"QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited (QS)", a global higher education evaluation institution in the United Kingdom, announced the "QS World University Rankings by Major" in 2017. Compared to 2016, Japanese universities have made great strides, such as Tokyo Medical and Dental University being ranked third in the world in the field of dentistry.
The "QS World University Rankings by Major" ranks universities by 46 majors.In addition to Tokyo Medical and Dental University, which ranked 3rd in the world in the field of dentistry, Nagoya University is newly ranked 49th in the world in physics and astronomy, and University of Tsukuba is ranked 26th in the world in sports-related science. , Japanese universities have made great strides in ranking in the top 2016 by major field, with a total of 2 universities, 9 more than in 50.
The University of Tokyo ranked high in the most fields among Japanese universities.Including the world's 6th largest modern language, it ranked in the top 2016 in 16 fields, 9 more than the previous time, such as social policy and management, which rose from 3th to 8th in 10, and pharmacy and pharmacology.In addition, Kyoto University is ranked 3th in the world in the field of engineering-chemistry, up 6 places from the previous time, and Tokyo Institute of Technology is ranked 19th in the world in the field of engineering-electricity and electronics. Ranked in the top 7.
The top 10 most ranked universities by discipline were Cambridge University in 36 disciplines, the University of California, Berkeley in 34 disciplines, Oxford University, Harvard University in 33 disciplines, and Stanford University in 32 disciplines.
Reference: [QS Quacquarelli Symonds] QS World University Rankings by Subject
