London, United Kingdom
Imperial College London
Ranked in the world
2
Imperial College London is ranked 2nd in the world.
Full ranking profile
Imperial College London'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 2026Headline | Quacquarelli Symonds | 2 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 2 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 2 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Automation & Control | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 3 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Chemical Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 4 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Energy Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 5 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Immunology | National Taiwan University | 5 |
| CUG 2027 | Complete University Guide | 5 |
| Guardian 2026 | Guardian News & Media | 6 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Medicine | Quacquarelli Symonds | 7 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Biological Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | 7 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Civil & Structural Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 7 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 7 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 8 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 8 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 8 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | 9 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 9 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 9 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Microbiology | National Taiwan University | 9 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Mechanical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 10 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 10 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 10 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 11 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 12 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 13 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 13 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | 14 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 14 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 14 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 14 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | 14 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biomedical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 14 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 15 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 21 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 24 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 25 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | 25 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 26 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 27 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | 28 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 28 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | 28 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 28 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 28 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Information & Computing Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 28 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 28 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 29 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 29 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Physical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 30 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Engineering | METU (URAP Lab) | 31 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 33 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 33 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 33 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 33 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | 34 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 36 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 38 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Physics | National Taiwan University | 39 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | 39 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 39 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 40 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 42 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 44 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 45 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Geosciences | National Taiwan University | 45 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 45 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 46 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 48 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 48 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mathematics | National Taiwan University | 49 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 51 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 53 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 56 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 56 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 58 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 66 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 67 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 70 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 83 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 86 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 88 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 96 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 122 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 129 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 131 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 158 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 158 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 164 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 178 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | 188 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 407 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.