Ranked 16th in the world for Public Health
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Public Health, 2025
Full ranking profile 61 placements
Every placement the Index records for Boston University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Public Health | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =16 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =21 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =25 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Economics & Econometrics | Quacquarelli Symonds | =26 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =42 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =42 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =43 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =45 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =51 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =54 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =57 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =57 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =65 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =72 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =75 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =76 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =82 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =84 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =88 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =91 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =92 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =95 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =97 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =98 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =101 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =104 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =108 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =112 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =112 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =114 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =116 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =118 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =118 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =128 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =159 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =160 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =161 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =161 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =174 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =176 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =178 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =182 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =185 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =189 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =189 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =201 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =203 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =209 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =214 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =234 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =254 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =255 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =309 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =392 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =394 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =483 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.