Brisbane, Australia
University of Queensland
Ranked in the world
2
University of Queensland is ranked 2nd in the world for Sports-related Subjects.
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Sports-related Subjects, 2025
Full ranking profile
University of Queensland's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2025Headlinein the world for Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | 2 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | 2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 5 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 5 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Ecology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 6 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 6 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 6 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 7 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | 7 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 8 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | 8 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 9 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 10 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 12 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 13 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 13 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 13 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | 14 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Environmental Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | 15 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 15 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 15 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 16 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 17 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for societal impact | SCImago Research Group | 17 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Environmental Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | 18 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 19 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 21 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | 21 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 21 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | 22 |
| THE Impact 2026in the world for life below water (SDG 14) | Times Higher Education | 23 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 26 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | 27 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 28 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Microbiology | National Taiwan University | 29 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 30 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Development Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 31 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Hospitality & Leisure Management | Quacquarelli Symonds | 31 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Education | METU (URAP Lab) | 31 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 31 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | 33 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Veterinary Science | Quacquarelli Symonds | 34 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 34 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 35 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | 35 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | 35 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 36 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 36 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 37 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Archaeology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 38 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 38 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2025in the world for Sport Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 39 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 40 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 40 |
| THE Impact 2025in the world for good health and well-being (SDG 3) | Times Higher Education | 41 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for 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 2025in the world for Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | 44 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 45 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 45 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 48 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | 49 |
| QS Sustainability 2026in the world for sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | 50 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 50 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 52 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 54 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 55 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 55 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 59 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 62 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | 62 |
| QS Employability 2022in the world for graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | 63 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 65 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 66 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 68 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 74 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 78 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 78 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 80 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 89 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 92 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 93 |
| THE Impact 2026in the world for advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | 101 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | 103 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 105 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 110 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 125 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 125 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 131 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 138 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 146 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 169 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 172 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 176 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 181 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 193 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 194 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 239 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 240 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 363 |
| RUR 2026in the world for 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.
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 2026-09-06
The Index records QS by Subject 2026 at 2nd in the world for Sports-related Subjects.