Of particular note is the University’s performance in citations of its research, which improved strongly over the previous year. Citations per faculty account for 20 percent of the overall QS rankings score.
The QS data shows the University also improved its proportion of international staff.
The University is now ranked 244th overall.
The latest QS World University Rankings by Subject, released in April, show that the University is in the top 1% of the world’s more than 18,000 universities for 15 subjects and in the top 2% for 27 subjects.
These results included one subject in the top 50 in the world—Linguistics—and a further nine in the top 100—English Language and Literature, Performing Arts, Theology/Divinity and Religious Studies, Development Studies, Hospitality and Leisure Management, Law, Library and Information Management, Politics and International Studies, and Geography.