DCU remains top Irish university for Communications Studies
Dublin City University has maintained its position as having the top Communications programme in the country according to the latest global subject ranking.
The QS World University Rankings by Subject have placed DCU in the following areas: Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, and Social Sciences & Management, with DCU improving its rank in all three of these areas since last year.
In terms of overall ranking by subject area, DCU has improved in all ranked areas, being placed 267th position globally in Social Science and Management; 372 in Engineering and Technology; and 338 in Arts and Humanities.
Highlights include:
- Strong rankings across business subjects, with DCU’s Accounting and Finance, and Business and Management now ranked third nationally
- DCU’s Communications programme continues to be the top performer nationally
- Linguistics programmes at DCU performed excellently this year and are now in joint first position in the country
- A strong performance by the university’s education programmes has resulted in a joint second position nationally
- Sports related subjects at DCU are considered in the top 130 courses globally
- Computer Science at DCU continues to perform well, ranking 251-300 globally
Speaking about the results, Professor Daire Keogh, DCU President said:
“These rankings affirm the excellence of DCU teaching and learning in a diverse range of subjects. Across our five faculties, DCU provides programmes that are among the world’s best. The figures are a tribute to the dedication and hard work of my DCU colleagues, who continue to deliver a transformative student experience, despite the many challenges faced in the past year.”
The QS World University Subject Rankings rank 1543 universities over 161 locations worldwide by subject areas and subjects, measuring the quality of a university’s teaching and research using criteria such as academic reputation, employer reputation, the number of citations of research papers and also the H-index, a measure of the depth and breadth of a university’s research in specific subject areas.