Table 1.

QS partial World University Rankings by design subject (2015–2022）.

Country & Region	University	Ranking
		2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
United Kingdom	Royal College of Art	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	University of the Arts London	8	5	6	6	2	2	2	2
	The Glasgow School of Art	10	20	19	16	8	8	= 8	11
	Goldsmiths, University of London	12	11	15	12	11	14	= 15	18
	Loughborough University	40	38	36	34	28	24	31	27
	University of Oxford	13	15	11	= 36	37	30	36	35
Italy	Politecnico di Milano	11	10	= 7	5	6	6	5	5
Finland	Aalto University	14	17	13	9	7	7	6	6
Netherlands	Design Academy Eindhoven	19	18	= 31	= 24	19	18	12	= 9
	Delft University of Technology	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	13
Denmark	The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts	–	77	74	27	20	21	22	19
Sweden	Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts, and Design	64	= 41	47	60	= 49	33	21	= 20
Switzerland	Zurich University of the Arts	–	–	–	200	100	45	35	32
Germany	Universität der Künste Berlin	86	88	132	88	= 49	40	= 41	= 33
France	École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, ENSCI Les Ateliers	= 32	59	107	= 49	= 24	22	26	= 33
United States	Parsons School of Design at The New School	2	4	3	2	3	3	= 3	3
	Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)	3	3	4	3	4	4	= 3	4
	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	4	2	2	4	5	5	4	8
	Pratt Institute	5	6	5	7	10	10	= 8	7
	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	6	7	= 7	8	9	9	7	= 9
	California Institute of the Arts	7	= 12	9	15	21	20	17	= 22
	Stanford University	17	= 8	10	10	= 14	16	19	29
	Yale University	15	= 8	12	29	29	= 34	37	40
	Carnegie Mellon University	16	= 13	14	13	17	17	18	17
	Art Center College of Design	9	= 19	16	14	13	12	10	14
	University of California, Los Angeles	18	= 13	18	20	= 31	39	46	46
	Columbia University	21	= 24	20	30	33	= 34	41	42
Australia	RMIT University	20	16	17	11	12	11	= 15	15
	The University of Technology Sydney	96	31	= 29	28	23	23	25	= 27
	Monash University	50	67	34	64	= 49	67	72	74
	Queensland University of Technology	–	72	41	= 43	41	77	48	83
	Swinburne University of Technology	73	32	72	= 40	42	43	83	86
	The University of New South Wales	25	29	33	= 31	44	48	85	90
	The University of Melbourne	49	37	28	38	34	49	84	89
Singapore	National University of Singapore (NUS)	38	27	35	39	= 31	30	28	31
	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	= 45	48	40	= 40	39	37	43	36
China (Mainland)	Tongji University	–	= 34	26	= 18	14	13	13	12
	Tsinghua University	26	23	25	23	18	19	23	= 20
	China Central Academy of Fine Arts	–	55	53	54	27	28	24	= 22
	Peking University	68	30	37	47	74	74	76	80
	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	28	= 46	70	73	78	79	127	85
	Zhejiang University	–	–	100	100	99	= 100	150	151