UBC Was Ranked As One Of The Best Universities In The World In These Subject Areas

The University of British Columbia has been ranked in the top 50 universities in the world and is also one of the best in a separate ranking specifically on subjects.

UBC students can be happy with their university choice considering the QS World University Rankings 2022 featured 1,300 universities from around the globe.

QS Quacquarelli Symonds, an international higher education think-tank, evaluated the institutions based on six metrics — academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio and international student ratio.

The academic reputation of the school carries the most weight in the methodology, making up 40% of a school's score.

Which subjects did UBC excel in?

Not only did UBC make the top universities list in 2022, coming in 46th place, but it also ranked in the top 40 across several broad subjects in a new ranking of the best universities in the world by subjects.

If you're feeling lost while deciding on what university to go to, UBC clearly is a great option for people across disciplines.

This QS ranking looked at 15,200 individual university programs worldwide.

For natural science, UBC came in as one of the top schools in 26th place, just behind the University of Toronto, which came in 24th.

For engineering and technology, UBC ranked 36th in the world.

In arts and humanities, the university was ranked 30th.

In social sciences and management, UBC made 31st place.

The highest-ranking subject for UBC was life sciences and medicine, which landed it in 24th place.