La Universidad Austral consolidates its reputation for educational excellence by once again ranking as the First privately managed university in Argentina to study Law & Legal StudiesThe data comes from the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2022, one of the most prestigious rankings in the academic world.
Since its first entry into the ranking in 2019, when for the first time an Argentine private university appeared in the QS Ranking for this area of study, the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Austral It has maintained and improved its presence in the ranking. This year She was ranked among the top 151-200 in the world positioning itself as the first privately managed Faculty, and the second in the country after the University of Buenos Aires. In this way, It advanced 50 places since the 2021 Ranking, in which it was in the #201-250 segment, and 100 places from the 2020 Ranking, in which it was in the #251-300 group. This year the most outstanding ratings were obtained in Academic Reputation and Employer Reputation.
“We are a young Faculty: last year we celebrated our 25th anniversary, and from day one we have been constantly growing. Being confirmed in this world ranking for the fourth consecutive year as the best private Law Faculty in the country is a source of pride, reflecting all the work and effort that we, as members of this institution, put in. And, at the same time, renews our commitment to improve ourselves while maintaining the academic excellence and human quality that characterize us”, says the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Manuel García-Mansilla.
Fernando Toller, Director of the Law program at Universidad Austral, notes: “Some characteristics of Southern Law have been recognized again by the academic and professional world, such as the intensive use of the case method, practical study, and a student-centered approach learning by doingpromoting critical and creative thinking in every studentThese features of the training provided are positively valued by both professors and employers. The successful implementation and launch of the specific undergraduate or postgraduate program with hundreds of students subjects from other areas It has been very well received among students, while also demonstrating excellent results.”
Julio Durand, Academic Secretary of the Universidad Austral He explains that Austral University's participation in the ranking by Subject—or disciplines—has been one of the lines of work promoted by the institution. “It allows for a more detailed visualization of the positioning and recognition of our educational proposal by specific audiences"They make contact with the academic units and their different programs," he explains.
This ranking is an annual study by Quacquarelli Symonds, a specialist in global education analysis. The annual Subject edition evaluates 1.452 institutions across 51 disciplines or subject areas and complements other QS rankings such as the World University Rankings, the QS Latin America Rankings, and the QS Graduate Employability Rankings. “The consolidation of the Universidad Austral “In the relevant areas of this ranking, as the highest-ranked privately managed Argentine university, it is consistent with its presence in various rankings, in which it also occupies relevant positions; for example, it stands out as the number 1 private Argentine university in the latest QS Latin America,” Durand concluded.
The full results of the QS rankings can be viewed at the following link:
