Ranked 2nd in the world for Geography
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Geography, 2026
Full ranking profile 36 placements
Every placement the Index records for London School of Economics and Political Science. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Geography | Quacquarelli Symonds | =2 |
| CUG 2027 | Complete University Guide | =3 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Development Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =4 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Social Policy & Administration | Quacquarelli Symonds | =4 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =4 |
| Guardian 2026 | Guardian News & Media | =4 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =9 |
| NTU 2025 Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | =15 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =17 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =36 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =36 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =40 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =50 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =52 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =54 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =56 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =57 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =60 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =86 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =90 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =92 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =103 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =204 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =207 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =210 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =213 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =216 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =279 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =283 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =451 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =485 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =492 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =499 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =652 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =676 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =793 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.