Subject Ranking Results

A summary of subject areas in which the University has been ranked in the Top 100 institutions globally between 2014 and 2022 is shown in the tables below.

A full summary of all University of Adelaide subject ranking results between 2014 and 2022 can be downloaded below:

University of Adelaide Subject Ranking Results 2014-2022

  • 2022 Subject rankings

                                2022 Subject rankings

    YEAR SUBJECT  RANK SCHEME
    2022 Petroleum Engineering 10 QS
    2022 Mining & Mineral Engineering 11 ARWU
    2022 Mineral & Mining Engineering 19 QS
    2022 Dentistry 25 QS
    2022 Automation & Control 32 ARWU
    2022 Dentistry & Oral Sciences 32 ARWU
    2022 Water Resources 33 ARWU
    2022 Civil Engineering 36 ARWU
    2022 Agricultural Sciences 45 ARWU
    2022 Nursing 46 QS
    2022 Computer Science & Engineering 50 ARWU
    2022 Clinical and Health 59 THE
    2022 Veterinary Science 51-60 QS
    2022 Veterinary Sciences 61 ARWU
    2022 Agriculture & Forestry 70 QS
    2022 Pharmacy & Pharmacology 70 QS
    2022 Computer Science 75 THE
    2022 Education 75 THE
    2022 Electrical & Electronic Engineering 84 ARWU
    2022 Energy Science & Engineering 84 ARWU
    2022 Earth Sciences 85 ARWU
    2022 Life Sciences & Medicine 85 QS
    2022 Clinical Medicine 86 ARWU
    2022 Engineering 87 THE
    2022 Law 87 THE
    2022 Public Health 90 ARWU
    2022 Nursing 91 ARWU
    2022 Mechanical Engineering 92 ARWU
    2022 Physical Sciences 94 THE
    2022 Computer Science & Information Systems 96 QS
    2022 Philosophy 51-100 QS
    2022 Civil & Structural Engineering 51-100 QS
    2022 Anatomy & Physiology 51-100 QS
    2022 Earth & Marine Sciences 51-100 QS
    2022 Geology 51-100 QS
    2022 Development Studies 51-100 QS

  • 2021 Subject rankings

                            2021 Subject rankings

    YEAR SUBJECT  RANK SCHEME
    2021 Mining & Mineral Engineering 7 ARWU
    2021 Petroleum Engineering 11 QS
    2021 Mineral & Mining Engineering 24 QS
    2021 Automation & Control 25 ARWU
    2021 Water Resources 31 ARWU
    2021 Dentistry 34 QS
    2021 Civil Engineering 35 ARWU
    2021 Agricultural Sciences 42 ARWU
    2021 Dentistry & Oral Sciences 44 ARWU
    2021 Computer Science & Engineering 48 ARWU
    2021 Veterinary Science 49 QS
    2021 Instruments Science & Technology 61 ARWU
    2021 Earth Sciences 70 ARWU
    2021 Nursing 72 ARWU
    2021 Clinical & Health 73 THE
    2021 Agriculture & Forestry 74 QS
    2021 Electrical & Electronic Engineering 76 ARWU
    2021 Veterinary Sciences 79 ARWU
    2021 Energy Science & Engineering 80 ARWU
    2021 Mechanical Engineering 86 ARWU
    2021 Pharmacy & Pharmacology 86 QS
    2021 Education 90 THE
    2021 Engineering 92 THE
    2021 Accounting & Finance 92 QS
    2021 Clinical Medicine 94 ARWU
    2021 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 99 ARWU
    2021 Comp Sci & Info Sys 99 QS
    2021 Civil & Structural Engineering 51-100 QS
    2021 Anatomy & Physiology 51-100 QS
    2021 Nursing 51-100 QS
    2021 Earth & Marine Sciences 51-100 QS
    2021 Geology 51-100 QS
    2021 Geophysics 51-100 QS
    2021 Development Studies 51-100 QS

  • 2020 Subject rankings

                             2020 Subject rankings 

    YEAR SUBJECT RANK SCHEME
    2020 Mining & Mineral Engineering 7 ARWU
    2020 Petroleum Engineering 7 QS
    2020 Automation & Control 24 ARWU
    2020 Civil Engineering 25 ARWU
    2020 Dentistry 28 QS
    2020 Mineral & Mining Engineering 30 QS
    2020 Water Resources 31 ARWU
    2020 Agricultural Sciences 37 ARWU
    2020 Nursing 39 QS
    2020 Computer Science & Engineering 40 ARWU
    2020 Electrical & Electronic Engineering 42 ARWU
    2020 Dentistry & Oral Sciences 45 ARWU
    2020 Veterinary Science 49 QS
    2020 Instruments Science & Technology 51-75 ARWU
    2020 Earth Sciences 51-75 ARWU
    2020 Computer Science 98 THE
    2020 Engineering 100 THE
    2020 Chemical Engineering 51-100 QS
    2020 Civil & Structural Engineering 51-100 QS
    2020 Agriculture & Forestry 51-100 QS
    2020 Anatomy & Physiology 51-100 QS
    2020 Medicine 51-100 QS
    2020 Earth & Marine Sciences 51-100 QS
    2020 Environmental Sciences 51-100 QS
    2020 Mathematics 51-100 QS
    2020 Accounting & Finance 51-100 QS
    2020 Anthropology 51-100 QS
    2020 Geology 51-100 QS
    2020 Geophysics 51-100 QS
    2020 Mechanical Engineering 76-100 ARWU
    2020 Energy Science & Engineering 76-100 ARWU
    2020 Veterinary Sciences 76-100 ARWU
    2020 Nursing 76-100 ARWU

          

  • 2019 Subject rankings
    2019 Subject rankings
    YEAR SUBJECT RANK SCHEME
    2019 Mining & Mineral Engineering 13 ARWU
    2019 Civil Engineering 17 ARWU
    2019 Automation & Control 24 ARWU
    2019 Mining & Mineral Engineering 26 QS
    2019 Dentistry & Oral Sciences 29 ARWU
    2019 Dentistry 31 QS
    2019 Water Resources 34 ARWU
    2019 Agricultural Sciences 40 ARWU
    2019 Nursing 42 QS
    2019 Computer Science & Engineering 42 ARWU
    2019 Electrical & Electronic Engineering 43 ARWU
    2019 Veterinary Science 43 QS
    2019 Anatomy & Physiology 53 QS
    2019 Instruments Science & Technology 53 ARWU
    2019 Agriculture & Forestry 61 QS
    2019 Civil & Structural Engineering 68 QS
    2019 Earth & Marine Sciences 70 QS
    2019 Environmental Sciences 80 QS
    2019 Accounting & Finance 88 QS
    2019 Anthropology 88 QS
    2019 Energy Science & Engineering 89 ARWU
    2019 Mechanical  Engineering 89 ARWU
    2019 Chemical Engineering 90 QS
    2019 Philosophy 91 QS
    2019 Earth Sciences 92 ARWU
    2019 Geography 94 QS
    2019 Computer Science 96 THE
    2019 Law 96 QS
    2019 Medicine 96 QS
    2019 Clinical Medicine 99 ARWU

     

  • 2018 Subject rankings
    2018 Subject rankings
    YEAR SUBJECT RANK SCHEME
    2018 Eng - Mineral & Mining 16 QS
    2018 Automation & Control 25 ARWU
    2018 Dentistry & Oral Sciences 27 ARWU
    2018 Water Resources 28 ARWU
    2018 Civil Eng 31 ARWU
    2018 Dentistry 32 QS
    2018 Electrical & Electronic Eng 36 ARWU
    2018 Nursing 38 QS
    2018 Anatomy & Physiology 40 QS
    2018 Agricultural Sciences 42 ARWU
    2018 Computer Science & Eng 43 ARWU
    2018 Instruments Sci & Tech 51-75 ARWU
    2018 Accounting & Finance 51-100 QS
    2018 Agriculture & Forestry 51-100 QS
    2018 Anthropology  51-100 QS
    2018 Biological Sciences 51-100 QS
    2018 Eng - Chemical 51-100 QS
    2018 Eng - Civil & Structural 51-100 QS
    2018 Development Studies 51-100 QS
    2018 Earth & Marine Sciences 51-100 QS
    2018 Education & Training 51-100 QS
    2018 English Lang & Lit 51-100 QS
    2018 Environmental Studies 51-100 QS
    2018 Law & Legal Studies 51-100 QS
    2018 Medicine 51-100 QS
    2018 Philosophy 51-100 QS
    2018 Energy Science & Eng 76-100 QS

     

  • 2017 Subject rankings
    2017 Subject rankings
    YEAR SUBJECT RANK SCHEME
    2017 Minerals & Mining Eng 20 QS
    2017 Dentistry 31 QS
    2017 Nursing 33 QS
    2017 Civil Eng 36 ARWU
    2017 Agricultural Sciences 39 ARWU
    2017 Dentistry & Oral Sci 39 ARWU
    2017 Automation & Control 43 ARWU
    2017 Computer Science & Eng 43 ARWU
    2017 Electrical & Electronic Eng 44 ARWU
    2017 Anatomy & Physiology 48 QS
    2017 Water Resources 51-75 ARWU
    2017 Agriculture & Forestry 51-100 QS
    2017 Anthropology 51-100 QS
    2017 Biological Sciences 51-100 QS
    2017 Civil & Structural Eng 51-100 QS
    2017 Development Studies 51-100 QS
    2017 Earth & Marine Sciences 51-100 QS
    2017 Education 51-100 QS
    2017 Environmental Science 51-100 QS
    2017 Law 51-100 QS
    2017 Medicine 51-100 QS
    2017 Philosophy 51-100 QS
    2017 Ecology 76-100 ARWU

     

  • 2016 Subject rankings
    2016 Subject rankings
    YEAR SUBJECT RANK SCHEME
    2016 Dentistry 29 QS
    2016 Minerals & Mining Eng 35 QS
    2016 Agriculture & Forestry 48 QS
    2016 Eng & Technology 95 THE
    2016 Civil Eng 51-75 ARWU
    2016 Accounting & Finance 51-100 QS
    2016 Anthropology 51-100 QS
    2016 Biological Sciences 51-100 QS
    2016 Civil & Structural Eng 51-100 QS
    2016 Earth & Marine Sciences 51-100 QS
    2016 Education 51-100 QS
    2016 Environmental Sci 51-100 QS
    2016 Law 51-100 QS
    2016 Nursing 51-100 QS
    2016 Philosophy 51-100 QS

     

  • 2015 Subject rankings
    2015 Subject rankings
    YEAR SUBJECT RANK SCHEME
    2015 Dentistry 25 QS
    2015 Agriculture & Forestry 44 QS
    2015 Life Sciences 96 THE
    2015 Accounting & Finances 51-100 QS
    2015 Biological Sciences 51-100 QS
    2015 Civil & Structural Eng 51-100 QS
    2015 Earth & Marine Sciences 51-100 QS
    2015 Education 51-100 QS
    2015 Environmental Science 51-100 QS
    2015 Law 51-100 QS
    2015 Medicine 51-100 QS
    2015 Psychology 51-100 QS

     

  • 2014 Subject rankings
    2014 Subject rankings
    YEAR SUBJECT RANK SCHEME
    2014 Agriculture & Forestry 29 QS
    2014 Law 46 QS
    2014 Accounting & Finance 47 QS
    2014 Biological Sciences 51-100 QS
    2014 Civil & Structural Eng 51-100 QS
    2014 Computer Sci & Info Sys 51-100 QS
    2014 Earth & Marine Sciences 51-100 QS
    2014 Economics 51-100 QS
    2014 Environmental Science 51-100 QS
    2014 Medicine 51-100 QS
    2014 Politics & Intl Studies 51-100 QS
    2014 Psychology 51-100 QS
    2014 Life Sciences 100 THE