Berkeley, United States
University of California, Berkeley
Ranked in the world
2
University of California, Berkeley is ranked 2nd in the world for Chemistry.
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Chemistry, 2025
Full ranking profile
University of California, Berkeley'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 GRAS 2025Headlinein the world for Chemistry | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Electrical & Electronic Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Computer Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 4 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Space Science | National Taiwan University | 5 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | 5 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 6 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | 6 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 7 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | 7 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 8 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 8 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 9 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Physical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 9 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 10 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mathematics | National Taiwan University | 10 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 11 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemistry | National Taiwan University | 11 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | 11 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 12 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 12 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | 13 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 13 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 14 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Physics | National Taiwan University | 14 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 15 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | 15 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | 15 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 17 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 19 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 19 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | 19 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 20 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | 20 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Microbiology | National Taiwan University | 20 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 22 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 22 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 22 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 22 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 23 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 24 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 24 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 27 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 28 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Geosciences | National Taiwan University | 29 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 30 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Materials Science | National Taiwan University | 30 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 31 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 31 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 32 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 33 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | 33 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 34 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Computer Science | National Taiwan University | 34 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 34 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 35 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 35 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 35 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | 37 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 39 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 41 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 41 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 41 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | 42 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 44 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 45 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 48 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 51 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 53 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 53 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 53 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 54 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 61 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 71 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 74 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 78 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 88 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 93 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 106 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 117 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 128 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 138 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 154 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 160 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 268 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 300 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.