by Danny Byrne The QS World University Rankings® for Social Sciences completes the first comprehensive set of international rankings at subject level, with 26 disciplines now covered in total. The final batch covers some of the most popular undergraduate degree subjects, many of which have a direct connection to the world of work: Accounting and

by Mansoor Iqbal Modern languages have never been so important. The ever-accelerating spread of mobility and internationalization – both in the professional and academic worlds – shows little sign of abating any time soon. At the forefront of these cross-border exchanges of people and skills are a troupe of able and willing multilingual graduates, facilitating

by Mansoor Iqbal At the pinnacle of the first ever QS World University Rankings® for English Language and Literature we find the towering titan of higher education that is Harvard, closely followed by the two halves of Oxbridge. Harvard’s position at the top of the table is largely down to its strong reputation with academics,

by Liliana Casallas   Six Latin American universities were featured in the QS World University Rankings®: Arts and Humanities released on http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings, revealing strength in Latin America’s universities in Modern Languages, Philosophy, Geography, History, English and Linguistics. Brazil, with four universities featured, is best-performing country in the region Mexico’s Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

by John O’Leary One frequent criticism of rankings is that only long-established universities can thrive. The latest QS Asian University Rankings™ disprove that theory once and for all. Top of the 2011 rankings, moving up from second place last year, is the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, founded only 20 years ago. Already

We’ve just released our much sought after 2011 QS Asian University Rankings. Check out full results here. Rank School Name Country Classification Score 1 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong M|CO|VH 100.00 2 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong L|FC|VH 99.80 3 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore XL|FC|VH 99.30 4

By Danny Byrne The first QS subject ranking for Environmental Sciences comes at a time when climate change, sustainable energy and green alternatives are high on the international agenda. The results show that the university research and innovation that underpins environmental policy is global in its reach, with universities from 30 countries making up the

Martin Ince takes a look at some of the cutting-edge research that is recognised in the latest batch of QS World University Rankings® by Subject In this cluster of QS’s World University Rankings® by Subject, we examine three core areas of the life sciences: medicine, the biological sciences, and psychology. These subjects are among the