Global success for humanities at Edinburgh
The College has enjoyed great success in one of the world's most important university ranking tables.
Ten CHSS Schools secured a place in the top 50 of the 2014 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.
Celebrating school success
The table puts Linguistics in Edinburgh third in the world, while Modern Languages is 12th and English Language and Literature 14th.
Sociology studies was also placed highly at number 16 and Moray House School of Education is ranked 18th in the world.
Psychology, The Law School, Politics & International Studies also enjoyed high placements, at 29, 32 and 35 respectively.
Full details of QS Ranking by subject
Ranking system
The 2013-2014 QS World University Rankings evaluated the world’s top 800 universities.
The rankings are based on four key pillars: research, teaching, employability and internationalisation.
This year, 62,094 academic and 27,957 employer responses contributed towards the results, making both surveys the largest of their kind in the world.
The purpose of the rankings is to recognise universities as the multi-faceted organisations they are and to provide a global comparison of their success against the notional mission of remaining or becoming world-class.