The World University Index

SCImago Research Group

SCImago Institutions Rankings: Societal (2025)

2025 edition · societal impact

Standing

Cited by 2 institutions, though none for this edition.

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Published at https://www.scimagoir.com/rankings.php?sector=Higher%20educ.&ranking=Societal

In their own words

Citing other editions of this index

  • In the 2026 list, Istanbul Medeniyet University ranked 2589th among universities in the world.

    Istanbul Medeniyet Universitysource · retrieved 2026-09-06

  • has climbed 47 positions and is ranked the world's 407th best

    Universitat Politecnica de Catalunyasource · retrieved 2026-09-06

Recorded placements 18

Institutions the Index records in this table. A placement here is a placement anywhere: the Index reports each institution's best, whatever its scope.

  1. 1Harvard University1st in the world for societal impact
  2. 3University College London3rd in the world for societal impact
  3. 4University of Oxford4th in the world for societal impact
  4. 5Johns Hopkins University5th in the world for societal impact
  5. 6Stanford University6th in the world for societal impact
  6. 7University of Toronto7th in the world for societal impact
  7. 8University of Washington8th in the world for societal impact
  8. 9University of Michigan-Ann Arbor9th in the world for societal impact
  9. 10University of Melbourne10th in the world for societal impact
  10. 11Columbia University11th in the world for societal impact
  11. 12Cornell University12th in the world for societal impact
  12. 13University of Pennsylvania13th in the world for societal impact
  13. 14University of Sao Paulo14th in the world for societal impact
  14. 16University of Sydney16th in the world for societal impact
  15. 17University of Queensland17th in the world for societal impact
  16. 18Yale University18th in the world for societal impact
  17. 19University of Cambridge19th in the world for societal impact
  18. 20University of California, Los Angeles20th in the world for societal impact