QS World University Rankings By Subject 2025: MIT Shines At Number 1 For 11 Subjects
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 is out which ranks the universities based on 55 individual subjects across five broad subject areas. Various subjects including computer science and information systems, materials science and medicine now have more ranked institutes than ever before.
Study Abroad: The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 has ranked universities across the world under five broad subject areas. The latest rankings is the biggest as an additional 171 institutions included which were not present in the previous year. Many subjects including medicine, materials science, computer and information systems have more institutes featured now than ever before.
The five broad subject categories include -
- Arts & Humanities
- Engineering and Technology
- Life Sciences & Medicine
- Natural Sciences
- Social Sciences & Management.
Harvard is at the top in four of these including Arts & Humanities, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences & Management. Out of these five broad subject categories, MIT has topped in Engineering and Technology.
MIT Ranks 1 In 11 subjects In 2025
It ranks number one in the following subjects -
- Computer Science and Information Systems
- Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- Chemical Engineering
- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Manufacturing Engineering
- Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Linguistics
- Materials Science
- Physics and Astronomy
- Statistics and Operational Research
MIT is placed in second position in the following areas -
- Biological Sciences
- Business and Management Studies
- Accounting and Finance
- Architecture/Built Environment
- Earth and Marine Sciences
- Economics and Econometrics
- Chemistry
QS World University Rankings By Subject 2025: Top 10 Universities In Arts And Humanities
| Rank | University | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harvard University | US |
| 2 |
University of Oxford | UK |
| 3 | University of Cambridge | UK |
| 4 |
Stanford University | US |
| 5 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | US |
| 6 |
Yale University | US |
| 7 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | US |
| 7 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | US |
| 9 |
New York University (NYU) | US |
| 10 |
The University of Edinburgh | UK |
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Top 10 Universities In Engineering & Technology
| Rank | University | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | US |
| 2 |
University of Oxford | UK |
| 3 | Stanford University | US |
| 4 |
University of Cambridge | UK |
| 5 |
ETH Zurich | Switzerland |
| 6 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | US |
| 7 |
Tsinghua University | China |
| 7 |
Imperial College London | UK |
| 9 |
Harvard University | US |
| 10 |
EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland |
QS World University Rankings By Subject 2025: Top 10 Universities In Life Sciences & Medicine
| Rank | University | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harvard University | US |
| 2 |
University of Oxford | UK |
| 3 | Johns Hopkins University | US |
| 4 |
Stanford University | US |
| 5 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | US |
| 6 |
University of Cambridge | UK |
| 7 |
University of California, San Francisco | US |
| 7 |
Imperial College London | UK |
| 9 |
UCL | UK |
| 10 |
Karolinska Institutet | Sweden |
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Top 10 Universities In Natural Sciences
| Rank | University | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harvard University | US |
| 2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | US |
| 3 | University of Oxford | UK |
| 4 |
University of Cambridge | UK |
| 5 |
Stanford University | US |
| 6 |
ETH Zurich | Switzerland |
| 7 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | US |
| 7 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | US |
| 9 |
Imperial College London | UK |
| 10 |
Tsinghua University | China |
QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Top 10 Universities In Social Sciences & Management
| Rank | University | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Harvard University | US |
| 2 |
University of Oxford | UK |
| 3 | Stanford University | US |
| 4 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | US |
| 5 |
University of Cambridge | UK |
| 6 |
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | UK |
| 7 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | US |
| 7 |
Yale University | US |
| 9 |
University of Chicago | US |
| 10 |
National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore |
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