World University Index

THE Interdisciplinary Science Rankings

2026 edition, interdisciplinary science. Published by Times Higher Education.

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Rank Institution Claim
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1st in the world for interdisciplinary science
2 Stanford University 2nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
3 California Institute of Technology 3rd in the world for interdisciplinary science
4 University of California, Berkeley 4th in the world for interdisciplinary science
5 Nanyang Technological University 5th in the world for interdisciplinary science
6 Duke University 6th in the world for interdisciplinary science
7 Georgia Institute of Technology 7th in the world for interdisciplinary science
8 National University of Singapore 8th in the world for interdisciplinary science
9 Wageningen University & Research 9th in the world for interdisciplinary science
10 Purdue University 10th in the world for interdisciplinary science
11 City University of Hong Kong 11th in the world for interdisciplinary science
12 University of California, Santa Barbara 12th in the world for interdisciplinary science
13 Technical University of Munich 13th in the world for interdisciplinary science
14 Arizona State University 14th in the world for interdisciplinary science
15 Politecnico di Milano 15th in the world for interdisciplinary science
16 Politecnico di Torino 16th in the world for interdisciplinary science
17 EPFL 17th in the world for interdisciplinary science
18 Northwestern University 18th in the world for interdisciplinary science
19 Chulalongkorn University 19th in the world for interdisciplinary science
20 King Saud University 20th in the world for interdisciplinary science
21 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 21st in the world for interdisciplinary science
22 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 22nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
23 University of Texas at Austin 23rd in the world for interdisciplinary science
24 King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals 24th in the world for interdisciplinary science
25 King Abdulaziz University 25th in the world for interdisciplinary science
26 University of Sharjah 26th in the world for interdisciplinary science
27 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27th in the world for interdisciplinary science
28 Koç University 28th in the world for interdisciplinary science
29 University of Arizona 29th in the world for interdisciplinary science
30 University of Washington 30th in the world for interdisciplinary science
31 Mahidol University 31st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=32 University of Hong Kong 32nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
=32 University of Sao Paulo 32nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
34 University of Minnesota 34th in the world for interdisciplinary science
35 National Cheng Kung University 35th in the world for interdisciplinary science
36 University of Bologna 36th in the world for interdisciplinary science
37 North Carolina State University 37th in the world for interdisciplinary science
38 Tohoku University 38th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=39 National Taiwan University 39th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=39 Chiang Mai University 39th in the world for interdisciplinary science
41 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 41st in the world for interdisciplinary science
42 IPB University 42nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
43 Sungkyunkwan University 43rd in the world for interdisciplinary science
44 RMIT University 44th in the world for interdisciplinary science
45 National Autonomous University of Mexico 45th in the world for interdisciplinary science
46 Hong Kong Polytechnic University 46th in the world for interdisciplinary science
47 Universitat de Barcelona 47th in the world for interdisciplinary science
48 Aalto University 48th in the world for interdisciplinary science
49 Covenant University 49th in the world for interdisciplinary science
50 University of Newcastle 50th in the world for interdisciplinary science
51 University of Technology Malaysia 51st in the world for interdisciplinary science
52 Hong Kong Baptist University 52nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
54 University of Florida 54th in the world for interdisciplinary science
55 Aarhus University 55th in the world for interdisciplinary science
56 Michigan State University 56th in the world for interdisciplinary science
60 Istanbul Technical University 60th in the world for interdisciplinary science
61 National University of Malaysia 61st in the world for interdisciplinary science
62 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile 62nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
64 Deakin University 64th in the world for interdisciplinary science
65 Aalborg University 65th in the world for interdisciplinary science
67 Kyushu University 67th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=69 Tecnológico de Monterrey 69th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=69 Chinese University of Hong Kong 69th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=69 Cairo University 69th in the world for interdisciplinary science
72 Norwegian University of Science and Technology 72nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
74 University of Padua 74th in the world for interdisciplinary science
76 University of Indonesia 76th in the world for interdisciplinary science
77 Texas A&M University 77th in the world for interdisciplinary science
81 Shanghai Jiao Tong University 81st in the world for interdisciplinary science
84 National Tsing Hua University 84th in the world for interdisciplinary science
85 Rice University 85th in the world for interdisciplinary science
86 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) 86th in the world for interdisciplinary science
89 Universitas Gadjah Mada 89th in the world for interdisciplinary science
91 Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University 91st in the world for interdisciplinary science
93 Fudan University 93rd in the world for interdisciplinary science
94 Tongji University 94th in the world for interdisciplinary science
95 University of Tabuk 95th in the world for interdisciplinary science
98 Al-Azhar University 98th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=99 King Faisal University 99th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=99 Ain Shams University 99th in the world for interdisciplinary science
104 United Arab Emirates University 104th in the world for interdisciplinary science
105 University of Groningen 105th in the world for interdisciplinary science
107 American University in Cairo 107th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=108 University of Vienna 108th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=108 University of Wollongong 108th in the world for interdisciplinary science
110 Alexandria University 110th in the world for interdisciplinary science
112 An-Najah National University 112th in the world for interdisciplinary science
113 Kasetsart University 113th in the world for interdisciplinary science
116 Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University 116th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=117 Ajman University 117th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=117 Al-Ahliyya Amman University 117th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=121 Hacettepe University 121st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=121 Mansoura University 121st in the world for interdisciplinary science
128 Durham University 128th in the world for interdisciplinary science
133 University of Chile 133rd in the world for interdisciplinary science
134 Universitas Airlangga 134th in the world for interdisciplinary science
137 Shoolini University 137th in the world for interdisciplinary science
139 Institute of Science Tokyo 139th in the world for interdisciplinary science
141 University of Limerick 141st in the world for interdisciplinary science
143 Kyung Hee University 143rd in the world for interdisciplinary science
=144 Diponegoro University 144th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=144 Ton Duc Thang University 144th in the world for interdisciplinary science
149 Nagoya University 149th in the world for interdisciplinary science
152 University of Naples Federico II 152nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
154 Université Paris Cité 154th in the world for interdisciplinary science
158 University of Konstanz 158th in the world for interdisciplinary science
167 Ege University 167th in the world for interdisciplinary science
170 Harbin Institute of Technology 170th in the world for interdisciplinary science
171 Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University 171st in the world for interdisciplinary science
174 Middle East University 174th in the world for interdisciplinary science
177 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 177th in the world for interdisciplinary science
179 Qassim University 179th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=182 Yangzhou University 182nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
=182 University of South Florida 182nd in the world for interdisciplinary science
184 Sebelas Maret University 184th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=186 Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University 186th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=186 Al-Balqa Applied University 186th in the world for interdisciplinary science
193 University of Notre Dame 193rd in the world for interdisciplinary science
195 Keio University 195th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=197 Beijing Institute of Technology 197th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=197 Peoples' Friendship University of Russia 197th in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Dalian University of Technology 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Duy Tan University 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 University of Jordan 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 University of Concepción 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Universidad Nacional de Colombia 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Jordan University of Science and Technology 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Federation University Australia 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Applied Science Private University 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Tunis El Manar University 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Université de Lille 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Tufts University 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Yarmouk University 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Taif University 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 Northern Border University 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=201 University of Oulu 201st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=251 Northwestern Polytechnical University 251st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=251 Lebanese American University 251st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=251 Umm al-Qura University 251st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=251 Stony Brook University 251st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=251 National Taiwan Normal University 251st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=251 AGH University of Krakow 251st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=251 Kaohsiung Medical University 251st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=251 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 251st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=301 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics 301st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=301 Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú 301st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=301 American University of the Middle East 301st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=301 Universidade Federal de Lavras 301st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=301 Universidade de Vigo 301st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=301 University of Pisa 301st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=301 University of Szeged 301st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=301 Nantes Université 301st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=301 University of Rochester 301st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=351 Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 351st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=351 University of Turin 351st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=351 National Pingtung University of Science and Technology 351st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=351 University of Eastern Finland 351st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=351 Chaoyang University of Technology 351st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=401 Northeast Agricultural University 401st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=401 Abu Dhabi University 401st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=401 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology 401st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=401 Chang'an University 401st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=401 University of Baghdad 401st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=501 Universidade de Brasília 501st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=501 Zayed University 501st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=501 University of Havana 501st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=501 Florida Atlantic University 501st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 Universidad de Costa Rica 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 Syracuse University 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 University of Monastir 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 State University of Semarang 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 University of Engineering and Technology Taxila 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 Universidad de La Sabana 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 Riga Technical University 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 Universidad de Guadalajara 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 Future University in Egypt 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 Saarland University 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=601 Universidad de Talca 601st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=801 Saint Joseph University 801st in the world for interdisciplinary science
=801 Universidad Central de Venezuela 801st in the world for interdisciplinary science