Top positions in the THE Subject Ranking

Main Building University of Vienna

The University of Vienna is again ranked in nine of eleven categories in this year’s THE World University Rankings by subject. In all nine categories, the University ranks among the top 200 universities worldwide.

The University of Vienna is again ranked in nine of eleven categories in this year’s THE World University Rankings by subject. In all nine categories, the University ranks among the top 200 universities worldwide. In seven of nine categories, the University of Vienna has partly improved significantly, such as by 19 places in psychology and by 25 places in the social sciences. In three categories, the University of Vienna ranks among the top 50 universities worldwide, and in five categories among the top 100.

Detailed results: Nine top-200 positions

  • Arts and Humanities: 36 
  • Social Sciences: 40 
  • Psychology: 46 
  • Law: 57 
  • Life Sciences: 94
  • Business and Economics: 101-125
  • Physical Sciences: 101-125
  • Education: 151-175
  • Computer Science: 176-200

The evaluation of the categories in the THE Subject Ranking is based on the performance indicators Teaching, Research, Citations, International Outlook as well as Industry Income (further information about the THE Rankings).