University of Oxford Rankings: World, National & Subject ranks

The University of Oxford (OU) has been consistently ranked among the topmost universities in the world by the leading university ranking providers. Parameters like academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty and student ratio, citations per faculty, etc., are considered while ranking different universities. Let us look at various national and global rankings of University of Oxford.

University of Oxford Ranking Highlights

Given below are some of the highlights of the University of Oxford rankings:

• The University of Oxford has been ranked as number one globally by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings from 2017-2021
• QS World University ranking and US News have ranked OU at number five for 2021
• It has been placed at number 9 in the world by ARWU (Shanghai ranking) has placed for the year 2020

University of Oxford World Rankings

The University of Oxford is among the top 10 universities in the world. Some of the world rankings given by the top agencies are tabulated below.

University of Oxford National Rankings

When it comes to National Rankings, The University of Oxford has been ranked at number 2 by the Complete University Guide from 2017-2021. In addition, it has been placed at number 2 by “The Guardian” in the year 2021. This ranking indicates an improvement in OU’s performance as it was ranked at number 3 in the year 2020 by “The Guardian.”

University of Oxford Rankings by Subject

According to the leading university ranking provider QS- World University Ranking, Oxford has been ranked number 1 across eight subject areas for the second year in a row. These subject areas include Physiology, Anthropology, Archaeology, Geography, and Pharmacy, among others. There are different rankings provided by major global and national ranking providers for several other courses. Some of the subject-specific rankings of the University of Oxford are tabulated below: