University of Sydney rises in QS subject rankings
This year鈥檚 cover 51 specific subjects, as well as five broad subject areas: Engineering & Technology, Arts & Humanities, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences & Management. Universities are evaluated using a range of research metrics, as well as the results of the QS Global Academic and Employer Surveys.
Sports-related Subjects (which includes physical therapy, sports therapy and rehabilitation) remains the University of Sydney鈥檚 best performing subject, ranking fourth in the world.
Anatomy & Physiology moves to 12th position from 28th, our greatest improvement at a subject level.
Other subjects ranking in the top 20 include Nursing (12th), Pharmacy & Pharmacology (14th), Law (16th), Engineering 鈥� Civil & Structural (17th), Medicine (18th), English Language & Literature (18th) and Geography (20th).
The University of Sydney鈥檚 ranking in all five broad subject areas also increased. Life Sciences & Medicine (19th) is our strongest field, while Engineering & Technology moves up 20 positions to 45th position. Employer reputation scores are also higher in all five broad subject areas.
Vice Chancellor and President, Professor Mark Scott, said the results demonstrate the breadth and quality of the University of Sydney鈥檚 research and education.
鈥湼咔甯＠琫rs have dedicated their careers to understanding and solving the world鈥檚 greatest problems. Since the start of the pandemic this has included vital research on a wide range of related areas, from determining the origins of the virus and mapping its trajectory, to mental health impacts, vaccine hesitancy, and more.聽
鈥淏eyond the pandemic, academics from across our faculties are at the forefront of human discovery and innovation, conducting research that ignites interest from industry and influences public policy.鈥�
Academics from across our faculties are at the forefront of human discovery and innovation, conducting research that ignites interest from industry and influences public policy
Recently three University of Sydney researchers were awarded聽top honours in the 2021 Prime Minister鈥檚 Prizes for Science:听Professor Edward Holmes聽for his role in the scientific response to COVID-19,聽Associate Professor Michael Bowen聽for his work combatting addiction and聽Professor Tony Weiss聽for breakthroughs in healing tissues and organs.
Other developments led by our researchers over the past year include:
- advances in solar panel technology
- work to discover how聽soil can be a sustainable and potentially powerful tool to combat the effects of global warming
- 补苍听ultra-fast communication method聽to facilitate Tactile Internet
- 补听low-cost, long-range, high-data WiFi system
- 补听world-first consortium to fight global corneal blindness
- 补听technology that allows autonomous vehicles to track moving pedestrians聽or behind buildings and cyclists obscured by cars, trucks, and buses
- biophysical modelling study that聽challenged outdated public health guidance discouraging fan use聽in temperatures higher than 35 degrees Celsius
- 补诲惫补苍肠别诲听mental health modelling by the Brain and Mind Centre聽being recognised as a top innovation by the World Economic Forum
- the launch of a world-first聽multiple sclerosis global image database.
鈥淓mployers also understand that our graduates make exceptional employees, and bring a wide range of valuable knowledge, skills and experience with them into the workforce,鈥� Professor Scott said.
鈥淥ur teaching academic and support staff have worked incredibly hard throughout the pandemic to continue to deliver a world class educational experience for our students, as these results demonstrate.鈥�