{"id":231221,"date":"2026-03-25T00:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=231221"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T23:36:57","slug":"qs-subject-rankings-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/03\/25\/qs-subject-rankings-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Global recognition for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa: 14 programs shine in new rankings"},"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\/09\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-13.jpg\" alt=\"U H Manoa students walking\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-203543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-13.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-13-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-13-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fourteen University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> academic subjects were ranked among the world\u2019s best in the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topuniversities.com\/subject-rankings\">Quacquarelli Symonds (<abbr>QS<\/abbr>) World University Rankings by Subject<\/a>, released on March 25.<\/p>\n<p>Four subjects placed in the top 22 in the nation and top 100 in the world. Leading the way was geology (<abbr title=\"Number\">No<\/abbr>. 19 in the U.S. and <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 51&#8211;100 in the world), geophysics (<abbr>No<\/abbr>. 19 in the U.S. and <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 51&#8211;100 in the world), Earth and marine sciences (<abbr>No<\/abbr>. 21 in the U.S. and <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 51&#8211;100 in the world) and linguistics (<abbr>No<\/abbr>. 22 in the U.S. and <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 61 in the world).<\/p>\n<p>Ten additional subjects placed in the world\u2019s top 2&#37; (within top 500 in the world out of <a href=\"https:\/\/research.com\/universities-colleges\/university-statistics\">more than 25,000 colleges and universities worldwide<\/a>):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>English language and literature: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 28 U.S., <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 101&#8211;150 world<\/li>\n<li>Agriculture and forestry: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 30 U.S., <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 151&#8211;200 world<\/li>\n<li>Anthropology: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 31 U.S., <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 101&#8211;200 world<\/li>\n<li>Modern languages: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 41 U.S., <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 251&#8211;300 world<\/li>\n<li>Environmental sciences: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 66 U.S., <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 351&#8211;400 world<\/li>\n<li>Communication and media studies: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 68 U.S., <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 251&#8211;275 world<\/li>\n<li>Physics and astronomy: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 70 U.S., <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 401&#8211;450 world<\/li>\n<li>Education: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 78 U.S., <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 351&#8211;400 world<\/li>\n<li>Medicine: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 99 U.S., <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 451&#8211;500 world<\/li>\n<li>Biological sciences: <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 100 U.S., <abbr>No<\/abbr>. 451&#8211;500 world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;These rankings highlight the exceptional work and commitment of our faculty, students and staff,&rdquo; <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> Interim Provost Vassilis L. Syrmos said. &ldquo;They showcase the university\u2019s global standing and reinforce that <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> offers outstanding educational opportunities and experiences for both our local community and those joining us from around the world.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> was ranked in three broad subject areas and 14 narrow subject areas. The <abbr>QS<\/abbr> World University Rankings by Subject are calculated using five criteria: academic reputation (measures the reputation of institutions and their programs by asking academic experts to nominate universities based on their subject area of expertise), employer reputation (measures the reputation of institutions and their programs among employers), research citations per paper (measures the impact and quality of the scientific work done by institutions, on average per publication), H-index (measures both the productivity and impact of the published work of a scientist or scholar) and international research network (measure of an institution\u2019s success in creating and sustaining research partnerships with institutions in other locations).<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 edition of the rankings by global higher education analyst Quacquarelli Symonds analyzed the performance of more than 18,300 university programs, taken by students at more than 1,700 universities in 100 locations around the world.<\/p>\n<h2>Other rankings<\/h2>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span lang=\"haw\">M&#257;noa<\/span> also received these notable rankings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/27\/online-masters-nursing-ranking\/\">2025 <em>U.S. News and World Report<\/em> best online programs<\/a>, January 27, 2026<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/01\/21\/times-subject-rankings-2026\/\">2026 <em>Times Higher Education<\/em> World University Rankings by Subject<\/a>, January 21, 2026<\/li>\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<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 edition analyzed the performance of more than 18,300 university programs taken by students at more than 1,700 universities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":203543,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[222,137,254,735,1471,95,308,301,212,661,1187,204,342,758,252,378,173,31,214,215,1466,1467,175,262,568,124,545,911,631,741,92,1026,9],"class_list":["post-231221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-agriculture","tag-anthropology","tag-biology","tag-campus-recognition","tag-college-of-arts-languages-and-letters","tag-college-of-education","tag-college-of-natural-sciences","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-communications","tag-earth-science","tag-education","tag-english","tag-environmental-science","tag-geology","tag-geology-and-geophysics","tag-geophysics","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-language","tag-linguistics","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-excellence-in-research","tag-marine-biology","tag-marine-science","tag-natural-science","tag-physics","tag-physics-and-astronomy","tag-program-recognition","tag-ranking","tag-school-of-communications","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-social-science","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/manoa-student-gnrc-2024-13.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231221","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=231221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231233,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231221\/revisions\/231233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}