The University of Manchester’s commitment to academic excellence in research and teaching across all subject areas has been recognised in the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject (WURS) for 2025.
Revealed today, The University ranks in the top 50 globally for five subject areas: Social Sciences, Business Economics, Engineering, Arts and Humanities and Medical and Health, with the strongest performance in Business Economics (32nd) and Social Sciences (37th).
The University also featured in the top 100 worldwide for all 11 subject areas which are assessed, an achievement only shared by 7 other UK institutions. Among the six subject areas not yet in the top 50 there were significant climbs in the rankings for Computer Science and Law.
This ranking uses key performance indicators to measure 5 core pillars of evaluation; teaching, research environment, research quality, industry partnerships and international outlook.
Professor Colette Fagan, Vice-President for Research, said: “This latest influential global subject ranking provides additional evidence of our research and teaching strengths across the University – something to pause on and celebrate as we develop our Manchester 2035 strategy. Having achieved this global standing our job now is to work together, with ambition and focus, to do even better.”
Professor April McMahon, Vice-President for Teaching Learning and Students, said: “It’s a pleasure to welcome these rankings for our University, which demonstrate our strength and breadth across so many subject areas. It is important for us to benchmark our results to guide us in improving our design and delivery of high-quality teaching and learning in Manchester even further.”
The THE Subject Rankings are one of three major international subject ranking exercises that the University tracks to benchmark its performance. In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, the University ranked in the top 35 globally for each of the five broad subject groups – Arts and Humanities (27), Engineering and Technology (27), Life Science and Medicine (30), Natural Sciences (33), Social Sciences and Management (28).
In the 2024 Shanghai Rankings’ Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (AWRU), the University was placed among the top 25 worldwide in seven of 46 subjects, ranked first in the UK for four subjects and moved up in 21 subjects thanks to our research excellence and impact.
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