The QS World University Rankings by Subject
The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 were announced on March 12, 2025. Institutions are ranked in 5 broad subject areas and 55 individual subjects. For the 2025 edition, 5,203 universities worldwide were surveyed, with 1,747 being assigned a position in the rankings.
Waseda ranked in the top 100 worldwide in 2 of the 5 broad subject areas
- Arts & Humanities Rank #65（#2 in Japan）
- Social Sciences & Management Rank #99（#3 in Japan）
Waseda ranked within the top 50 worldwide in 2 of the 55 subjects and within the top 100 worldwide in 14 subjects total
Rankings within 50
- History of Art Rank #21-50（#2 in Japan）
- Modern Languages Rank #40（#3 in Japan）
Rankings between 51-100
- Law Rank #59（#3 in Japan）
- Politics & International Studies Rank #60（#2 in Japan）
- Linguistics Rank #69（#2 in Japan）
- Accounting & Finance Rank #86（#2 in Japan）
- Economics & Econometrics Rank #99（#3 in Japan）
- Engineering – Mineral & Mining Rank #51-100（#3 in Japan）
- Geography Rank #51-100（#2 in Japan）
- History Rank #51-100（#3 in Japan）
- Marketing Rank #51-100（#1 in Japan）
- Petroleum Engineering Rank #51-100（#2 in Japan）
- Sports-related Subjects Rank #51-100 (#2 in Japan）
- Classics & Ancient History Rank #51-150（#4 in Japan）
The rankings are based on five categories (the weight of each category differs depending on the subject): ① academic reputation, ② employer reputation, ③ research citations per paper, ④ H-index, ⑤ international research network (by broad faculty area). More information is available on the QS Subject Rankings 2025 website.
※Quacquarelli Symonds (QS): A British higher education analytics firm. Every year the firm evaluates universities worldwide and publishes various university rankings.
