Ranked 8th in the world for Classics & Ancient History
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Classics & Ancient History, 2026
Full ranking profile 36 placements
Every placement the Index records for Heidelberg University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Classics & Ancient History | Quacquarelli Symonds | =8 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =11 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Archaeology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =29 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =32 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =35 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =40 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =49 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =53 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =57 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =58 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =62 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =64 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =74 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =76 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =80 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =80 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =86 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =86 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =99 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =104 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =128 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =140 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =152 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =163 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =178 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =200 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =212 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =229 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =246 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =310 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =321 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =413 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =651 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.