Ranked 11th in the world for Philosophy
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Philosophy, 2026
Full ranking profile 56 placements
Every placement the Index records for Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Philosophy | Quacquarelli Symonds | =11 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Communication & Media Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =24 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =26 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =32 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =33 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =34 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =40 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =41 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =41 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =43 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =50 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =58 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =62 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =63 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =64 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =66 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =70 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =78 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =80 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =82 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =83 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =88 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =90 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =91 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =93 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =98 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =125 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =126 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =128 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =128 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =131 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =134 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =136 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =144 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =144 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =145 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =156 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =161 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =174 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =178 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =219 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =221 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =225 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =231 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =252 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =276 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =280 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =285 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =339 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =375 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =386 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =404 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =477 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.