Ranked 2nd in the world for Materials Science & Engineering
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Materials Science & Engineering, 2025
Full ranking profile 53 placements
Every placement the Index records for Northwestern University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Materials Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Sociology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =5 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =5 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =7 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Communication | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =8 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =13 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =15 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =16 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =16 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =19 |
| NTU 2025 Chemistry | National Taiwan University | =20 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =24 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =24 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =26 |
| NTU 2025 Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | =26 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =28 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =29 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =30 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =31 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =31 |
| NTU 2025 Materials Science | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =37 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =39 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =42 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =42 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =42 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =42 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =46 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =47 |
| NTU 2025 Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =48 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =49 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =50 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | =50 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =53 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =53 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =56 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =56 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =57 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =60 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =63 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =63 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =79 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =80 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =82 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =107 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =225 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =237 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.