Cambridge, United States
Harvard University
Ranked in the world
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Harvard University is ranked 1st in the world.
Full ranking profile
Harvard 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU 2025Headline | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 1 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | 1 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Pharmacy & Pharmacology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Politics & International Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Law & Legal Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Environmental Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Medicine | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Biological Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Economics & Econometrics | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Psychology | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for History | Quacquarelli Symonds | 1 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 1 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 1 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 1 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 1 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 1 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 1 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for research | SCImago Research Group | 1 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for societal impact | SCImago Research Group | 1 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 1 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 1 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 1 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 1 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Immunology | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Microbiology | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | 1 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 1 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 1 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 1 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 1 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 1 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 1 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | 1 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 1 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 2 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 2 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biomedical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 2 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Education | METU (URAP Lab) | 2 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | 2 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 3 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 3 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 3 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Space Science | National Taiwan University | 3 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 3 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | 3 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 4 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 4 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 4 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 4 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 4 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 5 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 5 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 5 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 5 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 5 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | 5 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 6 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 6 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 6 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | 6 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 7 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 7 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 8 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 9 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 11 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Physical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 11 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Physics | National Taiwan University | 12 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | 12 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 16 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mathematics | National Taiwan University | 16 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 19 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemistry | National Taiwan University | 20 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 20 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 20 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 23 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 24 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 26 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Materials Science | National Taiwan University | 26 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | 28 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 29 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 29 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Computer Science | National Taiwan University | 30 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 30 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 31 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | 31 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 33 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Information & Computing Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 34 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 40 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 42 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 43 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 45 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 47 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | 75 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 100 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.