Like every year at this time, he was made known by QS, Quacquarelli Symondsthe first site dedicated to the analysis and study in the higher education sector, la classifica QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 which, as you can guess from its name, identifies the best universities in the world, dividing them by didactic sector.

In reality, therefore, the rankings on the site are more than one, depending on the reference area, five in all, plus their respective subcategories. So let’s find out which are, in the different fields, which are the best in the world and which are the first ranked among Italian universities.

Arts and Humanities: Top 5 Italian Universities 2022

In the category Arts and Humanities as one easily understands from their name, all subjects with a strong humanist, literary and artistic vocation such as Architecture, Art and Design, History, Linguistics and Philosophy.

First in the world we find Oxford Universitymonitoring from the University of Cambridgeclose the podium Harvard University. And among the Italians instead?

The local ranking is rather the following: in first place there is La Sapienza University of Rome, who in the general classification is rather in 39th place. It follows, in 53rd place overall, but second among the Italians, the Alma Mater of Bolognawhich is ahead of the third Italian university in the list by around fifty positions: the Polytechnic of Milan, in 103rd place. The fourth and fifth “Italian” positions are rather busy from Ca’ Foscari University of Venicewhich reached the 118th place in the world, e from the University of Paduain 157th place.

Engineering and technology: the 5 best Italian universities 2022

In the category Engineering and Technology all courses of study related to engineering and technology, such as Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Computer Science and Information Systems.

In the world top 3 we find the renowned in first place Massachusetts Institute of Technologyoften abbreviated by the acronym WITH. The second place was rather conquered from the University of Cambridgewhile in third place he was positioned Oxford University.

Moving rather to Italian territory, the first five universities that appear in the ranking are: the Polytechnic of Milanthe first university among foreigners, which overall reached the 13th place in the ranking, followed by Polytechnic of Turin, which, on the other hand, occupies the 33rd place in the world ranking. Concludes the podium, in 81st place overall, La Sapienza University of Rome. The Italian fourth and fifth places instead went to Alma Mater of Bolognawhich reached the 83rd place in the world, e from the University of Paduaranked 129th.

Life sciences and medicine: the 5 best Italian universities 2022

Another very prestigious and complex category is that concerning medicine and related sciences, such as Biology, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy and Veterinary.

The world top 3 of this branch is composed of Harvard Universityfrom University of Oxford and of Johns Hopkins University.

Turning our gaze to Italy, on the other hand, we find it in 97th place in the general classification. the University of Milanmonitoring of the Alma Mater Studiorum in Bologna, in 107th place overall. Third La Sapienza University of Romeranked 123rd, shared with the University of Padua. Closes the Italian top 5 the University of Turinwho manages to reach the 182nd place in the world.

Natural sciences: the top 5 Italian universities 2022

In Natural Sciences courses of study that have to do with pure science, such as Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Physics.

The ranking of the top three universities in the world in this category does not differ much from the others. On the podium, there are the usual suspects: in first place the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)per second the Harvard University on the third University of Cambridge.

As for Italy, the first five positions are occupied, in order, by: La Sapienza University of Rome(44th place overall), Alma Mater of Bologna (position 82esiam), Polytechnic of Milan (101st place), University of Pisa (108th place), University of Padua (111th place).

Social sciences and management: the 5 best Italian universities 2022

The last category analyzed by QS is that in which study courses in Anthropology, Law, Economics and Econometrics, Communication, Business and Management, Sociology and similar.

Globally, the top 3 sees the usual tussle between the United States and the United Kingdom: first place goes to Harvard Universitythe second to the University of Oxfordthe third appendix London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

Looking towards Italy, however, the top five universities that come across when scrolling through the rankings are: Bocconi University of Milanwho manages to re-enter the world elite arriving in 10th place to follow the Alma Mater of Bologna (62nd), the Luiss University (91st), the Polytechnic of Milan (92nd) th La Sapienza University of Rome (95th in the world).