QS World Rankings by subject 2020
The Department of Archaeology maintains its place in the world top 20 and UK top 10.
This week the Department confirmed its place among the world's most highly regarded departments for the subject of Archaeology. The Department is ranked 5th in the UK and 18th in the world in the QS rankings.
Published annually since 2011, the QS World University rankings by subject highlight the world’s top universities in a range of popular subject areas, covering 48 subjects in 2019. Universities are scored according to academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (number of citations per paper).
In total, eight subjects at the University were ranked in the world top 100: Archaeology (18th), English Language and Literature (22nd), History (49th), Development Studies (top 100), Linguistics (top 100), Psychology (top 100), Social Policy and Administration (10th) and Sociology (top 100).