Ranked 6th in the world for Aerospace Engineering
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Aerospace Engineering, 2026
Full ranking profile 19 placements
Every placement the Index records for National University of Defense Technology. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Headline Aerospace Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Remote Sensing | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =13 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Artificial Intelligence | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =32 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Telecommunication Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =43 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Instruments Science & Technology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Robotic Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Computer Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Electrical & Electronic Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Transportation Science & Technology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Automation & Control | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| Leiden Open 2025 | CWTS, Leiden University | =178 |
| Leiden Open 2024 | CWTS, Leiden University | =189 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Atmospheric Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Earth Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Mechanical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Materials Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Mathematics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =401 |
| Leiden Open 2024 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =873 |
| Leiden Open 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =1080 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.