QS Rankings: Universidad de Santiago de Chile is the third best university in Chile and leader in Arts and Humanities

  • Universidad de Santiago was ranked among the 200 best higher education institutions worldwide in the subjects of Linguistics, Sociology, and Art and Design, according to the prestigious British QS Rankings. 

 

In the fields of Linguistics, Sociology, and Art and Design, Universidad de Santiago de Chile is among the 200 best higher education institutions of the world, according to the QS Rankings. The British consultant company Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), included 4,438 universities from around the world and on this occasion it classified them by study subjects.

In this way, in the subject of Linguistics, Universidad de Santiago was featured in the 151-200 rank, sharing that position with Universidad de Chile, behind Universidad Católica (101-150). Universidad de Santiago was also positioned in that rank in the subjects of Sociology and Art and Design, ahead of universities like George Washington University, Boston College, Beijing Normal University and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, among others.

The university was also ranked in subjects like Education and Training, Agriculture and Forestry and Modern Languages (201-250); Mathematics (301-350); Chemistry (401-450), and Medicine and Physics and Astronomy (451-500).

With regard to broader subject areas, Universidad de Santiago stood out in the area of “Arts and Humanities”, as it was ranked in the 360th place worldwide, ahead of North Carolina State University (362), Washington State University (362) and the University of Westminster (376), among others. At a Latin American level, Universidad de Santiago was ranked in the 11th place, ahead of Universidad Diego Portales (381) and Universidad Católica de Valparaíso (399). Universidad Autónoma de México was at the top of the Latin American ranking.

Although on this occasion QS did not deliver an overall average ranking, in 2016 Universidad de Santiago was ranked in the third place nationwide, behind Universidad Católica de Chile and Universidad de Chile.

Methodology

The QS survey involves 46 study subjects and universities in 128 different countries. The essential indicators include both employer and academic reputation and citations per paper/faculty and paper productivity and impact.

 

Translated by Marcela Contreras