School of Modern Languages ranked within the world’s top 100

The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 position the School of Modern Languages at 65th (up from 66th) in the world’s top 100 for Arts and Humanities study and research.

Arts and Humanities subjects at the University of St Andrews are among the strongest in the world for teaching and research, according to a new international ranking published this month (10 April).

The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 position the University of St Andrews at 56th in the world for Arts and Humanities study and research.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 rank 1,559 institutions across 55 individual subjects within five broad subject areas. Rankings are comprised of five metrics: Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Citations Per Papers, the H-index (which measures the stability of impact and quality of the work published by the institutions’ scientists and scholars), and International Research Networks.  Further information on methodology is available from the QS website.

QS World University Subject Rankings data is also used to compile the annual QS World University Rankings, in which St Andrews placed 96th in 2023. The 2024 World University Rankings are due to be published in June.