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QS Rankings 2021

QS World University Rankings 2021: 5 subjects in top 100 for UCD College of Social Sciences & Law

QS World University Rankings has released the 2021 international and national rankings and UCD College of Social Sciences and Law has 5 subjects featured in the top 100 worldwide. 

Significantly, Library and Information Management is ranked within the top 50 subjects internationally.

In addition, the following four subject areas within UCD College of Social Sciences and Law are ranked in the top 100:

  1. Archaeology
  2. Philosophy
  3. Law
  4. Politics and International Studies


In 2021, within Ireland the following subjects in UCD are ranked number 1:

  1. Archaeology
  2. Geography
  3. Library & Information Management
  4. Philosophy


For more information on related undergraduate and postgraduate courses visit the relevant school's page below:

In 2021, QS ranked 1,452 universities in a total of 51 subjects.

In measuring its ranking by subject, QS ranked adopts a methodology that assesses four measures: academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper and H-Index, weighted differently depending on each subject.   https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/methodology

UCD College of Social Sciences and Law

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