London, United Kingdom
King's College London
Ranked in the world
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King's College London is ranked 1st in the world for international diversity.
Source: Round University Ranking: International Diversity (2026), 2026
Full ranking profile
King's 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 |
|---|---|---|
| RUR 2026Headlinein the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 1 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 4 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Dentistry | Quacquarelli Symonds | 5 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | 8 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 8 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | 13 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 15 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 16 |
| CUG 2027 | Complete University Guide | 16 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | 16 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 17 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 18 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 19 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 20 |
| Guardian 2026 | Guardian News & Media | 21 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 24 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 25 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | 27 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 28 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 31 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 32 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 32 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 33 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 36 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 37 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 38 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 40 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 41 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 41 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 42 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Immunology | National Taiwan University | 47 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | 50 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 55 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 62 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 62 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 63 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 65 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 67 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 67 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 71 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 72 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 73 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 77 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 83 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 97 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 107 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 107 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 115 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 131 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 139 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 146 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 152 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 163 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 167 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 179 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 179 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 189 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 299 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 305 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 401 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | 417 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | 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.