In the QS World University Ranking by Subject the Psychology courses taught by the School of Psychology, Education and Sport Sciences are ranked 9th in Spain and in the 301-330 range globally. For its part, the URL's Business Administration and Management course, taught at IQS-URL, La Salle-URL and Esade-URL, maintains its 1st position in Spain and is ranked 17th worldwide. And Tourism and Hotel Management, taught by IQS-URL, is again ranked 2nd in Spain and in the 51-100 range worldwide.
As well as disciplines, the ranking also lists areas of knowledge. In the field of Social Sciences and Management, the URL is in 6th position in Spain and 100th in the world, out of a total of 530 institutions listed. Bachelor degrees related to Management at Blanquerna-URL include Global Communication Management (School of Communication and International Relations) and the Bachelor Degree in Sports Management (School of Psychology, Education Sciences and Sport).
The QS World University Ranking by Subject is one of the most prestigious international university rankings and this year's report has measured the educational quality of more than 1,594 educational institutions around the world in 54 disciplines. The ranking uses four criteria to draw up the classifications:
- The results of over 150,000 responses to a survey of universities' reputations among academics worldwide.
- 99,000 responses from another reputation survey among employers.
- The number of citations in scientific publications over a five-year period.
- The H Index, which is based on the most cited publications and the number of citations they have received in other scientific articles.
Depending on the subject, the ranking gives a different weight to each of these four indicators.
