Melbourne’s breadth and depth on show in latest QS Subject Rankings

The University of Melbourne has two subjects in the top 10 in the world and a further 13 in the top 20, according to the 2016 QS Subject Rankings.

The University is ranked seventh in the world for Education and eighth in the world for Law, while all of the University’s 41 subject areas fall within the global top 100.

Released earlier this morning, the QS World University Rankings by Subject tracks the performance of more than 4200 universities across 42 subject areas, an increase on six subjects from 2015.

Australia is third-best performer overall in the global rankings.

University of Melbourne Vice-Chancellor Glyn Davis said one of the most pleasing aspects of today’s results was the significant improvement of the University’s subjects across the board.

“We’ve seen sixteen subjects improve on their 2015 standings, with nearly a third of these coming in the Arts and Humanities area,” Professor Davis said.

“As a University community we take great pride in the breadth and depth of the subject offerings we make available to students, and today’s results reaffirm our commitment to this broad-based offering.

“While we’re obviously proud of the continued strong international performance of Education and Law, the fact that we have seen subject improvements in every category is a fantastic result.”

The full rankings are available here.