QS World University Rankings by Subject 2013: Top 20 for Top 10s

The results are in! For the third year, QS has released its World University Rankings by Subject, designed to help students identify the best universities in the world in their discipline. Because sometimes the institutions which are strongest overall may not be the best in your subject. And on many occasions, universities which do not fare quite as well in the overall QS World University Rankings may be extremely strong in certain subject areas. However, though the rankings are not intended to be considered as whole, it can be an interesting to look at which universities appear most frequently in the top 10 across the 30 subjects.
The list contains a lot of familiar names. It is led by the UK powerhouse of Cambridge, followed by Oxford and the University of California, Berkeley. The entire top 10 of the overall rankings feature (unsurprising, as it is their strength in depth which got them to the top in the first place). However, the list is not a straightforward reproduction either! A total of six countries are represented – click to learn more about studying in these destinations: The US, the UK, Singapore, Australia, Switzerland and Japan. The only table topping university to not make this list is the University of California, Davis, which tops the ranking for agriculture and forestry. Read more...