Academic subjects on Viikki Campus, University of Helsinki, rank high in the Shanghai Global Ranking
In Shanghai Ranking’s latest Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, those subjects studied in the Viikki Campus units of the University of Helsinki were highly evaluated. Ecology, biological sciences, and nanoscience & nanotechnology scored higher than in 2021, ecology being 26th in the world.
Many academic subjects of the ranking, such as pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, as well as nanoscience and nanotechnology, span campus and unit borders.
Shanghai Ranking: Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2022
Subject
2021
2022
Agricultural Sciences
46
46
Biological Sciences
76–100
51–75
Biotechnology
43
49
Ecology
42
26
Environmental Science and Engineering
76–100
76–100
Food Science and Technology
76–100
76–100
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
301–400
201–300
Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
44
50
Veterinary Sciences
51–75
51–75
The numbers indicate where a certain academic subject in the University of Helsinki is placed amongst the respective academic subjects in other universities all over the world.
Shanghai Ranking
Shanghai Ranking began to publish world university ranking by academic subjects in 2009. The 2022 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects contains rankings of universities in 54 subjects across Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, and Social Sciences. More than 1,800 out of 5,000 universities across 96 countries and regions are finally listed in the rankings. The GRAS rankings use a range of objective academic indicators and third-party data to measure the performance of world universities in respective subjects, including research output, research influence, international collaboration, research quality, and international academic awards.