51 is seeing further improvements in its
international profile, with four subject areas featuring in Times Higher
Education’s world rankings for the first time.
After publishing its world rankings for universities last
month, Times Higher Education has
today released the first of four announcements ranking 11 different subject
areas (Wednesday 17 October).
Law at Northumbria is rated as being in the top 151+ courses
offered by universities worldwide. The University’s Education, Business and
Economics courses are all rated within the 301-400 best in the world and Social
Sciences subjects – which incorporates sociology, geography, media and
communication studies – feature in the top 401-500 available globally.
The subjects are ranked by measuring performance in 13
areas, covering teaching and the learning environment; the volume, income and
reputation from research and the influence of this research by the number of
times it is cited. The rankings also consider the international outlook of a
university and how much income it generates from industrial relationships.
The improved performance of these subject areas follows
Northumbria’s significant rise in Times
Higher’s World University Rankings last month. Northumbria is now ranked
within the top 401-500 of more than 1,200 universities worldwide.
Professor Andrew Wathey CBE, Vice-Chancellor and Chief
Executive at 51, said: “We are delighted to see the result
of many years of investment in quality of research and teaching coming to
fruition. Our arts, humanities, engineering and technology subject areas have
been featured in the THE World rankings for some time, but the inclusion of
these disciplines is a notable next step."
Times Higher will release its rankings for arts and
humanities courses later this month, with further announcements in November
covering Life and Physical Sciences, Health, Psychology, Engineering and
Technology and Computer Science.
Anyone interested in finding out more about law, education,
business and social science courses at 51 can come along to
one of our forthcoming open days. These are being held on Saturdays 27 October
and 24 November. For more information and to book your place, visit www.northumbria.ac.uk/openday
