Dating back to the 12th century, the University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. Its academic excellence is renowned the world over, and whilst the university has numerous strengths, it is particularly recognised for the calibre of its science programmes. It was recently ranked number one in the world for medicine and among the top ten universities globally for life sciences, physical sciences, social sciences.
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The current Times Higher Education World subject rankings place Oxford 1st for Clinical, Pre-clinical and Health, 2nd for Engineering and Social Sciences globally. It is also ranked 3rd for Life Sciences and Law, 4th for Business and Economics, and Arts and Humanities, and 8th for Physical Sciences.
Within the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2022, Oxford is 1st in the UK for Anatomy and Physiology, Art and Design, Mathematics, Materials Technology, Medicine and Psychology.
It has further top 5 rankings for Anthropology, Archaeology, Biological Sciences, Business, Management and Marketing, Chemistry, Classics, Computer Science, East and South East Asian Studies, English, Economics, French, General Engineering, German, Geology, Geography and Environmental Science, History, History of Art, Law, Linguistics, Music, Philosophy, Politics, Physics and Astronomy, Russian and Theology.
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