Ranked 1st in the world for Public Administration
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Public Administration, 2026
Full ranking profile 33 placements
Every placement the Index records for Leiden University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Headline Public Administration | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =1 |
| GreenMetric 2024 campus sustainability | Universitas Indonesia | =17 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Arts and Humanities | Times Higher Education | =18 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Law | Times Higher Education | =18 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =20 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Arts and Humanities | Times Higher Education | =21 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Law | Times Higher Education | =21 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Law | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =22 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Political Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =27 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Social Sciences | Times Higher Education | =43 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Social Sciences | Times Higher Education | =45 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Medical Technology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Psychology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Statistics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| QS Europe 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =52 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Psychology | Times Higher Education | =55 |
| QS Europe 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =57 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Clinical and Health | Times Higher Education | =59 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Psychology | Times Higher Education | =59 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Clinical and Health | Times Higher Education | =62 |
| Leiden Open 2024 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =66 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Physical Sciences | Times Higher Education | =67 |
| THE 2027 | Times Higher Education | =69 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Physical Sciences | Times Higher Education | =75 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Physics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| Leiden Open 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =93 |
| Leiden Open 2024 | CWTS, Leiden University | =169 |
| Leiden Open 2025 | CWTS, Leiden University | =185 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Materials Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Public Health | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Sociology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Management | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Mathematics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =401 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.