Pasadena, United States
California Institute of Technology
Ranked in the world
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California Institute of Technology is ranked 1st in the world for teaching.
Full ranking profile
California Institute of Technology's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| RUR 2026Headlinein the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Space Science | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 2 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 2 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 3 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 4 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 4 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Geophysics | Quacquarelli Symonds | 5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Physics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Earth Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 6 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 6 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Geosciences | National Taiwan University | 6 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 7 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Physical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 7 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 8 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 9 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 9 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 10 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | 11 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 13 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 13 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 15 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 15 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 17 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 17 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 17 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | 23 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | 24 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Physics | National Taiwan University | 26 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 28 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 35 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 38 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 40 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 43 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 48 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 63 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 72 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 74 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 93 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 101 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 106 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 117 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 121 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 122 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 128 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 138 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 147 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 175 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 180 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 211 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 220 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 221 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 254 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 296 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 325 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 348 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 551 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.