London. The 2017 QS World University Rankings by Subject carried out by the Quacquarelli Symonds Agency which evaluates universities across the world and their particular subject areas. In 2016 QS evaluated 4,438 universities in the world, inserting 1,117 institutions in the world. Evaluations are based on quality of research, graduate employability, number of mentions, and globalisation. The University of Pisa holds remarkable positions in 19 out of 46 subjects evaluated by the agency (compared to the previous 13 out of 42 in 2015) covering all aspects. The two disciplines in which Pisa excels are Physics & Astronomy and Archaeology as of 2017. The latter ranks in the bracket that ranks 51st to 100th. (9colonne)
