QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Release Summary

Occasionally errors are reported after the analysis is complete and after institutions have received their rank and scores. In such cases, QS first rectifies the issue and where necessary updates the institution with a corrected set of results.

If a rank change occurs we place the corrected institution in its correct position but leave all other institutions unaffected.

This can result in two institutions in the same rank position with slightly different scores. In the case of an institution being removed from the rankings, again no other institutions will be affected but a gap may appear in the ranks.

Please find a summary of the edits below:

Date	Edit
Pre publication	The University of Western Australia, Australia was included at the =37 spot of Agriculture and Forestry after a correction in our mapping
Pre publication	Vietnam National University, HCMC, Vietnam was included on the 51-100 band of Petroleum Engineering after a correction in our mapping
Post Publication	The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management (EAHM) (United Arab Emirates) was included in the Hospitality & Leisure Management table at rank 10 after a correction
Post Publication (1month)	Agriculture & Forestry Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) added at rank =38 after a correction in our mapping
Post Publication (1month)	Earth & Marine Sciences, Geophysics, Geology, University of York (United Kingdom) excluded, incorrect mapping
Post Publication (1month)	Medicine,The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (United Kingdom) excluded, incorrect mapping
Post Publication (1month)	Art and Design, Canadian University Dubai (United Arab Emirates) excluded, incorrect mapping
Post Publication (1month)	Medicine, Durham University (United Kingdom) excluded, incorrect mapping

Mergers:

University of South Australia and University of Adelaide will be completing their merger in January 2026. Once merged, the institution will be known as Adelaide University; this entity will be evaluated for QS Rankings from QS WUR 2026 (published June 2025).

City University and St George’s University are evaluated as separate entities for the QS Subject Rankings 2025, due to the date of the relevant data collection. The merged institution will be evaluated as one entity for QS Rankings from QS WUR 2026 (published June 2025).

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