The World University Index

Sendai, Japan

Tohoku University

Ranked in the world

1

Tohoku University is ranked 1st in the world.

Source: THE Japan University Rankings 2025, 2025

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Full ranking profile

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

RankingPublisherWorld rank
THE-JP 2025HeadlineTimes Higher Education1
ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Metallurgical EngineeringShanghaiRanking Consultancy11
RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainabilityRUR Rankings Agency28
RUR 2026RUR Rankings Agency67
Nature 2025in the world for physical sciencesNature / Springer Nature67
RUR 2026in the world for teachingRUR Rankings Agency68
THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputationTimes Higher Education87
SCImago 2026in the world for DentistrySCImago Research Group95
THE 2026Times Higher Education103
QS 2026Quacquarelli Symonds109
NTU 2025in the world for Natural SciencesNational Taiwan University112
MosIUR 2025Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR)120
ARTU 2025UNSW Sydney122
Leiden 2025Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University127
Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciencesNature / Springer Nature135
Nature 2025Nature / Springer Nature153
Nature 2025in the world for biological sciencesNature / Springer Nature159
SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and AstronomySCImago Research Group169
URAP 2025-2026URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University207
RUR 2026in the world for researchRUR Rankings Agency211
NTU 2025National Taiwan University213
SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental ScienceSCImago Research Group216
NTU 2025in the world for EngineeringNational Taiwan University229
NTU 2025in the world for Life SciencesNational Taiwan University241
SCImago 2025in the world for MedicineSCImago Research Group245
SCImago 2026in the world for VeterinarySCImago Research Group248
SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologySCImago Research Group251
SCImago 2026SCImago Research Group252
Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025)Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC281
SCImago 2025in the world for EngineeringSCImago Research Group292
SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary SciencesSCImago Research Group294
Nature 2025in the world for health sciencesNature / Springer Nature300
NTU 2025in the world for AgricultureNational Taiwan University301
RUR 2026in the world for international diversityRUR Rankings Agency341
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University360
NTU 2025in the world for Clinical MedicineNational Taiwan University401
Time 2026Time / Statista404
SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological SciencesSCImago Research Group437
SCImago 2025in the world for Computer ScienceSCImago Research Group444
SCImago 2025in the world for MathematicsSCImago Research Group481
Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University617
Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University896
Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University1033
Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University1076
Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University1151
Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University1252

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