Eight universities in top 200 subject-by-subject ranking list

Trinity College Dublin tops a list of eight Irish colleges which feature in the top 200 of subject-by-subject rankings of the world’s universities.

It features in the top 200 for 24 of the 30 study disciplines for which tables were compiled by QS World University Rankings, including top-50 placings for English language and literature, politics, history, and modern languages.

The rankings were based on global reputation surveys among employers and academics, with University College Dublin in the top 200 for 25 subjects and ranked 50th to 100th in eight. University College Cork is in the top 100 for three subjects — modern languages, biological sciences, and law — and between 100th and 200th for seven more.