For the second year in a row, the VR成人视频 has been named one of the top 10 places in the world to study sport in the .

The league table also placed Bath in the world鈥檚 top 100 for eight other subjects 鈥 an increase of two since last year鈥檚 league table.

Bath is ranked eighth in the world to study sports-related subjects, while the University鈥檚 business and management studies, architecture and the built environment, chemical engineering, chemistry, mathematics, development studies, statistics and operational research, social policy and administration courses all take top-100 placings in their respective subject areas.

In the UK, 14 subjects named among top 20

A total of 14 subjects offered at Bath were rated among the UK鈥檚 best, earning top 20 placings domestically.

Compiled by higher education analysts , the rankings name the world鈥檚 best universities for the study of 51 academic disciplines, and provide comparative analysis of over 17,700 individual university programmes taken by students at 1,543 institutions.

The scores are calculated through an analysis of performance across four areas: academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per research paper, and a measure of the productivity and impact of the work published by an institutions' scientists and scholars.

President and Vice-Chancellor of the VR成人视频, Professor Ian White, said: 鈥淭hese rankings reflect both the rich variety of courses offered at the VR成人视频, and the depth and impact of our academics鈥 research. They do credit both to the extraordinary work of our staff and to the ambition and commitment of our students.

鈥淚 wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations to all members of our community whose fields have ranked in the top 100 subjects globally. In particular, I鈥檇 like to commend the team in Sports, who continue to deliver courses of the highest quality, preparing students for careers with no limits. Ranking in the top 10 places in the world is an achievement our colleagues should be immensely proud of.鈥

Bath is ranked highly in all national league tables, placed at , ranked 9th best overall by and ranked 10th best university in the UK in the .

The University is named 9th in the .