For the 2024 edition and for the fourth year in a row, QS World University Rankings® by Subject named NABA as the first and only Italian Academy of Fine Arts among the 100 best universities in the Art & Design field. This achievement confirms the excellence of the Academy’s distinctive didactic methodology, revolving around a strong vocation for research and for the constant relationship with the artistic and professional context.

The ranking of best universities worldwide: value and criteria

QS World University Rankings® by Subject is the most accredited international universities ranking. It provides a comparative analysis of the performance of several institutions in the world, to produce this year's rankings have been analysed more than 1,500 of them, through 55 academic disciplines divided into 5 subject areas.

For the Art & Design Subject, the criteria used in this rigorous and independent comparative analysis are Academic Reputation and Employer Reputation. The first and most influential metric takes into account the global academic community's appreciation of universities through the QS Academic Survey. This is currently the most extensive global survey of academic staff evaluations. The second criterion, Employer Reputation, assesses universities' ability to train talented and competent graduates ready to begin their professional careers. In this case, the analysis considers the opinions of HR managers from around the world.