{"id":228476,"date":"2026-01-21T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T18:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=228476"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T00:31:05","slug":"times-subject-rankings-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/21\/times-subject-rankings-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Global rankings recognize <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa programs among world\u2019s best"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-2.jpg\" alt=\"U H Manoa students sitting at a desks\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-195537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Five <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> subject areas were placed in the world\u2019s top 1&#37;, and an additional four earned top 2&#37; honors in the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/world-university-rankings\/by-subject\"><em>Times Higher Education<\/em> World University Rankings by Subject<\/a>, released on January 21.<\/p>\n<p>Education led the way, ranked in the <abbr title=\"Number\">No<\/abbr>. 101&#8211;125 tier, followed by physical sciences at <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 126&#8211;150, arts and humanities at <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 151&#8211;175, and law and life sciences each at <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 201&#8211;250. To qualify in the world\u2019s top 1&#37;, rankings must be within the top 250 in the world (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.com\/universities-colleges\/university-statistics\">among more than 25,000 colleges and universities worldwide<\/a>) <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa was ranked in all 11 of the 2026 <em>Times Higher Education<\/em> World University Rankings by Subject lists.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are proud that <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa continues to be recognized globally, reflecting our commitment to academic excellence, research and the student experience,&rdquo; <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Interim Provost Vassilis L. Syrmos said. &ldquo;These rankings underscore the hard work and dedication of our faculty, students and staff, who make <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa a truly exceptional place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>All <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa rankings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Education studies: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 101&#8211;125<\/li>\n<li>Physical sciences: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 126&#8211;150<\/li>\n<li>Arts and humanities: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 151&#8211;175<\/li>\n<li>Law: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 201&#8211;250<\/li>\n<li>Life sciences: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 201&#8211;250<\/li>\n<li>Social sciences: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 251&#8211;300<\/li>\n<li>Medical and health: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 301&#8211;400<\/li>\n<li>Psychology: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 301&#8211;400<\/li>\n<li>Business and economics: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 401&#8211;500<\/li>\n<li>Computer science: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 501&#8211;600<\/li>\n<li>Engineering: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 501&#8211;600<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Times Higher Education<\/em> considers the following factors for its rankings: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry income and international outlook. Regarded as one of the leading national and international university rankings focused on research and academic excellence, <em>Times Higher Education<\/em> considered between 425&#8211;1,555 of the top institutions for each of its subject rankings, out of more than 25,000 institutions worldwide, to be eligible for its World University Rankings by Subject.<\/p>\n<h2>Other rankings<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa also received these notable rankings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/04\/gras-ranking-2025\/\">2025 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects<\/a>, January 4, 2026<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/09\/times-rankings-2026\/\">2026 <em>Times Higher Education<\/em> World University Rankings<\/a>, October 9, 2025<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/02\/wsj-best-colleges-2026-rankings\/\"><em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>\/College Pulse 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S. rankings<\/a>, October 2, 2025<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/09\/23\/us-news-best-colleges-2026\/\"><em>U.S. News and World Report<\/em> 2026 Best Colleges rankings<\/a>, September 23, 2025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/miro\/rankings\/\">visit the M&#257;noa Institutional Research Office website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa was ranked in all 11 of the 2026 <abbr>Times Higher Education<\/abbr> World University Rankings by Subject lists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":195537,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1536,498,735,251,1471,95,179,308,301,541,1187,197,204,182,758,252,484,31,154,1085,262,554,568,124,545,911,637,631,1473,92,146,1026,9,68],"class_list":["post-228476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-arts-and-humanities","tag-business","tag-campus-recognition","tag-chemistry","tag-college-of-arts-languages-and-letters","tag-college-of-education","tag-college-of-engineering","tag-college-of-natural-sciences","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-computer-science","tag-earth-science","tag-economics","tag-education","tag-engineering","tag-environmental-science","tag-geology","tag-information-and-computer-science","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-law","tag-life-science","tag-marine-science","tag-mathematics","tag-natural-science","tag-physics","tag-physics-and-astronomy","tag-program-recognition","tag-psychology","tag-ranking","tag-school-of-life-sciences","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-shidler-college-of-business","tag-social-science","tag-uh-manoa","tag-william-s-richardson-school-of-law","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228483,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228476\/revisions\/228483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}