Canberra, Australia
Australian National University
Ranked in the world
4
Australian National University is ranked 4th in the world for Philosophy.
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Philosophy, 2026
Full ranking profile
Australian National University's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026Headlinein the world for Philosophy | Quacquarelli Symonds | 4 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Philosophy | Quacquarelli Symonds | 8 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Anthropology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 9 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Anthropology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 9 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Archaeology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 10 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Development Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 10 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Archaeology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 10 |
| QS by Subject 2025in the world for Politics & International Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 11 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Political Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 13 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024in the world for Political Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 14 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Development Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 14 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Politics & International Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 14 |
| QS Sustainability 2026in the world for sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | 16 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Law & Legal Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 25 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Linguistics | Quacquarelli Symonds | 27 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 29 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 30 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 31 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 32 |
| THE Impact 2024in the world for peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | 35 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 36 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Data Science & Artificial Intelligence | Quacquarelli Symonds | 44 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | 45 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | 45 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | 47 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Space Science | National Taiwan University | 48 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 50 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 51 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 53 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 54 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 58 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 58 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 60 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 63 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 67 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 73 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 77 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 78 |
| QS Employability 2022in the world for graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | 79 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 80 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | 81 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 86 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 88 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | 90 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 93 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 93 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 101 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 109 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 121 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 138 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 147 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 159 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 161 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 166 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 179 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 192 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 196 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 204 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 209 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 228 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 229 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 246 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 253 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 257 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 257 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 259 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 262 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 265 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 285 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 298 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 298 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 321 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 329 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 349 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 397 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 420 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 466 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 589 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.