Penn’s School of Nursing remains the number one nursing school in the world according to a recent ranking by QS World University. The rankings highlight the world’s top universities in 48 different subject areas (as of 2019) based on academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact. This is the fourth consecutive year that Penn Nursing has taken the top spot.

These rankings aim to help prospective students identify the world’s leading schools in their chosen field. Each of the subject rankings is compiled using four sources. The first two are QS’s global surveys of academics and employers. The second two assess research impact, based on research citations per paper and h-index in the relevant subject. These four components are combined to produce the subject rankings, with weightings adapted for each discipline. In 2019, the QS World University Rankings by Subject were based on responses from more than 83,000 academics worldwide.