Ranked 9th in the world for Sports-related Subjects
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Sports-related Subjects, 2026
Full ranking profile 60 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Birmingham. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | =9 |
| CUG 2027 | Complete University Guide | =12 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Linguistics | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Dentistry | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =26 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2024 Sport Science School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =27 |
| Guardian 2026 | Guardian News & Media | =28 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =54 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =56 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =59 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =62 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =64 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =68 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =76 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =76 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =77 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =82 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =82 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =88 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =90 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =90 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =96 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =98 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =98 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =105 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =107 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =109 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =111 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =113 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =116 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =117 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =117 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =133 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =141 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =146 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =148 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =149 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =171 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =183 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =185 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =186 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =193 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =195 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =201 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =209 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =213 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =214 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =226 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =233 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =237 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =245 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =261 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =280 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =282 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =350 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =351 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =357 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =380 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =407 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =438 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.