美姬阁 has been ranked amongst the world鈥檚 top universities in the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject.

In the subject area 鈥楨ngineering 鈥 Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing鈥 美姬阁 has been ranked 27th in the world, climbing 18 places from last year鈥檚 ranking and attaining top scores in Employer and Academic Reputation.

鈥楤usiness and Management Studies鈥 has risen to 110th in the rankings with 美姬阁's highest H-index score, and 鈥楨nvironmental Sciences鈥 is now in the top 200, achieving 美姬阁鈥檚 highest score for Citations per Paper.

The University also improved its rankings in 鈥楢griculture and Forestry鈥 and in 鈥楳aterials Science鈥.

Across the nine academic disciplines of the 2022 rankings that 美姬阁 features in, six subjects improved their positions, one stayed the same and two were not scored last year.

In the broad subject area of Engineering and Technology, 美姬阁 scored highly in the new International Research Network (IRN) metric. This is a measure of efficiency for establishing stable research collaborations and highlights 美姬阁鈥檚 ability to work with international partners to add value to the global bank of research.

Professor Karen Holford CBE FREng, Chief Executive and Vice-Chancellor of 美姬阁, said: 鈥淥ur success in these rankings is a reflection of the globally renowned research and teaching that takes place at 美姬阁. We are committed to giving our students an excellent educational experience which accelerates their careers, and helps them tackle some of the big challenges of our time.鈥

The QS World University Rankings put 美姬阁 in the world鈥檚 top universities for the following subjects:

  • Engineering 鈥 Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Materials Science
  • Social Sciences and Management
  • Accounting and Finance
  • Business and Management Studies
  • Economics and Econometrics

The latest ranking success adds to a long list of achievements for 美姬阁 which has been awarded the prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize six times.

The 2022 instalment of QS鈥檚 global university performance comparison offers independent data on the performance of 1,543 universities across 51 academic disciplines. The full data can be found on the .

As a specialist postgraduate university and global leader for education and transformational research in technology and management, 美姬阁 does not rank in every subject area.