The World University Index

Dunedin, New Zealand

University of Otago

Ranked in the world

21

University of Otago is ranked 21st in the world for Dentistry & Oral Sciences.

Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Dentistry & Oral Sciences, 2025

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University of Otago'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 Dentistry & Oral SciencesShanghaiRanking Consultancy21
QS by Subject 2026in the world for Sports-related SubjectsQuacquarelli Symonds22
SCImago 2026in the world for DentistrySCImago Research Group59
RUR 2026in the world for international diversityRUR Rankings Agency77
Time 2026Time / Statista184
QS 2026Quacquarelli Symonds197
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human SocietyURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University200
SCImago 2025in the world for PsychologySCImago Research Group225
NTU 2025in the world for Clinical MedicineNational Taiwan University236
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University236
NTU 2025in the world for Social SciencesNational Taiwan University254
SCImago 2025in the world for Social SciencesSCImago Research Group267
SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and HumanitiesSCImago Research Group276
ARTU 2025UNSW Sydney283
MosIUR 2025Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR)289
SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and AccountingSCImago Research Group294
NTU 2025in the world for AgricultureNational Taiwan University301
SCImago 2025in the world for MedicineSCImago Research Group327
NTU 2025in the world for Life SciencesNational Taiwan University330
RUR 2026in the world for researchRUR Rankings Agency347
Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025)Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC347
THE 2026Times Higher Education351
Nature 2025in the world for health sciencesNature / Springer Nature351
RUR 2026RUR Rankings Agency362
RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainabilityRUR Rankings Agency374
NTU 2025National Taiwan University374
SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSCImago Research Group376
Leiden 2025Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University406
Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University421
Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University423
URAP 2025-2026URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University433
Nature 2025in the world for biological sciencesNature / Springer Nature459
SCImago 2026SCImago Research Group470
SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsSCImago Research Group471
Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University530
Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University579
RUR 2026in the world for teachingRUR Rankings Agency602
Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University617
Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University652

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