Besides MIT being ranked No. 1 among world universities in six different subject-specific rankings released recently by QS World University Rankings, Earth and Marine Science were ranked in the top 5.
The rankings, published from April through June by QS (Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd., an organization specializing in education and study abroad), examined individual programs in five specific areas: engineering and technology; life sciences and medicine; natural sciences; social sciences; and arts and humanities. Read more in this MIT News article.