Â鶹´«Ã½ excels in global subject rankings Published on: 25 March 2026 A prestigious global league table has once again highlighted Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s strength across several subject areas. The University is ranked in the world’s top 100 universities in 10 different subject areas in the – and within the top 200 for a further 13. Geography and Dentistry were the highest performing courses, with Geography ranked 22nd in the world, up from 36 last year and Dentistry at 44, up from 51-120 last year. Other courses highlighted as among the world’s top performing include medicine (88th), environmental sciences (97th), and English language and literature at 65th – up from 82nd in 2025. Also ranking in the top 100 in 2026 were Archaeology and Architecture. In total, 41 subjects at Â鶹´«Ã½ appear in the QS World University Rankings by Subject across the University’s three Faculties. Professor Chris Day, Vice-Chancellor and President, Â鶹´«Ã½, said: “These positive results are further evidence of our international strengths in teaching and research and reflect the hard work by colleagues across all three Faculties. This strong performance demonstrates that Â鶹´«Ã½ continues to stand among the world’s best for many courses, underpinning our commitment to delivering the best possible learning experience for our students.” Published annually since 2011, the rankings are based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact. A total of 1,912 institutions were included in this year’s rankings. This latest data underlines Â鶹´«Ã½'s outstanding performance in UK and international league tables, which saw it ranked 83rd for Medical and Health, which includes Medicine and Dentistry, in . Share: Latest News Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Â鶹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Student leader drives misogyny law change A Â鶹´«Ã½ student leader has helped change the law after creating a petition to make misogyny a hate crime, which gathered over 114,000 signatures, prompting action in Parliament. published on: 12 June 2026 Freemen of Â鶹´«Ã½ see construction of new Castle Leazes The Freemen of Â鶹´«Ã½ and other key stakeholders have become an indelible part of new student accommodation at Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s Castle Leazes. published on: 12 June 2026 Facts and figures
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