The UAB among the world's top 100 universities in seven disciplines according to the QS by Subject rankings
The Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ranks among the top 50 in the world in veterinary medicine and is among the top 200 universities in 33 of the 49 scientific disciplines analysed by QS.
The 2025 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject places the UAB among the top 100 universities in the world in seven disciplines: veterinary science (in position 27), modern languages (position 72), linguistics and sociology (both in position 81), economics (position 91), archaeology and geography (both in a range between positions 51 and 100). In addition, the UAB is among the top 200 universities in the world in 33 of the 49 scientific disciplines ranked by QS. It should be noted that the ranking reflects the absolute position of the University in each of the disciplines, highly conditioned by the number of universities analysed by QS in each discipline.
As for the classification by major areas of knowledge, the UAB ranks 116th in arts and humanities, 121st in natural sciences, 111th in social sciences, 135th in life sciences and medicine, and 231st in engineering and technology.
Each year since 2011 QS has published the QS World University Rankings broken down by scientific disciplines. The ranking lists the best universities in the world in 5 major areas of knowledge and 55 scientific disciplines with the aim of helping prospective students identify the leading universities in a given field of study. In this edition, 5,203 universities from 148 countries were analysed.
The ranking is based on data collected in the latest QS ranking, in which the UAB ranked 175 worldwide.
More information:
https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings