Subjects at the University of Bristol are world-class, new league table confirms

Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) 2019 highlights the world’s top universities in a range of popular subject areas.

It confirms that 19 subjects at the University of Bristol are highly rated within the world’s top 100, with nine of these featuring in the top 50.

Most notably, the field of Public Health is ranked 2^nd in the UK, 3^rd in Europe and 8^th globally. This is a rise of three places from 11^th last year.

Water Resources* is 1^st in the UK and 11^th in the world; Earth Sciences is 2^nd in the UK and 16^th in the world; Geography has risen 20 places to 17^th in the world; while Aerospace Engineering has risen nine places to 37^th.

The rankings analyse 4,000 universities and look at a collection of indicators, including measures of research productivity, research quality, extent of international collaboration, research with top quality, and the highest academic recognitions.

Bristol has been ranked in 41 subjects across the subjects analysed by the rankings: natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences, and social sciences.

Nine of its subjects are within the top 50 alongside other leading universities such as Princeton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Nanyang Technological University, Delft and Sydney.

In addition to Public Health, other subjects in the top 50 include:

• Water Resources* – 11^th in the world and 1^st in the UK
• Earth Sciences – 16^th in the world and 2^nd in the UK
• Geography – 17^th in the world and 7^th in the UK
• Aerospace Engineering – 37^th in the world and 4^th in the UK
• Instruments Science and Technology – 41^st in the world and 2^nd in the UK
• Statistics – 45^th in the world and 7^th in the UK
• Veterinary Sciences – 48^th in the world and 6^th in the UK
• Public Administration – 49^th in the world and 8^th in the UK

Professor Hugh Brady, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Bristol, said: “It’s always fantastic to see our research acknowledged in these international rankings. For 19 subjects to be ranked in the top 100 worldwide cements our position as one of the world’s leading research-intensive universities.

“Such success across the board is testament to the terrific hard work, academic brilliance and commitment of all our staff.”

Shanghai Ranking has been publishing the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) by academic subjects since 2009 and is considered one of the leading international league tables.

The University of Bristol was ranked 8th in the UK and 74^th in the world last year according to the ARWU. The recent QS World University Rankings 2020 placed Bristol at 9^th in the UK and 49^th in the world.