The Research School has excelled in the latest round of QS World University rankings with three disciplines ranked in the top ten in the world.

Politics and International Studies, which retained the top Australian ranking, has climbed four places to number six in the world. History has maintained its 7th world ranking and top Australian ranking.

Philosophy, which is ranked 10th in the world, is still number one in Australia.

The ANU also ranked above all other Australian universities in Sociology (17).

Professor Toni Makkai, Dean and Director of the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences says the latest rankings highlight the University's strength and the College’s commitment to excellence in the teaching in arts, humanities and social sciences.

“The College is strongly committed to research led education while ensuring a strong grounding in the theory and method of the core humanities and social science disciplines, she says.

The overall success of ANU in these latest rankings has further established the University as a World leader in providing quality education and puts it in the same league as other top ten Universities such as Harvard, Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge.”