The World University Index

Nashville, United States

Vanderbilt University

Ranked in the world

8

Vanderbilt University is ranked 8th in the world for Education.

Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Education, 2025

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Full ranking profile

Vanderbilt 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 EducationShanghaiRanking Consultancy8
Forbes 2025-2026Forbes11
USN-Nat 2026U.S. News & World Report17
RUR 2026in the world for teachingRUR Rankings Agency18
ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for PsychologyShanghaiRanking Consultancy19
RUR 2026RUR Rankings Agency19
URAP 2024-2025in the world for EducationMETU (URAP Lab)20
NTU 2025in the world for Clinical MedicineNational Taiwan University24
NTU 2025in the world for Clinical MedicineNational Taiwan University28
Time 2026Time / Statista28
SCImago 2025in the world for PsychologySCImago Research Group32
NTU 2025in the world for Molecular Biology & GeneticsNational Taiwan University34
WSJ 2026Wall Street Journal34
NTU 2025in the world for ImmunologyNational Taiwan University38
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Medical and Health SciencesMETU (URAP Lab)41
Nature 2025in the world for health sciencesNature / Springer Nature43
NTU 2025in the world for Life SciencesNational Taiwan University45
NTU 2025in the world for Psychiatry/PsychologyNational Taiwan University46
SCImago 2025in the world for MedicineSCImago Research Group49
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational HealthURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University50
RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainabilityRUR Rankings Agency52
Nature 2025in the world for biological sciencesNature / Springer Nature53
RUR 2026in the world for researchRUR Rankings Agency54
NTU 2025National Taiwan University59
URAP 2024-2025in the world for NursingURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University59
Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025)Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC70
MosIUR 2025Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR)84
Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University87
THE 2026Times Higher Education92
NTU 2025in the world for Social SciencesNational Taiwan University92
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Human Movement & Sports SciencesURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University96
RUR 2026in the world for international diversityRUR Rankings Agency98
THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputationTimes Higher Education101
Nature 2025Nature / Springer Nature110
ARTU 2025UNSW Sydney116
Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University117
Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers)CWTS, Leiden University118
SCImago 2025in the world for Social SciencesSCImago Research Group119
URAP 2025-2026URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University122
Leiden 2025Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University142
Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University154
NTU 2025in the world for EngineeringNational Taiwan University158
SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsSCImago Research Group160
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human SocietyURAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University162
SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologySCImago Research Group162
SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and HumanitiesSCImago Research Group191
SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental ScienceSCImago Research Group219
SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and AstronomySCImago Research Group226
SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSCImago Research Group228
SCImago 2026SCImago Research Group233
Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University239
QS 2026Quacquarelli Symonds250
Nature 2025in the world for physical sciencesNature / Springer Nature253
NTU 2025in the world for Natural SciencesNational Taiwan University254
SCImago 2025in the world for MathematicsSCImago Research Group316
SCImago 2026in the world for ChemistrySCImago Research Group317
Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers)Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University336
SCImago 2025in the world for Computer ScienceSCImago Research Group352
SCImago 2025in the world for EngineeringSCImago Research Group414
SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and AccountingSCImago Research Group481

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