Ranked 4th in the world
Full ranking profile 53 placements
Every placement the Index records for Kyoto University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE-JP 2025 Headline | Times Higher Education | =4 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =16 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =17 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Biological Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =18 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =24 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Physics & Astronomy | Quacquarelli Symonds | =26 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =33 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =47 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =48 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =57 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =61 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =61 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =61 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =65 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =69 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =77 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =85 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =113 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =121 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =125 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =128 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =142 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =145 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =149 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =161 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =163 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =172 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =181 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =204 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =211 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =244 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =277 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =279 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =281 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =281 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =291 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =309 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =315 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =316 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =326 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =333 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =349 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =396 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =428 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =443 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =551 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =755 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =916 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =1017 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1035 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =1169 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1182 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.