CoHASS Strengthens Global Standing in QS Subject Rankings 2026

College of Humanities and Arts and Social Sciences (CoHASS) at NTU is proud to announce that our subjects have achieved a strong performance in the 2026 edition of the Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (QS WUR) by Subject.

The list has 11 CoHASS subjects making it into the top 50, of which two are among the top five globally. Overall, eight subjects improved in their ranking. Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information's 'Communication & Media Studies' subject scored its highest ranking of number two in the world.

The achievements in CoHASS are part of the wider performance at NTU whose total of 44 entries is Singapore’s most subjects in the ranking, reflecting the academic rigour and quality of education the University is committed to.

CoHASS’s subject rank as follows:

• #2 in Communication & Media Studies
• #5 in Library & Information Management
• #13 in Linguistics
• #24 in Politics & International Studies
• #25 in Psychology
• #32 in Art & Design
• #33 in Philosophy
• #36 in English Language & Literature
• #42 in Economics and Econometrics
• #44 in Art History
• #48 in Sociology

Said Dean of CoHASS, Professor Jon Wilson: “These rankings affirm CoHASS’s role in shaping the human future through globally recognised scholarship in the humanities, arts and social sciences. They reflect the collective efforts of faculty and students developing field-defining research about human culture, creativity and society."

The QS World University Rankings (WUR) is an annual publication by Quacquarelli Symonds that ranks universities globally based on academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations, faculty-student ratio, and internationalization. Inaugurated in 2004, it is one of the most widely read university rankings.

According to QS, the 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject features 55 narrow subjects across five broad subject areas. This year's rankings are its biggest yet, with over 1,900 institutions included this year, including over 300 which appear for the first time ever.