According to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) 2024 world university rankings by subject, Middle East Technical University has ranked as Turkey’s top university in a total 14 subjects, while directly securing the first place in 11 of them. Moreover, in worldwide rankings, METU took the 11th place in one subject, while ranking in the top 100 in two subjects, in the top 200 in 11 subjects, and in the top 500 in 21 subjects.
In the 2024 world university rankings by subject released by the UK-based university ranking organization QS, a total of 1,559 higher education institutions were evaluated across 55 subjects under five main subject areas. According to the announced results, METU took its place in a total of 26 rankings, including four of the five main subject areas in which it operates and 22 subjects. In the subjects “Accounting and Finance,” “Psychology,” and “Art and Design,” METU was included in the rankings for the first time in 2024.
Compared to the QS 2023 world university rankings by subject, this year METU improved its ranking in 8 subjects and 3 main subject areas, while maintaining its position in 12 subjects.
In the QS rankings by subject, various indicators such as Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Citations, H-index, and international research collaboration are taken into account, each with different weights on the total score for each field of study.
Here are the fields in which METU ranked first among Turkish universities, alongside the worldwide ranking of METU:
Subject | Rank |
Engineering & Technology | 117 |
Engineering – Mechanical | 140 |
Education | 101-150 |
Architecture / Built Environment | 151-200 |
Agriculture & Forestry | 251-300 |
Business & Management Studies | 251-300 |
Materials Science | 251-300 |
Economics & Econometrics | 251-300 |
Environmental Sciences | 301-350 |
Accounting and Finance | 301-350 |
Chemistry | 351-400 |
Biological Sciences | 501-550 |
The other subjects in which METU was included in world rankings are as follows:
Subject | Rank |
Engineering & Technology | 117 |
Engineering – Mechanical | 140 |
Education | 101-150 |
Architecture / Built Environment | 151-200 |
Agriculture & Forestry | 251-300 |
Business & Management Studies | 251-300 |
Materials Science | 251-300 |
Economics & Econometrics | 251-300 |
Environmental Sciences | 301-350 |
Accounting and Finance | 301-350 |
Chemistry | 351-400 |
Biological Sciences | 501-550 |
More details regarding the rankings can be accessed at https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings.