ABERYSTWYTH is one of the top 100 universities in the world for the study of geography, according to the latest QS World University Rankings by Subject.

Geography climbs up to 50 places into the top 100, out of 544 scored institutions.

It is one of four subject areas at Aberystwyth described as being amongst the “World Elite” by the QS World University Rankings.

Also featured are politics and international studies and agriculture and forestry which feature in the top 150 worldwide, and Environmental Science which features in the top 300.

Now in its fifth edition, the QS World University Rankings by Subject evaluated 4,226 universities and ranked 945 institutions.

Over 113 million citations attributions were analysed and the provision of 15,530 programs were verified.

Prof Rhys Jones, head of the Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at Aberystwyth University, said: “We’re extremely pleased with this recognition of the high quality of our teaching and research."

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