Best Universities in the World: Overview by Specialty

Where are the best departments of mathematics or physics? And linguistics? And the stories? The annual QS World University Rankings by Subject is an analysis of universities in 42 subjects, which helps to understand where a particular subject is best taught.

This year's ranking has shown that UK universities are recognized as leaders in teaching in mathematics, English, history and the arts. The leading universities in the field of business and finance are located in America and, in addition, the best universities in 31 specialties are located there.In addition, the ranking includes universities in Hong Kong, Switzerland and the Netherlands.

Four universities on the list are at the top of this year's ranking of the best universities:

1. University of Oxford , UK

2. University of Cambridge , UK

3. Imperial College London , UK

4. ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich , Switzerland

The creator of the rating, Ben Souter, commented on the results:that the United Kingdom and the United States dominate the list, and other countries have begun to appear in our rankings. Some of them can even be called exotic.If you look at a detailed analysis of each specialty, you can see that Australia, South Africa, Finland, Brazil, China and Sweden entered the top 10.Our analysis of the art history specialty includes 27 different countries, and our mining engineering study covers 26. ”

The analysis below shows a list of the best universities in a given field.

1. Administration:Harvard , USA

2. English language and literature:University of Oxford , UK

3. Anthropology:Harvard , USA

4. Archeology:University of Cambridge , UK

5. Architecture:Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology(MIT), USA

6. Business and Management:Harvard , USA

7. Biology:Harvard ,USA

8. Veterinary:University of California, Davis , USA

9. Geography:University of Oxford , UK

10. Mineral Engineering,Colorado School of Mines , USA

11. Art and Design : Royal College of Art , UK

12. Development Studies:Harvard , USA

13. History:University of OxfordandUniversity of Cambridge , UK

14. Computer science, informatics:Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), USA

15. Linguistics:Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), USA

16. Mathematics:University of Cambridge , UK

17. Materials Science:Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA

18. Media and Public Relations:University of Southern California , USA

19. Medicine:Harvard , USA

20. Mechanics andEngineering:Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), USA

21. Geosciences and Maritime Sciences:ETH ZurichSwitzerland

22. Environmental Sciences:University of California, Berkeley , USA

23. Oil and Gas: Civil Engineering:Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), USA

24. Education:UCL Institute of Education , UK

25. Politics and International Relations:Harvard , USA

26. Law:Harvard , USA

27. Psychology:Harvard , USA

28. Ruraland forestry:Wageningen University , Netherlands

29. Modern languages:University of Oxford , UK

30. Sociology:Harvard , USA

31. Statistics and Operational Research:Massachusetts Instituteof Technology(MIT), USA

32. Dentistry:University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong

33. Performing Arts:Juilliard , USA

34. Nursing and Nursing:University of Pennsylvania , USA

35. Pharmacology:Harvard , USA

36. Physics and Astronomy:Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), USA

37. Philosophy:University of Pittsburgh , USA

38. Finance and Accounting:Harvard , USA

39. Chemistry:Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), USA

40. Chemical technology:Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), USA

41. Economics:Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT),USA

42. Electrical inputGeneria:Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), USA