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UCD SPHPSS Institute for Sport & Health ranked 17th in World, 1st in Ireland

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The UCD SPHPSS Institute for Sport & Health has again been ranked #1 in Ireland in the ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments. We are delighted to report that we are now #17 in the world, up from #24 in 2023 and #25 in 2022. These rankings reflect the School’s commitment to continually improving and enhancing our world-class sports science education and facilities for our students and producing internationally recognised research in the sports science area.

Professor Catherine Blake, Director of the UCD SPHPSS Institute for Sport & Health said:

“We are delighted to step higher again in ShanghaiRanking Global Rankings for 2024, moving into the top 20 Sport Science Schools and Departments internationally. This is a testament to our interdisciplinary staff and their commitment to research and teaching excellence in high-performance sport, nutrition, exercise forhealth, sports injury, rehabilitationand sports management.We are growing in strength and depth and look forward to contributing to the global advancements in Sports Sciences during the coming year.”

In 2016, ShanghaiRanking published this ranking for the first time, adopting a unique methodology highlighting the performance of more than 300 universities with sport-related units. This ranking allows sport-related institutions and units to compare with similar peers other than multi-disciplinary universities in a specific subject. The top 300 universities are listed based on the measurement of publication, citation, citations per publication, top 25% journal publications, and internationally collaborated publications. The bibliometric data is collected from the Web of Science database with a time window of five years.

Among the top 300 in the 2024 list, 12 universities are sports universities. Since 2018, UCD has consistently been ranked within the top #100 in the ARWU Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments. No other university with a sport-related department/unit in Ireland has been consistently ranked within the top #100 over the same time-period. Since 2018, UCD has received the following rankings:

2024 - #17

2023 – #24
2022 – #25
2021 – #34
2020 – #45
2019 – no rankings published
2018 – #51-100.

9th December 2024

UCD School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science

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