The University of Manchester has risen in the latest 2024 report of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) rankings.
The top twenty-five subjects at the University of Manchester in 2024 included: Business Administration (5th), Geography (9th), Physics (10th), Sociology (11th), Dentistry & Oral Sciences (15th), Textile Science and Engineering (19th), and Metallurgical Engineering (23rd).
Compared to 2023, the University has risen in the rankings with 46 subjects included in the table and 21 subject areas having risen over the past year.
This includes new rankings in two subjects; Library management and communication.
Biotechnology and Political Sciences has risen up to the top 50 with Biotechnology now at 36th and Political Sciences now 48th.
The University of Manchester also ranks 1st in the UK for four subject areas: Business Administration, Metallurgical Engineering, Biotechnology, Textile Science and Engineering.
The ARWU has been published yearly since 2009 and the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects has been published since 2017.
The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities uses a diverse range of criteria to determine these results which include metrics such as: World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output, High Quality Research, Research Impact and International Collaboration as well as an international survey.
The University of Manchester also maintains high subject rankings for law, biotechnology, chemistry, earth sciences, engineering, computer science and economics which are all placed in the top 100 of their rankings.
The President and the Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Duncan Ivison, has stated: “We’re proud to see our research recognised not only nationally but globally, which speaks volumes about the collaborative, world-class environment here at Manchester. Now our challenge is to build on this momentum, and continue to show the world that we are an institution on the move”.
The University of Manchester is currently placed 52nd in the world out of a total of 2500.
