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UB is the only Spanish university that outstands in 25 out of 30 subject areas on the QS World University Rankings 2014 by Subject

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 26.02.2014

UB is the only Spanish university that outstands in 25 out of 30 subject areas on the QS World University Rankings 2014 by Subject

According to the new edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, UB is the only Spanish university that ranks among the top 200 universities in 25 out of 30 subject areas and ranks as Spain's number one in 18 fields.


Regarding Spanish university scene, UB is also the only university included among the best 100 universities in the world in Philology, Linguistics, Medicine, Environmental Sciences and Earth and Marine Sciences. Moreover, it is important to highlight that UB is included in the world’s top 100 in Physics, Chemistry, Psychology, Agriculture, Geography, Statistics and Operational Research, Sociology, and Law.

If we compare these results with the ones obtained in the previous edition, UB improves its position in English Language and Literature, Geography, Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research, Law, and Economics and Econometrics. Published annually, the QS World University Rankings by Subject is based on a methodology that includes the analysis of several indicators such as the academic and employer reputation, citations per paper and other quality research indicators

UB is the first-ranked university in Spain according to SIR 2014

UB continues to be the Spanish top university according to the ranking SIR Iber 2014 HE, the updated edition of the Ibero-American report published by the SCImago Research Group to evaluate the scientific output of more than 1,600 higher education institutions.

With 18,563 papers published on academic journals indexed on Scopus database between 2008 and 2012, more than 47% of international collaboration, a normalized impact of 1.55% (55% above the average), and more than 59% of high quality publications, UB has improved its position in terms of indicators and gets higher values than other Spanish universities.

Once again, UB is the top university in scientific production in Spain. Other outstanding Spanish institutions are the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), the University of Valencia (UV) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).

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