Ranked 5th in the world for Materials Science & Engineering
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Materials Science & Engineering, 2025
Full ranking profile 65 placements
Every placement the Index records for Georgia Institute of Technology. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Materials Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =5 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Statistics & Operational Research | Quacquarelli Symonds | =7 |
| NTU 2025 Materials Science | National Taiwan University | =8 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Aerospace Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =11 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =16 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =17 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =22 |
| NTU 2025 Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | =22 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =22 |
| NTU 2025 Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =22 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =25 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =26 |
| NTU 2025 Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =28 |
| NTU 2025 Computer Science | National Taiwan University | =29 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =32 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =32 |
| NTU 2025 Chemistry | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =34 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =37 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =37 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =41 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =47 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =48 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =66 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =71 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =74 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =74 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =76 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =79 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =89 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =93 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =99 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =115 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =123 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =126 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =130 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =135 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =139 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =157 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =165 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =172 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =188 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =195 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =204 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =209 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =221 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =223 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =231 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =238 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =245 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =248 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =253 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =258 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =261 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =276 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =282 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =303 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =323 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =330 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =405 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =417 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =436 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =436 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =551 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.