Final Results of First Global Ranking of Universities by Subject Revealed

LONDON, July 4, 2011 -

• New world rankings in six Social Sciences disciplines:
  Statistics, Sociology, Politics, Law, Economics, Accounting
• Business, Accounting, and Economics graduates are most popular
  with employers
• 119 US universities make rankings in at least one subject,
  followed by UK (64), Germany (39), Australia (31), France (31),
  Canada (21), Japan (18), China (14) and the Netherlands (14)
• Full 2011 QS World University Rankings by Subject in 26
  disciplines now available at href="www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2011/subject-rankings">
  topuniversities.com

The full 2011 QS World University Rankings by Subject covering
26 disciplines are now available at href="www.topuniversities.com/">www.topuniversities.com,
providing the most comprehensive comparison of the world’s
universities at departmental level.

The QS World University Rankings® by subject are the first to
rank universities at individual subject level in the world. With a
methodology tailored to fit each subject, the rankings are based on
Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation and Citations per
Paper.

The research asked global graduate employers to identify the
universities that produce the best graduates, both overall and
within a given discipline. The most sought-after graduates were
those in Business, Accountancy and Finance, and Economics.

Table-topping performances are shared between Harvard (in a
remarkable 17 subjects), ahead of MIT (6), Cambridge (2) and Oxford
and Stanford (one apiece). In the six Social Sciences disciplines,
Harvard tops Sociology, Politics, Law, Economics and Accounting,
while Stanford comes first in Statistics.

Top 5 ranked universities by employer reputation

                                         Employer
    Subject    University Overall rank   rank
    Sociology  Cambridge     4            1
               Harvard       1            2
               Oxford        3            3
               LSE          10            4
               MIT          19            5

    Statistics Harvard       2            1
               Cambridge     4            2
               Oxford        6            3
               LSE          15            4
               University of
               Melbourne    16            5

    Politics   Harvard       1            1
               Oxford        2            2
               Cambridge     3            3
               Stanford      7            4
               Yale          6            5

     Law       Oxford        2            1
               Harvard       1            2
               Cambridge     3            3
               Stanford      5            4
               LSE           7            5

     Economics Harvard       1            1
               Oxford        5            2
               Cambridge     6            3
               LSE           4            4
               Stanford      3            5

   Accounting  Harvard       1            1
               Oxford        2            2
               Cambridge     4            3
               LSE           6            4
               Stanford      5            5

Ben Sowter, head of research at QS says, “As global mobility and
the fee burden on individual students increases, rankings need to
become more detailed and focused to meet the demand for comparative
information. Taking on board the views of global employers means
that these rankings move away from research and give a sense of the
real-world market value of different degree programs.”

Contact: Vickie Chiu, +44(0)207-284-7292 , +44(0)77-959-75404, Vickie.chiu at qs.com