ANNA

UNIVERSITY
INDIA

SUBJECT RANKINGS 2023

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 WELCOME TO THE 2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT

Welcome to your institution’s fact file for the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023.

This file provides the results for your institution in the subjects and broad subject areas where you have been nominated for evaluation in our
academic reputation survey, as well as the scores and ranks for those subjects where you made it into the published rankings table. It should
also provide you with useful information for any media communication you might need to prepare prior to launch.

To produce the rankings for this year the team analysed over 16.4 million unique papers published between 2016-2020, producing close to
117.8 million citations in 2016-2021. 1594 institutions ranked across 54 subjects in 5 broad subject areas, creating over 18,300 ranked entries.
These figures reflect some of the scale behind this huge undertaking that the team carries out in order to produce these subject rankings.

The table on page 4 shows a summary of your scores in broad subject areas you have been analysed in, as well as ranks in the broad subject
areas you are to be published in. The following two pages (5 and 6) show a summary of your scores and ranks in narrow subject areas. Lastly
the table on page 7 shows you your results in the subject rankings for the last three years so you can track your progress.

In the Appendix you will find an explanation of the weightings that make up the different subject tables, the evolution of the subject rankings
exercise, the paper thresholds that we have used in this edition and an indication of the number of institutions analysed and ranked.

We hope you will find this useful.

Rankings Team,

QS Institutional Performance Unit

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2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT

ANNA UNIVERSITY
India

Not Ranked 289= Not Ranked Not Ranked Not Ranked

These are the ranks achieved by the institution in Arts & Humanities Engineering & Life Sciences & Natural Sciences Social Sciences &
the QS Rankings by Broad Subject Area. Technology Medicine Management

OVERALL SCORES BY BROAD SUBJECT AREA

In 2023, Anna University has been ranked

in 1 out of 5 broad subject areas.

Engineering & Technology 66.0

Engineering & Technology is the
institution's strongest field at rank 289=
with an overall score of 66.0.

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2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT

This page shows the institution's detailed performance by indicator and overall score across all broad subject areas that you have been nominated for
in our academic reputation survey. The folowing two pages also show the institution's detailed performance by indicator across all narrow subject
areas. It is very unusual for an institution to be analysed in all 54 narrow subjects and 5 broad subject areas.

There are different reasons why an institution may not have results in any given subject.
1. It may not offer a program. Receiving a score for a particular subject does not guarantee that we have checked for its presence in your institution. These checks are only
carried out for institutions with a score high enough to receive a published rank in the subject.
2. It may not have published a sufficient number of papers.
3. It may not have attracted a minimum level of recognition through our surveys.

If you have a displayed score in reputation and research indicators then you met the minimum threshold for consideration. In this case, the only reason you are not ranked is
that your score is not high enough to receive a published rank.

Broad Subject Area Scores and Ranks

Global Domestic
Academic Employer Citations H-index IRN Score
Rank Rank

Arts & Humanities 44.9 47.9 52.5 40.5

Engineering & Technology 289= 10 60.6 57.4 74.4 86.2 84.00 66.0

Life Sciences & Medicine

Natural Sciences 44.6 54.2 69.6 58.9 69.00 54.9

Social Sciences & Management 41.3 53.1 72.2 59.5 68.00 49.8

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2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT
Narrow Subject Area Scores and Ranks

Global Domestic Academic Employer Citations H-index IRN Score

Rank Rank

Architecture / Built Environment 45.2 42.2 80.6 76.6 51.6

Art & Design 27.9 55.2 30.6

Arts & Humanities

English Language & Literature

History

History of Art (NEW) 60.7 36.7 58.3

Linguistics 18.8 36.7 55.8 36.6 23.3

Performing Arts 23.2 25.9 23.7

Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies

Computer Science & Information Systems 351-400 13= 42.8 60.5 65.2 76.7 69.9 56.5
Engineering & Technology

Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (NEW) 42.7 58.4 63.3 67.3 54.2

Engineering - Chemical 251-300 10 47.3 63.5 79.4 83.9 59.8 61.4

Engineering - Civil & Structural 40.8 52.9 74.9 80.5 55.5

Engineering - Electrical & Electronic 251-300 10 45.6 58.4 78.9 86.7 77.3 60.3

Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing 201-250 8= 55.9 57.0 76.6 81.0 83.8 63.4

Engineering - Mineral & Mining 45.9 63.7 82.2 71.3 60.5

Petroleum Engineering 51-100 2= 46.9 61.0 77.9 84.5 61.4

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2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT
Narrow Subject Area Scores and Ranks (continued)

Global Domestic Academic Employer Citations H-index IRN Score

Rank Rank
Life Sciences & Medicine

Agriculture & Forestry 36.0 50.1 71.4 69.6 24.30 46.6

Anatomy & Physiology
Biological Sciences 551-600 15= 46.0 61.5 63.5 63.1 19.30 51.8
Dentistry
Medicine 31.3 53.6 63.3 57.4 23.10 44.3
Nursing
Pharmacy & Pharmacology
Psychology
Chemistry 451-500 14= 43.7 53.1 72.4 65.0 69.70 55.7
Earth & Marine Sciences 57.4 59.0 72.9 70.7 23.10 59.9
Natural Sciences

Environmental Sciences 351-400 6 53.3 55.8 81.1 81.8 57.20 66.4

Geology 57.2 59.1 71.6 66.6 20.90 59.7
Geophysics 57.1 59.0 71.3 66.0 22.50 59.6
Materials Science 251-300 8 45.5 40.9 73.9 82.7 85.40 62.2
Mathematics 401-450 12= 42.7 63.5 65.0 72.2 58.50 56.2
Physics & Astronomy
Accounting & Finance
Anthropology
Business & Management Studies 34.4 54.1 52.2 82.3 46.9
Social Sciences & Management

Communication & Media Studies 54.5 49.8 60.5 51.4 54.6

Development Studies 18.4 53.1 58.2 53.9 33.2
Economics & Econometrics 36.8 51.2 66.2 52.8 48.8
Education 46.9 56.2 56.1 54.7 51.2
Law 14.6 46.3 85.3 55.0 33.7
Library & Information Management 44.9 32.2 59.5 48.7 46.0
Marketing (NEW) 41.6 51.6 47.1 53.7 46.4
Politics & International Studies
Social Policy & Administration 19.7 46.5 23.1
Sociology 28.1 48.3 38.1 30.0 30.9
Sports-related Subjects
Statistics & Operational Research 28.7 64.5 74.6 74.6 50.6

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2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT
The tables below present the rank evolution in each subject and broad subject area where
you have been nominated for evaluation.

Broad Subjects Narrow Subjects (continued)

2021 2022 2023 2021 2022 2023

Life Sciences & Medicine Chemistry 551-600 551-600 451-500

Arts & Humanities Earth & Marine Sciences

Natural Sciences
Engineering & Technology 388 289= Environmental Sciences 451-460 351-400
Natural Sciences Geography
Social Sciences & Management Geology
Geophysics
Narrow Subjects Materials Science 301-350 301-350 251-300
Mathematics 401-450
Physics & Astronomy 551-600
2021 2022 2023
Accounting & Finance
Architecture / Built Environment Anthropology

Social Sciences & Management

Arts & Humanities

Art & Design Business & Management Studies

Communication & Media Studies
English Language & Literature
Development Studies
History
Economics & Econometrics
History of Art (NEW)
Education
Linguistics Hospitality & Leisure Management
Performing Arts Law
Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies Library & Information Management
Computer Science & Information Systems 551-600 401-450 351-400 Marketing (NEW)
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (NEW) Politics & International Studies
Engineering &

Social Policy & Administration

Technology

Engineering - Chemical 301-350 251-300 251-300

Engineering - Civil & Structural Sociology
Sports-related Subjects
Engineering - Electrical & Electronic 251-300 301-350 251-300
Statistics & Operational Research
Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufactu.. 301-350 301-350 201-250
Engineering - Mineral & Mining
Petroleum Engineering 51-100 51-100 51-100
Agriculture & Forestry
Anatomy & Physiology
Life Sciences &

Biological Sciences 601-640 551-600

Medicine

Dentistry
Medicine
Nursing
Pharmacy & Pharmacology 301-350
Psychology

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APPENDICES

DEFINITIONS,
WEIGHTINGS,
THRESHOLDS,
AND HEADLINE
FIGURES
2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT

METHODOLOGY: DEFINITIONS
ACADEMIC Between 2018 and 2022 QS has collected votes
REPUTATION from over 151,000 academics around the world.
Each academic counted has given their opinion
on universities in their fields of expertises.
60.0% 40.0% 40.0% 40.0% 50.0%

EMPLOYER The employability metric is based on employer

REPUTATION reputation. The voice of over 99,000 global
employers have been taken into account
between 2018 and 2022 giving us a large pool
20.0% 30.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0%
of information in terms of hiring levels.

CITATIONS This ratio measures the average number of

PER PAPER citations obtained per publication, and is an
estimate of the impact and quality of the
scientific work done by universities.
7.5% 10.0% 20.0% 15.0% 7.5%

H-INDEX The h-index is an index that attempts to

measure the stability of impact and quality of
the work published by the insitutions' scientists
and scholars.
7.5% 10.0% 20.0% 15.0% 7.5%

IRN International Research Network (IRN) is a

measure of efficiency of establishing stable
research collaborations in every of our 5 broad
subject areas.
5.0% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0% 5.0%

Arts & Humanities Engineering & Technology Life Sciences & Medicine Natural Sciences Social Sciences &
Management

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 Archaeology 70.0% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0%
Architecture 70.0% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0%
Art & Design 90.0% 10.0%

Classics 90.0% 10.0%

English 80.0% 10.0% 10.0%
of the rankings.

History 60.0% 10.0% 15.0% 15.0%

History of Art (NEW) 90.0% 10.0%

Employer Reputation
Academic Reputation
Languages 70.0% 30.0%
Linguistics 80.0% 10.0%
ARTS & HUMANITIES

Performing Arts 80.0% 20.0%

Philosophy 75.0% 10.0% 10.0%
Theology 70.0% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0%
Chemical Engineering 40.0% 30.0% 12.5% 12.5%
Civil Engineering 40.0% 30.0% 15.0% 15.0%

Computer Science 40.0% 30.0% 12.5% 12.5%

H-index
Data Science (NEW) 40.0% 30.0% 15.0% 15.0%
Electrical Engineering 40.0% 30.0% 12.5% 12.5%
Mechanical Engineering 40.0% 30.0% 12.5% 12.5%
TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING &

Mining Engineering 40.0% 30.0% 15.0% 15.0%

Citations per Paper

Petroleum Engineering 40.0% 30.0% 15.0% 15.0%
Agriculture 50.0% 10.0% 15.0% 15.0% 10.0%
Anatomy 40.0% 10.0% 25.0% 25.0%

Biology 40.0% 10.0% 20.0% 20.0% 10.0%

Dentistry 30.0% 10.0% 30.0% 30.0%
Medicine 40.0% 10.0% 20.0% 20.0% 10.0%
Nursing 30.0% 10.0% 30.0% 30.0%

IRN
Pharmacy 40.0% 10.0% 20.0% 20.0% 10.0%

Psychology 40.0% 20.0% 15.0% 15.0% 10.0%

LIFE SCIENCES & MEDICINE

Veterinary Science 30.0% 10.0% 30.0% 30.0%

2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT

Chemistry 40.0% 20.0% 15.0% 15.0% 10.0%

Earth Sciences 40.0% 10.0% 20.0% 20.0% 10.0%

Environmental Sciences 40.0% 10.0% 22.5% 22.5%

Geography 60.0% 10.0% 15.0% 15.0%
Geology 30.0% 10.0% 25.0% 25.0% 10.0%
Geophysics 30.0% 10.0% 25.0% 25.0% 10.0%
Materials Science 40.0% 10.0% 20.0% 20.0% 10.0%
NATURAL SCIENCES

Mathematics 40.0% 20.0% 15.0% 15.0% 10.0%

Physics 40.0% 20.0% 15.0% 15.0% 10.0%
Accounting & Finance 50.0% 30.0% 10.0% 10.0%
Anthropology 70.0% 10.0% 10.0% 10.0%
Business 50.0% 30.0% 10.0% 10.0%

Communication 50.0% 10.0% 20.0% 20.0%

Development Studies 60.0% 10.0% 15.0% 15.0%
Economics 40.0% 20.0% 20.0% 20.0%
Education 50.0% 10.0% 20.0% 20.0%
Hospitality 45.0% 50.0%

Law 50.0% 30.0% 15.0%

Library Management 70.0% 10.0% 15.0%
Marketing (NEW) 50.0% 30.0% 10.0% 10.0%
Politics 50.0% 30.0% 10.0% 10.0%
Social Policy 70.0% 20.0% 10.0%
SOCIAL SCIENCES & MANAGEMENT

Sociology 70.0% 10.0% 15.0%

Sport 60.0% 10.0% 15.0% 15.0%
We use a variable approach to the weightings for the different subjects. The chart below provides details of the combinations used in the 2023 edition

Statistics 50.0% 10.0% 20.0% 20.0%

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2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT

The QS World University Rankings® by Subject ranks the world’s top universities in individual subject areas, covering 54 disciplines as of 2023. A list
of the considered subjects, grouped by the year of first release, is presented below.

Subjects published by year 51

46 48
42
36
29 30
26

2011 2012 2013 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 2023

Accounting & Finance Communication Agriculture Architecture Anthropology Anatomy Classics Geology Data Science
Biology Education Art & Design Archaeology Hospitality Library Management Geophysics History of Art
Chemical Engineering Pharmacy Business Mining Engineering Sport Petroleum Engineering Marketing
Chemistry Dentistry Nursing Theology
Civil Engineering Development Studies Performing Arts
Computer Science Veterinary Science Social Policy
Earth Sciences
Economics
Electrical Engineering
English
Environmental
Sciences
Geography
History
Languages PUBLISHED INSTITUTIONS BY LOCATION TOP 10 LOCATIONS BY NUMBER OF
Law RANKED INSTITUTIONS
Linguistics
Materials Science United States 221
Mathematics
United Kingdom 106
Mechanical
Engineering China (Mainland) 98
Medicine France 73
Philosophy
Physics
Number of Institutions India 67
Published
Politics Germany 60
Psychology 1
50
Italy 56
Sociology
Statistics 100 Russia 55
150 Japan 51
© 2023 Mapbox © OpenStreetMap 220 Australia 39
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 Computer Science 680 1,934
Medicine 680 1,320
Biology 650 1,533
Chemistry 630 1,567
Physics 620 1,645
Business 580 2,086
Economics 530 1,649
Engineering & Technology 530 2,069
Mathematics 530 1,766
Social Sciences & Manageme.. 530 2,168
Arts & Humanities 520 1,605
54
Electrical Engineering 520 1,669
Life Sciences & Medicine 520 1,316
Mechanical Engineering 520 1,523
Subjects Published

Natural Sciences 520 1,601

Environmental Sciences 470 1,784
Agriculture 420 1,273
Chemical Engineering 420 1,299
Materials Science 420 1,565
Education 380 1,584
Subjects with highlight color have extended publishing ranges.

Pharmacy 360 1,021

Law 350 1,255
Languages 340 2,685
Sociology 340 1,111
Accounting & Finance 330 984
English 330 917
Psychology 330 990
INSTITUTIONS ANALYSED AND PUBLISHED BY SUBJECT - YEAR 2023

Linguistics 320 1,333

Communication 250 1,270
Archaeology 240 566
Architecture 240 1,172
2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT

Art & Design 240 2,816

161

Statistics 240 1,094

Civil Engineering 230 1,128
Locations Evaluated

Earth Sciences 230 1,322

Geology 230 1,219
Geophysics 230 1,192
History 230 914
Politics 230 984
Geography 210 1,246
Philosophy 210 977
Nursing 180 791
Hospitality 160 2,477
The charts below present the number of institutions evaluated and ranked in each of the relevant subject areas.

Petroleum Engineering 160 1,673

Anatomy 150 826
Anthropology 150 603
Sport 140 803
Theology 140 600
Social Policy 130 2,630
Development Studies 120 966
Performing Arts 120 2,232
Classics 90 1,233
Dentistry 80 523
1,594

Library Management 70 521

Institutions Published

Mining Engineering 70 760

Veterinary Science 70 566
Data Science (NEW) 20 1,767
History of Art (NEW) 20 2,476
Marketing (NEW) 20 783
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2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT
In the QS Subject Rankings methodology, a specialization adjustment is applied to the original reputation scores in order to boost the performance of those institutions that present a
stronger focus in specific subjects. The original reputation rank calculated for each subject is compared against the reputation rank obtained in the relevant broad subject area containing
the said subject according to the QS mapping. For example, the reputation results in Biology are compared against the overall reputation rank in Life Sciences & Medicine. Whenever the
reputation rank difference between the subject and the broad area exceeds an acceptable number of places, a positive or negative adjustment is applied in the reputation score. The
method compares the proportional difference for each institution against the maximum and minimum recorded globally.

DISTRIBUTION OF SPECIALIST ADJUSTMENTS - REPUTATION

Engineering & Life Sciences &

Arts & Humanities Natural Sciences Social Sciences & Management
Technology Medicine

50%

25%
Academic

0%

-25%

75%

50%
Employer

25%

0%

-25%
Archaeology
Architecture
Art & Design
Classics
English
History
History of Art (NEW)
Languages
Linguistics
Performing Arts
Philosophy
Theology
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Computer Science
Data Science (NEW)
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Mining Engineering
Petroleum Engineering
Agriculture
Anatomy
Biology
Dentistry
Medicine
Nursing
Pharmacy
Psychology
Veterinary Science
Chemistry
Earth Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Geography
Geology
Geophysics
Materials Science
Mathematics
Physics
Accounting & Finance
Anthropology
Business
Communication
Development Studies
Economics
Education
Hospitality
Law
Library Management
Marketing (NEW)
Politics
Social Policy
Sociology
Sport
Statistics
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2023 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS BY SUBJECT

In order to feature in any discipline table, an institution must meet three simple prerequisites:
• Offer undergraduate or taught postgraduate programmes in the given discipline
• Exceed the minimum required score for the academic and/or employer reputation indicators
• Exceed the five-year threshold for number of papers published and indexed by Scopus in the given discipline

The following chart discloses the minimum number of papers required to be considered in the latest edition of the rankings by subject.

PAPER THRESHOLD BY SUBJECT - YEAR 2023

MINIMUM NUMBER OF PUBLICATIONS INDEXED BY SCOPUS REQUIRED TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE RANKINGS.

190

170

140 140

120 120
110
100
90
80 80 80 80 80 80 80

60

40 40 40 40 40 40
30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30
20 20 20 20 20 20
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medicine
Biology

Computer Science
Physics
Electrical Engineering
Materials Science
Chemistry
Agriculture
Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Earth Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Geology
Geophysics
Mathematics
Pharmacy
Psychology
Civil Engineering
Data Science (NEW)
Mining Engineering
Nursing
Petroleum Engineering
Statistics
Anatomy
Architecture
Business
Dentistry
Economics
Education
Geography
History
Sociology
Veterinary Science
Accounting & Finance
Anthropology
Communication
Library Management

Marketing (NEW)
Politics
Archaeology
Development Studies
English

Law
Linguistics
Philosophy
Sport
Theology
Art & Design
Classics
History of Art (NEW)
Hospitality
Languages

Performing Arts
Social Policy
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