Geography and Environmental Studies
The subject includes all aspects of research - conceptual, substantive and applied - conducted within the
disciplines of geography and environmental studies, as broadly defined. This research embraces a wide
range of enquiries into natural, environmental and human phenomena, and their interrelationships in
particular systems, contexts and locations. It includes the fields of physical and human geography (eg,
geomorphology, biogeography, Quaternary science; and economic, social, cultural and historical geography),
as well as those of environmental geography and environmental studies (eg, environmental governance,
management and economics). It includes work on the history of geographical and environmental enquiry, as
well as on technologies that are central to some research in geography and environmental studies, such as
remote sensing and geospatial analyses. The subject is therefore broadly based in its intellectual scope and
substantive content, and is inherently interdisciplinary.
Institution Name
Kuwait Office Index
University of Durham
109
University of Cambridge
83
University College London
80
University of Leeds
72
University of Bristol
70
University of Nottingham
65
University of Exeter
63
Queen Mary, University of London
62
University of Sheffield
61
University of Edinburgh
59
King's College London
58
Royal Holloway, University of London
58
University of Oxford
56
Aberystwyth University
56
University of Southampton
54
University of Birmingham
53
University of St Andrews
51
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
50
Swansea University
50
University of Liverpool
45
London School of Economics and Political Science
43
University of Plymouth
43
University of Hull
40
University of Aberdeen
39
University of Manchester
38
Loughborough University
36
University of Leicester
35
University of Sussex
34
Queen's University Belfast
31
University of Dundee
30
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Geography and Environmental Studies
Institution Name
Kuwait Office Index
University of Reading
26
University of Glasgow
23
Kingston University
21
University of the West of England, Bristol
Guardian 20
University of East Anglia
Guardian 8
Staffordshire University
Guardian 14
University of Bradford
Guardian 18
Cardiff University
43
Times 15
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German, Dutch and Scandinavian Languages
The subject includes the languages, literature, cultures and societies of the German-speaking countries, the
Low Countries, Scandinavia and Iceland, and relevant communities elsewhere, from the earliest times to the
present day; Yiddish language and literature; and translation studies.
Institution Name
Kuwait Office Index
University of Oxford
38
University of Cambridge
26
University of Manchester
Times 20
University of Nottingham
Guardian 12, Times 13
University of Edinburgh
Guardian 14, Times 9
King's College London
Guardian 15, Times 7
Guardian 7
University College London
Guardian 10, Times 5
University of Birmingham
University of Leeds
Guardian 19
University of Exeter
Times 2
Swansea University
Times 19
Guardian 8, Times 3
University of Warwick
Guardian 17, Times 12
University of Bristol
Times 8
University of Durham
Queen Mary, University of London
Guardian 9
Times 13
University of Sheffield
Guardian 4, Times 11
University of St Andrews
Times 10
University of Aberdeen
Guardian 16
Queen's University Belfast
School of Oriental and African Studies
Guardian 6
Lancaster University
Guardian 18
Heriot-Watt University
Guardian 20
University of Bath
Guardian 5, Times 6
University of Hull
Times 15
Cardiff University
Guardian 11, Times 16
Aston University
Guardian 13, Times 17
University of Southampton
44
Guardian 3, Times 18
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Health Services Research
The subject includes: research that can be applied, theoretical and methodological. It focuses on healthcare,
healthcare systems, services and policy. Health services research informs decision making in healthcare,
health services and policy, and may include research from any healthcare discipline including: medical
sociology, medical statistics and biostatistics, health psychology, clinical psychology, health economics,
modelling, clinical trial methodology and organisation, community-based clinical trials, medical
anthropology, medical geography, medical ethics, medical education, healthcare policy evaluation, health
service organisation and management, health technology assessment, patient experience, clinical
epidemiology and decision analysis, methodologies for complex interventions and health informatics.
Institution Name
Kuwait Office Index
University of Sheffield
93
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
83
University of Aberdeen
60
King's College London
58
University of Liverpool
57
University of Warwick
53
University of York
53
University of Bristol
41
University of Birmingham
40
University of Oxford
40
University of East Anglia
30
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
28
University of Exeter
24
University of Leeds
20
Queen Mary, University of London
Guardian 19
Guardian 5, Times 4
University College London
Guardian 7
University of Leicester
University of Manchester
Guardian 12
Peninsula Medical School
Guardian 16
University of St Andrews
Guardian 20, Times 11
University of Cambridge
Guardian 2, Times 1
Imperial College London
Guardian 6, Times 3
University of Edinburgh
Guardian 4, Times 6
University of Glasgow
Guardian 14, Times 8
University of Nottingham
Guardian 15, Times 8
Hull York Medical School
Guardian 17, Times 15
University of Southampton
Guardian 18, Times 11
Times 15
Keele University
Guardian 1, Times 18
University of Dundee
St George's Hospital Medical School
45
Times 18
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History
The subject includes all aspects of the study of the past except those specifically falling within the remit of
other subjects.The subject covers all areas of history, including but not limited to (listed alphabetically):
business history, cultural history, economic history, environmental history, historiography,history of
Britain, Ireland and Continental Europe (late Roman to the present) history of ideas, history of North
America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, history of science,technology and medicine,
imperial/colonial history international history, local and regional history, media history, military history, oral
history, political history, public history religious history, social history,women's and gender history. This list
is illustrative rather than exhaustive: it does not reflect any judgements about the relative significance of the
subject areas, nor does it specify 'fields.'
Institution Name
Kuwait Office Index
University of Oxford
218
University of Cambridge
199
University of Edinburgh
101
University College London
96
London School of Economics and Political Science
92
University of Warwick
74
University of St Andrews
73
University of Glasgow
72
University of Exeter
70
Birkbeck College
65
University of Manchester
58
University of York
56
University of Birmingham
56
University of Leeds
55
University of Sheffield
55
University of Leicester
53
Queen Mary, University of London
52
Royal Holloway, University of London
52
Queen's University Belfast
52
University of Hull
50
University of Liverpool
50
University of Durham
49
School of Oriental and African Studies
49
University of Aberdeen
47
University of Southampton
45
University of East Anglia
44
University of Kent
44
Lancaster University
42
University of Bristol
42
Oxford Brookes University
41
Cardiff University
41
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
40
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History
Institution Name
Kuwait Office Index
University of Nottingham
40
University of Sussex
39
King's College London
38
University of Ulster
31
Keele University
30
University of Reading
28
University of Stirling
28
Aberystwyth University
28
Swansea University
28
University of Essex
27
University of Dundee
27
Bangor University
25
University of the West of England, Bristol
24
University of Strathclyde
20
Courtauld Institute of Art
Guardian 2
47
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History of Art, Architecture and Design
The subject encompasses the history, criticism, theory, historiography, pedagogy and aesthetics of art, design
and architecture in their widest chronological and geographical framework. The subject covers all areas of the
history of art, architecture and design, including but not limited to: visual and material culture applied and
decorative arts, and craft dress and fashion photography, time-based and digital media landscape and garden
design museology and curatorship conservation and technical art history work in cognate fields such as cultural,
social and gender studies, and archaeology and anthropology, where these relate to the visual arts.
Institution Name
Kuwait Office Index
Courtauld Institute of Art
56
University of Glasgow
42
University of Manchester
37
Birkbeck College
35
University of East Anglia
34
University College London
32
University of York
32
University of Edinburgh
28
University of St Andrews
26
University of Leeds
22
University of Cambridge
20
Goldsmiths College, University of London
20
School of Oriental and African Studies
20
Guardian 5, Times 5
University of Warwick
University of Sussex
Times 10
University of Nottingham
Times 17
University of Aberdeen
Times 20
Times 3
University of Birmingham
Guardian 15
University of Leicester
Times 14
University of Reading
Guardian 13, Times 11
University of Bristol
Times 18
Oxford Brookes University
University of Oxford
Guardian 1
King's College London
Guardian 4
University of Durham
Guardian 6
London School of Economics and Political Science
Guardian 9
Queen Mary, University of London
Guardian 10
University of Exeter
Guardian 12
University of Dundee
Guardian 14
Royal Holloway, University of London
Guardian 19
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Iberian and Latin American Languages
The subject covers Iberian and Latin American languages, literatures, cultures and social and cultural
histories, political, social and historical studies, from medieval times to the present day. This might include:
lusophone studies; Hispanic linguistics; translation and translation studies; film, media and theatre
studies; gender studies; literary and cultural theory; comparative literature; cultural studies; thought and
philosophy; pedagogic research.
Institution Name
Kuwait Office Index
University of Cambridge
28
University of Manchester
28
University of Nottingham
24
University of Oxford
24
University of Leeds
23
King's College London
Guardian 15, Times 5
Queen Mary, University of London
Guardian 9, Times 17
University of Sheffield
Times 8
Queen's University Belfast
Guardian 16
University of Birmingham
Guardian 10, Times 7
University of Liverpool
Times 16
University of Edinburgh
Guardian 14, Times 18
University of St Andrews
Guardian 4, Times 2
University of Bristol
Guardian 17, Times 13
University College London
Guardian 7, Times 20
University of Durham
Times 6
Swansea University
Times 8
University of Kent
Times 18
School of Oriental and African Studies
Guardian 6
University of Warwick
Guardian 8
Cardiff University
Guardian 11
Aston University
Guardian 13
University of Bath
Lancaster University
University of Southampton
Heriot-Watt University
University of Hull
49
Guardian 5, Times 3
Guardian 18, Times 11
Guardian 3, Times 12
Guardian 20, Times 13
Times 15
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