by Erika Yamamoto / art: Joyce Tenório

USP is the Latin American university with the highest number of classified courses. In total, 44 courses are among the top 100 in the world, with 16 among the top 50.

USP is among the best universities in the world in 44 of the 55 specific areas evaluated in the QS World University Ranking by Subject, released today, April 10.

Out of this total, in 16 specific areas, USP was ranked among the top 50: Dentistry (13th position); Anthropology (23rd); Petroleum Engineering (24th); Agriculture and Forestry (32nd); Mining Engineering (34th); Nursing (34th); Civil and Structural Engineering (38th); Architecture (39th); Social Policy and Administration (42nd); Sociology (43rd); Archaeology (44th); Sports (44th); Pharmacy and Pharmacology (44th); Environmental Sciences (44th); Law (45th); and Modern Languages (46th).

In 28 specific areas, the University ranked between 51st and 100th; in four areas, among the top 150; and in one area, among the top 200.

The specific areas are grouped into five major areas, and USP is among the top 100 in the overall ranking of all five: Social Science and Administration (41st), Arts and Humanities (46th), Life Sciences and Medicine (44), Natural Sciences (58th), and Engineering and Technology (57th).

More information about the ranking can be obtained on the page of the Academic Performance Indicators Management Office (Egida) of USP.

Leadership in Latin America

In this year’s edition of the ranking, courses from 1,559 universities worldwide were evaluated. Mainly propelled by the high ranking of Dentistry, Petroleum Engineering, Anthropology, and Agriculture courses, USP was the top-performing institution in Latin America in the ranking.

Published since 2011 by Quacquarelli Symonds, a British organization specializing in research on higher education institutions, the ranking assessed universities according to five indicators (academic reputation, employer reputation, scientific citations, H-index, and internationalization), tailored to each specific area.

Learn more: https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings