The Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2026 evaluate a large number of universities across 11 subject areas, employing 18 performance indicators categorised under five core pillars: Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry and International Outlook.
These subject rankings allow you to compare universities worldwide across 11 major subject areas and discover which institutions demonstrate excellence in your field of study.
Top 100
Two Finnish universities made it to top 100 in overall broad subject scores:
- #56 in Arts & Humanities*
- #41 in Education Studies
- #75 in Law
- #66 in Life Sciences*
- #93 in Medical and Health
- #92 in Social Sciences*
- #65 in Business & Economics
- #87 in Computer Science
*) shared position
Top 101-200
In this range, Finnish universities got several good placements in the following subjects:
Arts & Humanities
- Aalto University #101-125
Business & Economics
- LUT University #151-175
Computer Science
- University of Oulu #126-150
Education Studies
- University of Jyväskylä #126-150
- Tampere University #151-175
Engineering
- Aalto University #101-125
- University of Oulu #176-200
Law
- University of Eastern Finland #176-200
Physical Sciences
- University of Helsinki #101-125
Psychology
- University of Helsinki #126-150
- University of Jyväskylä #151-175
- University of Turku #151-175
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To view the individual subject ranking results in further detail, see the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings by Subject site at https://www.studyinfinland.fi/news-events/2026-THE-subject-rankings