The World University Index

Southampton, United Kingdom

University of Southampton

Ranked in the world

9

University of Southampton is ranked 9th in the world for Oceanography.

Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Oceanography, 2024

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

RankingPublisherWorld rank
ARWU GRAS 2024Headlinein the world for OceanographyShanghaiRanking Consultancy9
QS by Subject 2025in the world for NursingQuacquarelli Symonds13
CUG 2027Complete University Guide15
Guardian 2026Guardian News & Media20
URAP 2024-2025in the world for EconomicsMETU (URAP Lab)50
Time 2026Time / Statista52
Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University56
RUR 2026in the world for international diversityRUR Rankings Agency70
Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University72
Nature 2025in the world for physical sciencesNature / Springer Nature75
NTU 2025in the world for Social SciencesNational Taiwan University82
URAP 2024-2025in the world for NursingURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University82
SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and AccountingSCImago Research Group84
QS 2026Quacquarelli Symonds87
SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSCImago Research Group87
RUR 2026in the world for researchRUR Rankings Agency103
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human SocietyURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University110
NTU 2025in the world for Natural SciencesNational Taiwan University111
SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and HumanitiesSCImago Research Group111
RUR 2026RUR Rankings Agency112
ARTU 2025UNSW Sydney117
Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciencesNature / Springer Nature122
NTU 2025in the world for Clinical MedicineNational Taiwan University124
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University127
THE 2026Times Higher Education129
Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University134
Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University137
NTU 2025National Taiwan University139
Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025)Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC142
SCImago 2025in the world for Social SciencesSCImago Research Group142
SCImago 2025in the world for PsychologySCImago Research Group149
THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputationTimes Higher Education151
SCImago 2025in the world for EngineeringSCImago Research Group155
MosIUR 2025Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR)160
URAP 2025-2026URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University169
NTU 2025in the world for AgricultureNational Taiwan University173
SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and AstronomySCImago Research Group173
SCImago 2025in the world for MathematicsSCImago Research Group184
SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary SciencesSCImago Research Group190
RUR 2026in the world for teachingRUR Rankings Agency199
SCImago 2025in the world for Computer ScienceSCImago Research Group202
NTU 2025in the world for Life SciencesNational Taiwan University210
SCImago 2026SCImago Research Group212
Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University220
SCImago 2025in the world for MedicineSCImago Research Group251
Leiden 2025Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University267
Nature 2025in the world for biological sciencesNature / Springer Nature281
SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologySCImago Research Group289
NTU 2025in the world for EngineeringNational Taiwan University297
Nature 2025Nature / Springer Nature299
RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainabilityRUR Rankings Agency344
Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University355
Nature 2025in the world for health sciencesNature / Springer Nature391
SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological SciencesSCImago Research Group394
SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental ScienceSCImago Research Group394
SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsSCImago Research Group427

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