2015 QS Subject Rankings demonstrate global impact of UVic programs

UVic’s global leadership in six key academic fields, along with its comprehensive span of world-class programs across the university, were highlighted with the release of the 2015 QS World University Rankings by Subject on April 29. 

The six fields where UVic is ranked in the world’s top 200 are:

• Earth and marine sciences
• English language and literature 
• Geography
• Law
• Philosophy  
• Psychology

In addition, UVic programs in electrical engineering, mathematics, and physics and astronomy placed in the next band (201-250) for global subject leadership.

The QS rankings use a field-specific weighted mix of citations, a joint impact and productivity indicator (h-index), and academic and employer reputation surveys to measure leadership in each field.

UVic’s performance across the disciplines continues to be very strong. QS scored the university for world-class performance in 29 of 36 fields it considers. (Most of the rest—including agriculture, dentistry, pharmacy and veterinary sciences—are fields in which UVic doesn’t have established programs.)

Rankings are regularly used by undergraduate and postgraduate students to help select degree courses, by academics to inform career decisions, by research teams to identify new collaborative partners and by university managers to benchmark their performance and set strategic priorities.