Recently, the globally recognized higher education research institution Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) released the 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject. Sichuan University made a remarkable showing in these rankings, with its medical discipline entering the global top 200 for the first time, ranked at 167th place; its nursing discipline also made a significant leap, entering the global top 100 for the first time, with a ranking between 51st and 100th place.

 

The QS World University Rankings by Subject is considered one of the four most authoritative subject rankings in the world, alongside the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject, the US News Global Best Subject Rankings, and the Shanghai Soft Science World-Class Subject Rankings. The 2024 QS rankings include 1559 universities across 55 disciplines. The rankings are based on four key indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per paper, and the H-index. Academic and employer reputations reflect the international standing of institutions in their respective fields, while citations per paper and the H-index, based on the Scopus database, measure the impact of research.