Queen’s University ranks at #201-300 in the world according to 3 of the top ranking agencies, QS Rankings, THE Rankings, and ARWU Rankings. According to QS, Queen’s University world rankings have been consecutive among the top 250 universities in the world. In 2024, the university has secured #209 position in QS World University Rankings, improving from #246 in 2023.

Characterized as one of the oldest degree-granting Canadian universities, Queen’s University has achieved a place among the top 20 national universities by US News & World Report and CWUR. A plethora of the academic courses of Queen’s University have achieved global recognition, ranking among the top 100 to top 300 courses in the world.

Queen’s University World Rankings

The following table shows the global rankings of Queen’s University over the years:

Queen’s University World Rankings

Ranking Body 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
QS Rankings #239 #246 #240 #246 #209
THE Rankings #251-300 #251-300 #251-300 #251-300 #251-300
US News and World Report Best Global Universities #419 #412 #429
CWUR #256 #301 #315 #320
ARWU (Shanghai Rankings) #201-300 #201-300 #201-300

Queen’s University Engineering Rankings

The US News ranks Queen’s University among top 500 institutions catering to Engineering programs. Additionally, the ‘Mineral and Mining Engineering’ program has made the university proud by residing at #12 in the current QS World Subject Rankings. More such engineering programs and their respective ranking trends are presented as follows:

Queen’s University Engineering Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

THE Rankings

Computer Science and Engineering #251-300 #401-500 #401-500 #401-500
Engineering and Technology #301-400 #501-600 #301-400 #301-400

QS World Subject Rankings

Computer Science and Information Systems #139 #148 #132
Mineral and Mining Engineering #12 #9 #7
Civil and Structural Engineering #101-150 #101-150 #151-200
Mechanical Engineering #251-300 #201-250 #201-250
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #201-250 #201-250 #201-250
Engineering and Technology #169 #208 #146

Shanghai Rankings

Computer Science and Engineering #401-500 #401-500 #401-500
Metallurgical Engineering #151-200
Telecommunication Engineering #201-300 #201-300 #201-300
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #101-150 #101-150 #101-150

Queen’s University Medical Science Rankings

QS Rankings have placed Queen’s University at #51-100 for providing excellent Nursing programs. The ranking trends of the university for the Medical Science programs are as follows:

Queen’s University Medical Science Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Medicine #151-200 #151-200 #201-250
Nursing #51-100 #51-100 #101-150
Pharmacy and Pharmacology #351-360 #301-350 #201-250

Shanghai Rankings

Medical Technology #201-300 #301-400 #301-400
Clinical Medicine #201-300 #201-300 #301-400
Public Health #301-400 #201-300 #201-300
THE Rankings Clinical, Pre-clinical, and Health #126-150 #126-150 #126-150 #151-175

Queen’s University Business Rankings

Queen’s University maintains a strong position at #101-150 in QS World Subject Rankings for the variety of business-related courses it offers. The following table shows the positions of these courses in the top-ranking lists over the last 3 years:

Queen’s University Business Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Business and Management Studies #137 #132 #151-200
Accounting and Finance #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Economics and Econometrics #129 #139 #133
THE Rankings Business and Economics #301-400 #301-400 #301-400 #176-200

Shanghai Rankings

Management #301-400 #301-400 #201-300
Finance #151-200 #101-150 #101-150
Economics #201-300 #201-300 #201-300

Queen’s University Natural Science Rankings

Queen’s University offers a number of academic programs across the Natural Science stream, including top-ranked courses such as:

Queen’s University Natural Science Rankings

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Biological Sciences #251-300 #301-350 #301-350
Geography #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Physics and Astronomy #251-300 #251-300 #251-300
Materials Sciences #301-350 #251-300 #251-300
Natural Sciences #200 #275 #272
Geophysics #151-200 #201-220 #151-200
Environmental Sciences #251-300 #251-300 #251-300
Mathematics #301-350 #251-300 #301-350
Chemistry #251-300 #201-250 #201-250
Earth and Marine Sciences #151-200 #151-200 #101-150

THE Rankings

Psychology #151-175 #201-250 #151-175 #88
Life Sciences #301-400 #401-500 #401-500 #401-500
Physical Sciences #401-500 #501-600 #501-600 #501-600

Shanghai Rankings

Earth Sciences #301-400 #301-400 #301-400
Geography #76-100 #151-200 #151-200
Physics #101-150 #151-200 #151-200

Queen’s University Humanities Rankings

Queen’s University has been consecutively ranked among #101-150 in Shanghai Rankings on the basis of its ‘Education’ programs. More humanities related subjects, available at Queen’s University, and their respective ranking trends are demonstrated by the table that follows:

Ranking Body Program Ranking 2024 Ranking 2023 Ranking 2022 Ranking 2021

QS World Subject Rankings

Modern Languages #251-300 #251-300
Law and Legal Studies #151-200 #151-200 #151-200
Arts and Humanities #195 #234 #234
Education and Training #101-150 #101-150 #151-200
History #151-200 #101-150 #101-150
Social Sciences and Management #144 #199 #165
Sociology #251-300 #201-250 #201-250
Linguistics #251-300
Philosophy #151-200 #151-200 #101-150
English Language and Literature #151-200 #151-200 #101-150

THE Rankings

Education #176-200 #126-150 #101-125 #151-175
Social Sciences #251-300 #301-400 #301-400 #301-400
Law #126-150 #101-125 #151-175 #126-150
Arts and Humanities #401-500 #401-500 #301-400 #251-300

Shanghai Rankings

Education #101-150 #101-150 #101-150
Political Sciences #201-300 #201-300 #301-400
Communication #201-300 #201-300 #201-300
Law #151-200 #151-200 #101-150

Queen’s University US News Subject Rankings

One of the leading college and university ranking body, US News, has evaluated various academic courses offered by Queen’s University and presented a subject-wise rankings for the current academic year:

Subject Rankings 2023
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems #215
Electrical and Electronic Engineering #324
Clinical Medicine #264
Engineering #482
Computer Science #570
Chemistry #502
Social Sciences and Public Health #294
Geosciences #311
Physics #578
Materials Science #655
Psychology #249
Neuroscience and Behavior #309
Oncology #174

Queen’s University Rankings: Miscellaneous

Queen’s University is a leading performer not only in terms of academics but also other fields, such as employability, sustainability, equality, etc. which is evident from the follow rankings:

Ranking Body Parameter Ranking 2023

QS WUR

Graduate Employability Ranking #101-110
QS Sustainability Ranking #171-180
QS WUR By Subject #151-200

US News

Best Global Universities in Canada #17
Best Global Universities #429

THE World University Rankings

World University Rankings #251-300
Impact Rankings: Partnership for goals #37
Impact Ranking #3
Impact Rankings: Zero Hunger #1
Impact Rankings: Quality Education #401-600
Impact Rankings: Gender Equality #87
Impact Rankings: Climate Action #101-200
Impact Rankings: Reducing Inequalities #99

CWUR

National Rank #13
Employability Rank #388
Research Rank #359
Education Rank #462
Faculty Rank #211

Queen’s University has been consistently delivery world-class education while following global sustainability rules and regulations due to which it has been ranked consecutively in the top 10 positions for THE Impact Rankings as well as for Zero Hunger. Moreover, it has been ranked 28th for IT and 31st for sport-related programs by EduRank.