The UPC among the world’s top 50 in Architecture, Art History and Civil Engineering in the latest edition of the QS Rankings
In the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject the UPC is ranked the world’s 26th best in Architecture, in the 21-40 band in Art History and 40th best in Civil Engineering. It is also listed among the world’s top 100 universities in seven additional fields and is the top Spanish university in seven subjects.
Apr 22, 2024
The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC) is once again listed among the world’s best universities in the 2024 edition of the QS WUR by Subject. Specifically, it has been ranked among the world’s top 50 in three lists: 26th in Architecture, in the 21-40 band in Art History and 40th in Civil Engineering.
It is also ranked among the world’s 100 best in seven additional lists: 66th in Telecommunications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; 72nd in Industrial, Mechanical, and Aeronautical Engineering; 88th in Computer Science; 95th in Mathematics; in the 51-100 band in Art and Design and in Petroleum Engineering; and 82nd in Engineering.
Top Spanish university in seven subjects
The UPC also stands out in the QS WUR by Subject among Spanish universities, leading in Art History; Computer Science; Civil Engineering; Telecommunications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Industrial, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering; Petroleum Engineering; and Mathematics. Additionally, it shares the top position in Art and Design, Materials Science and Statistics and Operational Research.
Analysing over 1,500 institutions
The 2024 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject has classified 1,559 universities from 92 countries in 5 fields and 55 subjects. The analysis is based on a maximum of five indicators—two related to reputation and three related to research: academic reputation and employer reputation for the former and research citations per paper, h-index and international research network for the latter.
The UPC once again achieved its highest score for international research network in Computer Science, with 97.5 points. Its highest value for research citations per document is in Environmental Sciences, with 89.1 points. Additionally, its best score for the h-index indicator is in Petroleum Engineering, with 84.3 points. Civil Engineering leads the University’s results in academic reputation, with 82.8 points, while Architecture does so in employer reputation, with 75.7 points.
