Ranked 1st in the world for Dentistry
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Dentistry, 2026
Full ranking profile 55 placements
Every placement the Index records for Karolinska Institute. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Dentistry | Quacquarelli Symonds | =1 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =8 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Medicine | Quacquarelli Symonds | =10 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =11 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =11 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =12 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =12 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =12 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =12 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =16 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =17 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =17 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =23 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =25 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =27 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =28 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =29 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =30 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =32 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =32 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =35 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =46 |
| NTU 2025 Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | =46 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =49 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =53 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =56 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =57 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =68 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =70 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =73 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =79 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =80 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =83 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =85 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =87 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =92 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =101 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =115 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =123 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =126 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =135 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =142 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =184 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =190 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =225 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =236 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =280 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =286 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =324 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =405 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =446 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.