King's College London

King’s is now home to the world’s second-best nursing faculty, according to the 2019 instalment of the QS World University Rankings by Subject, by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds. These results show a year-on-year rise of three places, as nursing at King’s was ranked fifth in 2018.

The QS World University rankings by Subject, is an extensive overview of international higher education performance, with over 1200 universities from 78 locations ranked in 48 subject tables and five broad disciplinary tables. The data provides students, policymakers, academic administrators, faculty, and employers with insight into institutional performance. The methodology is comprised of four key indicators: Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Citation per paper and H-Index (the average productivity/impact per scholar).

Nursing at King’s scored 95.3 out of 100 for Academic Reputation – which was bettered only by the University of Pennsylvania – the world-leader. Research impact scores for nursing at King’s are also in the nineties, with Citations per Paper and H-Index scoring 92 and 95.8 respectively.

Nursing at King’s is also ranked second in the world in the latest Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (2018).