Atlanta, United States
Georgia Institute of Technology
Ranked in the world
5
Georgia Institute of Technology is ranked 5th in the world for Materials Science & Engineering.
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Materials Science & Engineering, 2025
Full ranking profile
Georgia 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025Headlinein the world for Materials Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 5 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Statistics & Operational Research | Quacquarelli Symonds | 7 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Materials Science | National Taiwan University | 8 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Aerospace Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 11 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 16 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | 16 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 17 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 22 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | 22 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 22 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 22 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 25 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 26 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 28 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Computer Science | National Taiwan University | 29 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | 32 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | 32 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemistry | National Taiwan University | 34 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 34 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 37 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 37 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 41 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 47 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 48 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 66 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 71 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 74 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 74 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 76 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 79 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 89 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 93 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 99 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 115 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 123 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 126 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 130 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 135 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 139 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 157 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 165 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 172 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 188 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 195 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 204 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 209 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 221 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 223 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 231 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 238 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 245 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 248 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 253 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 258 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 261 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 276 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 282 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 303 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 323 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 330 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 405 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 417 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 436 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 436 |
| 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.