Ranked 2nd in the world for Sports-related Subjects
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Sports-related Subjects, 2025
Full ranking profile 104 placements
Every placement the Index records for UQ. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2025 Headline Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | =2 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | =2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Environmental Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =5 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =5 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Ecology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =6 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =6 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =6 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =7 |
| NTU 2025 Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | =7 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =8 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | =8 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Environmental Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =9 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =10 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =12 |
| NTU 2025 Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =13 |
| NTU 2025 Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =13 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =13 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =14 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Environmental Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | =15 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =15 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =15 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =17 |
| SCImago 2025 societal impact | SCImago Research Group | =17 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Environmental Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | =18 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =19 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =21 |
| NTU 2025 Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | =21 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =21 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =22 |
| THE Impact 2026 life below water (SDG 14) | Times Higher Education | =23 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =26 |
| NTU 2025 Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | =27 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =28 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =29 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =30 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Development Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =31 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Hospitality & Leisure Management | Quacquarelli Symonds | =31 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =31 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =31 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Veterinary Science | Quacquarelli Symonds | =34 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =35 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =35 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =35 |
| NTU 2025 Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =36 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =36 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =37 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Archaeology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =38 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =38 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2025 Sport Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =39 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =40 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =40 |
| THE Impact 2025 good health and well-being (SDG 3) | Times Higher Education | =41 |
| QS by Subject 2026 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 2025 Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =45 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =45 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =48 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| QS Sustainability 2026 sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =50 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =50 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =52 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =54 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =55 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =55 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =59 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =62 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =62 |
| QS Employability 2022 graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =63 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =65 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =66 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =68 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =74 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =78 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =78 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =80 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =89 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =92 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =93 |
| THE Impact 2026 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =103 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =105 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =110 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =125 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =125 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =131 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =138 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =146 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =169 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =172 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =176 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =181 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =193 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =194 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =239 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =240 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =363 |
| RUR 2026 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.
In their own words
UQ on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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In the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject, UQ maintained its position as first nationally and 2nd globally for sports-related subjects for the 6th year, and rose to 5th globally for mineral and mining engineering.
Source , retrieved The Index records QS by Subject 2026 at 2nd in the world for Sports-related Subjects.