In the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 report, Sapienza performed very well worldwide, confirming its world leadership in Classics and Ancient History with a score of 99.5, higher than last year, and its national leadership in two subject areas: "Arts & Humanities and "Natural Sciences", at 44th and 61st worldwide respectively.

Among the Italian universities, Sapienza is the one with the greatest improvement, with an overall increase of 21%.

This year's ranking, published today, analyses 55 subjects grouped into 5 broad subject areas. Sapienza is the most represented Italian university in the ranking with 47 subjects (last year it was 43), spread over all 5 areas, for a total of 52 points.

"Once again, this year, Sapienza is among the best universities on the international scene, with promising growth in many disciplinary areas of the QS World University Rankings by Subject. This achievement is the result of the commitment of many people who work every day to make Sapienza more and more an institution of excellence in the world" - says Rector Antonella Polimeni. "For the fourth year in a row, Sapienza's Classics Department is on the top step in line with the excellent results in the Humanities, enriched by national records in Archaeology, History, Art History, Archivistics and Library Science. The ranking also confirms Sapienza's position among the top 50 universities in the world in Physics, Astronomy and Law, subjects in which our University has a prestigious tradition, but also in more recent disciplines such as Artificial Intelligence, confirming Sapienza's generalist vocation, characterised by the diversity and multidisciplinary nature of its educational offer".

New for Sapienza in the 2024 ranking is Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, in which our University is ranked 46th in the world and first in the country. Dentistry returns to the rankings this year, ranking in the 51-100 range and first in Italy, while Anatomy & Physiology also ranks first in Italy compared to last year.

Sapienza holds 17 national records in the following subjects and macro areas:

• Classics & Ancient History (1);
• Archaeology (10);
• History of Art (14);
• Physics & Astronomy (32);
• Library & Information Management (36);
• Arts & Humanities - Macroarea (44);
• History (45);
• Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (46);
• Psychology (57);
• Natural Sciences - Macroarea (61);
• Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies (51-100);
• Statistics & Operational Research (51-100);
• Nursing (51-100);
• Development Studies (51-100);
• Dentistry (51-100);
• Anthropology (51-100);
• Anatomy & Physiology (51-100).

Sapienza is ranked among the top 50 universities in the world in 8 disciplines and the top 100 in the world in 25 disciplines (21 last year). The 8 top 50 subjects are Classics and Ancient History; Archaeology; Art History; Physics and Astronomy; Library and Information Science; History; Law; Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.

When analysing the five macro areas, in addition to its dominance in "Arts & Humanities" and "Natural Sciences", Sapienza has also improved its ranking in "Life Sciences & Medicine" from 137th to 128th place, thanks to a series of subjects such as Medicine in 92nd place (compared to 112th in 2023), Pharmacy & Pharmacology in 76th place (compared to 87th in 2023), Psychology in 57th place (compared to 61st in 2023) and Dentistry, Nursing and Anatomy & Physiology in 51st to 100th place. Engineering & Technology also moved up from 108th to 95th globally, with Data Science & Artificial Intelligence at 46th, Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical at 63rd, Computer Science & Information Systems at 71st and Engineering - Civil & Structural at 51st to 100th.

QS Subject Ranking takes into account the following parameters: academic and corporate reputation based on the opinion of recruiters worldwide, citations per paper, the use of the 'H-Index' for publication frequency and impact, and the international research network. Nearly 5,000 institutions were considered for the 2024 ranking, of which 1,559 were included in the ranking.