Ranked 1st in the world for Communication & Media Studies
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Communication & Media Studies, 2026
Full ranking profile 62 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Amsterdam. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Communication & Media Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =1 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =3 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =5 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =7 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =8 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =9 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =9 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =13 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =13 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =13 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =14 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =14 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =14 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =17 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =18 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =23 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =27 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =30 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =31 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =40 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =40 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =41 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =43 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =45 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =48 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =50 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =51 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =52 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =52 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =52 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =53 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =55 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =58 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =58 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =62 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =67 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =71 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =73 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =82 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =85 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =94 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =97 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =109 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =114 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =138 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =151 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =169 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =173 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =189 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =193 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =201 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =213 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =216 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =234 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =261 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =295 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =370 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =371 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =376 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =651 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.