For the second consecutive year, the University of Notre Dame has been ranked as by the influential QS World University Rankings.
The No. 1 ranking is based on academic reputation, employer reputation聽and research impact. With an overall score of 92.8, the placed ahead of Harvard University, the University of Oxford, Duke University聽and Durham University.
鈥淭his recognition is a tribute to the strength and breadth of our faculty's expertise and research, as well as the rich learning community that is created by the talented graduate students who come to study with us, combining probing intellectual curiosity with deep pastoral concern for church and world,鈥� said , associate professor and acting chair of the department.听
Guided by the ideal of 鈥渇aith seeking understanding,鈥� the department has six principal areas of research 鈥斅�, , , , and .听
In addition to offering , Notre Dame鈥檚 theology department maintains a strong commitment to undergraduate education through the more than 500 students who in theology and in the courses all Notre Dame students take as part of the University鈥檚 .
鈥淥ur graduate students and undergraduates remind us every day of the importance of what we do,鈥� Ashley said. 鈥淚 couldn鈥檛 be prouder of my colleagues for the way they rise to the challenge.鈥�
Originally published by at on March 11.