Brisbane, Australia
University of Queensland
Ranked in the world
2
University of Queensland is ranked 2nd in the world for Sports-related Subjects.
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Sports-related Subjects, 2025
Full ranking profile
University of Queensland's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2025Headlinein the world for Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | 2 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | 2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 5 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 5 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Ecology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 6 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 6 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 6 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 7 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | 7 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 8 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | 8 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 9 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 10 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 12 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 13 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 13 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 13 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | 14 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Environmental Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | 15 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 15 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 15 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 16 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 17 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for societal impact | SCImago Research Group | 17 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Environmental Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | 18 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 19 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 21 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | 21 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 21 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | 22 |
| THE Impact 2026in the world for life below water (SDG 14) | Times Higher Education | 23 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 26 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | 27 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 28 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Microbiology | National Taiwan University | 29 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 30 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Development Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 31 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Hospitality & Leisure Management | Quacquarelli Symonds | 31 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Education | METU (URAP Lab) | 31 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 31 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | 33 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Veterinary Science | Quacquarelli Symonds | 34 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 34 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 35 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | 35 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | 35 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 36 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 36 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 37 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Archaeology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 38 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 38 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2025in the world for Sport Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 39 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 40 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 40 |
| THE Impact 2025in the world for good health and well-being (SDG 3) | Times Higher Education | 41 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Education & Training | Quacquarelli Symonds | 41 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 42 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | 42 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 44 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | 44 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 45 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 45 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 48 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | 49 |
| QS Sustainability 2026in the world for sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | 50 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 50 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 52 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 54 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 55 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 55 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 59 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 62 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | 62 |
| QS Employability 2022in the world for graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | 63 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 65 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 66 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 68 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 74 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 78 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 78 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 80 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 89 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 92 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 93 |
| THE Impact 2026in the world for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | 101 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | 103 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 105 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 110 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 125 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 125 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 131 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 138 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 146 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 169 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 172 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 176 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 181 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 193 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 194 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 239 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 240 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 363 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 629 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.