Ranked 5th in the world for Nursing
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Nursing, 2026
Full ranking profile 68 placements
Every placement the Index records for Duke University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =5 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =7 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Clinical Medicine | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =8 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =9 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Biomedical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =10 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =12 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =12 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =14 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =15 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =20 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =21 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =22 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =22 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =23 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =26 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =28 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =29 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =32 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =35 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =37 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =37 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =40 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =40 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =40 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =40 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =41 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =41 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =43 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =45 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =45 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =46 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =46 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =48 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =48 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =48 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =52 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =54 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =58 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =62 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =65 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | =68 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =69 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =72 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =92 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =92 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =99 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =102 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =107 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =113 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =114 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =116 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =122 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =141 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =145 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =159 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =162 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =174 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =183 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =199 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =273 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =287 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =309 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =332 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =336 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.