and Linguistics returning to the rankings.
The QS World University Rankings by Subject provides comparative analysis on the performance of over 18,300 university programmes at more than 1,700 universities around the world.
QS uses five key metrics to compile the subject rankings. 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.
The 2025 rankings use survey data from the previous year (2023/4) and not the current round of academic and employer surveys.
You can view results from the QS World University Rankings by Subject for the University of Bath.
The full rankings are available at topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings.
For any queries about QS rankings please contact Oleksandra Tarchenko, International Rankings Projects Manager.