UvA Communication & Media Studies again at No. 1 in QS Rankings

22 March 2023

For the sixth year in row, the UvA occupies 1st place worldwide in the field of Communication & Media Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject. ACTA, the joint dentistry faculty of the UvA and VU, also scored highly once again: Dentistry at ACTA is ranked 2nd the world. This year there are a total of seven subject areas at the UvA with a top 20 position. The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 were published on Wednesday, 22 March.

Top 20

The UvA has seven subject areas holding a top 20 position:

Subject area	2023 position	2022 position
Communication & Media Studies	1	1
Dentistry	2	2
Psychology	10	9
Geography	10	14
Sociology	15	7
Anthropology	20	19
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence*	20	-

* The subject area Data Science and Artificial Intelligence is appearing for the first time in the rankings

Top 50

There are thirteen other disciplines at the UvA that are listed in the top 50:

Vakgebied	Position 2023	Position 2022
Development Studies	22	21
Politics & International Studies	23	18
History	24	31
Linguistics	29	27
Medicine	30	28
Computer Science & Information Systems	34	34
Law	36	30
Library & Information Management	37	27
Philosophy	37	39
Education	42	38
Social Policy & Administration	40	16
English Language & Literature	42	36
Physics & Astronomy	48	39

Top 100

From place 51 onwards, QS ranks at some subject areas at individual university level and some by group (51-100). Nine subject areas at the UvA are in the range of 51 to 100:

Vakgebied	Position 2023	Position 2022
Accounting & Finance	54	55
Modern Languages	55	53
Biological Sciences	58	55
Economics & Econometrics	67	61
Business & Management Studies	85	79
Mathematics	94	80
Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies	51-100	51-100
Statistics & Operational Research	51-100	51-100
Archeology	51-100	51-100

Broad subject areas

QS also ranks five broad subject areas each year. The UvA is in the global top 100 in four of these areas:

Broad subject area	2023 position	2022 position
Arts & Humanities	29	21
Social Sciences & Management	29	23
Life Sciences & Medicine	44	34
Natural Sciences	61	68
Engineering & Technology	187	148

About the rankings

QS ranks subject areas according to five criteria: reputation among employers, reputation among peers, citations, H-index and IRN (International Research Network).

On 8 June 2022, QS published its university-wide World University Rankings, with the UvA in 58th place worldwide.

View the full QS World University Rankings by subject Read more about the UvA in international rankings