The University of Queensland remains the only Australian university to have at least four subjects ranked in the top 10 worldwide in the prestigious ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (ARWU) 2020.
UQ is now ranked fourth in the world for nursing, up from ninth last year.
Biotechnology improved two places to seventh, the University is ranked eighth in Hospitality and Tourism Management and Geography leapt 20 places to tenth.
In addition, UQ is ranked in the top 50 worldwide in another 11 subjects, including Mining and Mineral Engineering, Water Resources, Public Health, Ecology and Psychology.
