URAP – Field-based
The same data and methodology as for the URAP World Ranking has (since 2011) also been applied at the level of fields. Data and a ranking is published for the top 1,000 universities in each of 6 fields.
| Engineering, Computing & Technology | ||
| 2012 | 2011 | |
| TCD | 225 | 234 |
| UCD | 278 | 240 |
| UCC | 425 | 449 |
| UL | 528 | 526 |
| DCU | 607 | 595 |
| NUIG | 650 | 676 |
| DIT | 941 | 884 |
| Agricultural & Environmental Sciences | ||
| 2012 | 2011 | |
| UCD | 133 | 165 |
| UCC | 225 | 223 |
| TCD | 485 | 486 |
| NUIG | 712 | 870 |
| DIT | 912 | 955 |
| UL | - | 982 |
| Clinical Medicine | ||
| 2012 | 2011 | |
| TCD | 300 | 311 |
| UCD | 320 | 328 |
| UCC | 501 | 520 |
| RCSI | 512 | 498 |
| NUIG | 554 | 626 |
| DCU | 777 | 805 |
| UL | 869 | 915 |
| Life Sciences | ||
| 2012 | 2011 | |
| UCD | 200 | 223 |
| TCD | 209 | 218 |
| UCC | 383 | 380 |
| NUIG | 587 | 627 |
| RCSI | 665 | 593 |
| DCU | 814 | 829 |
| NUIM | 903 | 967 |
| Natural Sciences | ||
| 2012 | 2011 | |
| TCD | 304 | 312 |
| UCD | 327 | 324 |
| UCC | 514 | 536 |
| DCU | 637 | 620 |
| NUIG | 685 | - |
| NUIM | 926 | 946 |
| NUIG | 943 | 756 |
| Social Sciences | ||
| 2012 | 2011 | |
| UCD | 213 | 208 |
| TCD | 274 | 303 |
| UL | 483 | 489 |
| NUIG | 503 | 522 |
| UCC | 543 | 555 |
| DCU | 560 | 565 |
