The World University Index

Evanston, United States

Northwestern University

Ranked in the world

2

Northwestern University is ranked 2nd in the world for Materials Science & Engineering.

Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Materials Science & Engineering, 2025

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Full ranking profile

Northwestern University's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.

RankingPublisherWorld rank
ARWU GRAS 2025Headlinein the world for Materials Science & EngineeringShanghaiRanking Consultancy2
ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for SociologyShanghaiRanking Consultancy5
RUR 2026in the world for researchRUR Rankings Agency5
USN-Nat 2026U.S. News & World Report7
ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for CommunicationShanghaiRanking Consultancy8
RUR 2026RUR Rankings Agency13
Time 2026Time / Statista15
Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University16
Forbes 2025-2026Forbes16
Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University19
NTU 2025in the world for ChemistryNational Taiwan University20
RUR 2026in the world for international diversityRUR Rankings Agency24
Nature 2025in the world for health sciencesNature / Springer Nature24
Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025)Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC26
NTU 2025in the world for Economics & BusinessNational Taiwan University26
MosIUR 2025Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR)28
ARTU 2025UNSW Sydney29
THE 2026Times Higher Education30
URAP 2024-2025in the world for EconomicsMETU (URAP Lab)31
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Medical and Health SciencesMETU (URAP Lab)31
NTU 2025in the world for Materials ScienceNational Taiwan University33
NTU 2025in the world for Neuroscience & BehaviorNational Taiwan University33
NTU 2025in the world for Psychiatry/PsychologyNational Taiwan University33
NTU 2025in the world for Civil EngineeringNational Taiwan University34
NTU 2025in the world for Clinical MedicineNational Taiwan University36
NTU 2025in the world for Clinical MedicineNational Taiwan University37
NTU 2025National Taiwan University38
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Psychology and Cognitive SciencesMETU (URAP Lab)39
QS 2026Quacquarelli Symonds42
Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University42
NTU 2025in the world for Social SciencesNational Taiwan University42
THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputationTimes Higher Education42
NTU 2025in the world for Natural SciencesNational Taiwan University46
Nature 2025Nature / Springer Nature47
NTU 2025in the world for Chemical EngineeringNational Taiwan University48
Nature 2025in the world for biological sciencesNature / Springer Nature49
NTU 2025in the world for Space ScienceNational Taiwan University49
RUR 2026in the world for teachingRUR Rankings Agency50
WSJ 2026Wall Street Journal50
Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University53
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University53
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human SocietyURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University56
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Human Movement & Sports SciencesURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University56
RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainabilityRUR Rankings Agency57
NTU 2025in the world for EngineeringNational Taiwan University60
URAP 2025-2026URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University63
SCImago 2026SCImago Research Group63
Nature 2025in the world for physical sciencesNature / Springer Nature79
Leiden 2025Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University80
NTU 2025in the world for Life SciencesNational Taiwan University82
Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University107
Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University225
Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciencesNature / Springer Nature237

Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.