The list contains 300 universities considered to have the strongest brands. LiU is in the 201–300 band. At the top of the list is Harvard University, and the Swedish university with the highest reputation is Karolinska Institutet, in 73rd place. The results are based on the world’s largest academic poll with responses from more than 55,000 people (participation by invitation only).
The Times Higher Education ranking is considered one of the three most significant university rankings in the world. The other two are the Shanghai Ranking (Academic Ranking of World Universities) and QS World University Rankings. Every year, they each present an overall ranking, and for several years now LiU has been among the top two per cent in all three rankings.
Highly ranked subjects
Times Higher Education and QS have both presented rankings for individual subjects during the spring. The most highly ranked LiU subjects in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subjects are computer science (ranked 126–150 globally), psychology (ranked 126–150) and engineering (ranked 151–175).
The QS subject ranking has a different classification, and LiU’s highest rankings are in materials science (82nd place globally) and nursing (in the 101–150 band).
Over the past five years, LiU has reached the top 300 for all applicable subjects in the Times Higher Education’s rankings by subjects. In the QS subject ranking, LiU has fallen slightly during the same period, in connection with a change in the classification criteria.