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UNITED KINGDOM 95 Institutions Ranked in at Least One Subject 64 Institutions in World's Top 200 for at Least One Subject QS World University Rankings by Subject 2014 COUNTRY FILE 157157 95 64institutions cited by academics in at least one subject UNITED KINGDOM 95 institutions ranked in at least one subject 64 institutions in world's top 200 for at least one subject INSTITUTIONAL REPRESENTATION BY SUBJECT TOP INSTITUTIONS BY SUBJECT ARTS & HUMANITIES ENGLISH English Language & Literature History Linguistics Modern Languages HISTORY 1 University of Oxford [1] 1 University of Cambridge [1] 1 University of Edinburgh [3] 1 University of Oxford [1] 2 University of Cambridge [2] 2 University of Oxford [2] 2 University of Oxford [4] 2 University of Cambridge [2] LINGUISTICS 3 University of Edinburgh [14] 3 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [7] 3 University of Cambridge [6] 3 UCL (University College London) [8] 4 UCL (University College London) [15] 4 The University of Warwick [24] 4 Lancaster University [9] 4 University of Edinburgh [12] LANGUAGES 5 The University of Warwick [16] 5 King's College London (KCL) [26] 5 UCL (University College London) [14] 5 The University of Warwick [24] ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY PHILOSOPHY Philosophy Computer Science & Information Systems Engineering - Chemical Engineering - Civil & Structural 1 University of Oxford [2] 1 University of Cambridge [4] 1 University of Cambridge [4] 1 University of Cambridge [4=] COMPUTER SCIENCE 2 University of Cambridge [5] 2 University of Oxford [7] 2 Imperial College London [6] 2 Imperial College London [9] 3 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [14] 3 University of Edinburgh [12] 3 University of Oxford [13=] 3 University of Oxford [39] CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 4 University of St Andrews [23] 4 Imperial College London [13] 4 The University of Manchester [22=] 4 UCL (University College London) [51-100] 5 King's College London (KCL) [28] 5 UCL (University College London) [25] 5 UCL (University College London) [37] 5 The University of Sheffield [51-100] CIVIL ENGINEERING LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE Engineering - Electrical & Electronic Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Agriculture & Forestry Biological Sciences ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 1 University of Cambridge [4] 1 University of Cambridge [3] 1 University of Reading [11=] 1 University of Cambridge [2] MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 2 University of Oxford [7] 2 Imperial College London [6=] 2 The University of Nottingham [34] 2 University of Oxford [4] 3 Imperial College London [8] 3 University of Oxford [9] 3 University of Aberdeen [51-100] 3 Imperial College London [13=] AGRICULTURE 4 The University of Manchester [38=] 4 Cranfield University [39] 4 Newcastle University [51-100] 4 UCL (University College London) [20] 5 UCL (University College London) [51-100] 5 The University of Manchester [44] 5 Aberystwyth University [101-150] 5 University of Edinburgh [22] BIOLOGY NATURAL SCIENCES Medicine Pharmacy & Pharmacology Psychology Chemistry MEDICINE 1 University of Oxford [2] 1 University of Oxford [2] 1 University of Cambridge [2] 1 University of Cambridge [3] 2 University of Cambridge [3] 2 King's College London (KCL) [3] 2 University of Oxford [3] 2 University of Oxford [6] PHARMACY 3 UCL (University College London) [8] 3 UCL (University College London) [4] 3 UCL (University College London) [9] 3 Imperial College London [11] 4 Imperial College London [10] 4 The University of Manchester [5] 4 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [22] 4 The University of Manchester [40] PSYCHOLOGY 5 King's College London (KCL) [19] 5 University of Cambridge [6] 5 King's College London (KCL) [28] 5 University of Bristol [43] CHEMISTRY Earth & Marine Sciences Environmental Sciences Geography Materials Science EARTH SCIENCES 1 University of Cambridge [2] 1 University of Cambridge [3=] 1 University of Oxford [1] 1 University of Cambridge [2=] 2 University of Oxford [7] 2 University of Oxford [7] 2 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [2] 2 Imperial College London [4] GEOGRAPHY 3 University of Edinburgh [15] 3 Imperial College London [9] 3 University of Cambridge [3] 3 University of Oxford [9] 4 Imperial College London [17] 4 University of East Anglia (UEA) [23=] 4 Durham University [4] 4 The University of Manchester [19] ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 5 University of Bristol [21=] 5 The University of Sheffield [35] 5 UCL (University College London) [7] 5 The University of Sheffield [39] SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT MATERIALS SCIENCE Mathematics Physics & Astronomy Accounting & Finance Communication & Media Studies 1 University of Oxford [3] 1 University of Cambridge [3] 1 University of Oxford [2] 1 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [2] MATHEMATICS 2 University of Cambridge [4=] 2 University of Oxford [6] 2 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [3] 2 City University London [23] 3 Imperial College London [11] 3 Imperial College London [10] 3 University of Cambridge [4] 3 University of Westminster [40] PHYSICS 4 The University of Warwick [25] 4 The University of Manchester [28] 4 London Business School [7] 4 Loughborough University [48=] 5 University of Edinburgh [31=] 5 UCL (University College London) [35] 5 The University of Manchester [17] 5 University of East Anglia (UEA) [51-100] ACCOUNTING & FINANCE Economics & Econometrics Education Law Politics & International Studies COMMUNICATION 1 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [3] 1 Institute of Education, University of London [1] 1 University of Oxford [2] 1 University of Oxford [2] EDUCATION 2 University of Cambridge [10] 2 University of Cambridge [4] 2 University of Cambridge [3] 2 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [3] 3 University of Oxford [12] 3 University of Oxford [7] 3 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [7] 3 University of Cambridge [6] ECONOMICS 4 UCL (University College London) [17] 4 University of Edinburgh [18] 4 UCL (University College London) [12] 4 King's College London (KCL) [28] 5 The University of Warwick [21] 5 King's College London (KCL) [19] 5 King's College London (KCL) [20] 5 University of Edinburgh [35=] LAW Sociology Statistics & Operational Research POLITICS 1 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) [5] 1 University of Cambridge [6] 2 University of Oxford [6] 2 University of Oxford [9] SOCIOLOGY 3 University of Cambridge [12] 3 Imperial College London [10] 4 The University of Manchester [14=] 4 The University of Warwick [28] STATISTICS 5 University of Edinburgh [16] 5 UCL (University College London) [47] NOTES: The whole bar in the chart on the left relates to the percentage of institutions in the study from that country which have scored for the subject, the shorter more deeply coloured bars reflect the proportion of institutions that have reached the required level to be assigned a rank, the top two hundred overall of which are typically published. In the table on the right the [number] in square brackets is the global rank of that institution for the given subject. Thorough checks are conducted for the top 200 institutions in each subject but where institutions appear for certain countries without a rank, these may not have been checked but are included nonetheless (in grey) for illustrative purposes. It is not unusual for institutions beyond the top couple of hundred to appear in disciplines that they do not operate due to overall reputation lending assumed status or strengths in closely related disciplines. Copyright © 2014 QS Intelligence Unit (a division of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd).
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