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U.Porto is among the Best Universities in 22 subjects

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The University of Porto has been cementing its position in the QS World University Rankings 2018 by Subject and it is now positioned among the 300 best in the world.

Regarded as one of the most important and reputed world rankings when it comes to assess the university performance across all of its core missions, namely programmes, teaching, and research, the University of Porto is among the world's 300 best in 22 assessed areas, standing out specifically in Engineering and Technologies, a rise of 49 places from 2017, which represents the best result ever achieved by a Portuguese University.

The same rise of places occurs regarding Life sciences and Medicine (278 to 227), Social Sciences and Management (310 to 280), Arts and Humanities (315 to 295) and Natural Sciences (385 to 302).

A specific assessment to the 48 subareas of this ranking shows that despite losing ground in two reference areas regarding the previous year, the University of Porto has improved its global performance, moving up in 11 rankings and it is listed among the top 51 and 100 Universities in the world in four areas, namely, Architecture, Sports, Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering. It also ranks among the top 101 and 150 Best Universities in the fields of Agriculture, Environmental Sciences, Pharmacy and Pharmacology.

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