Ranked 6th in the world
Full ranking profile 45 placements
Every placement the Index records for Osaka University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE-JP 2025 Headline | Times Higher Education | =6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Dentistry & Oral Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =13 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =51 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =64 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =69 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =87 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =91 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =96 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =96 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =100 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =106 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =124 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =129 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =131 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =134 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =138 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =144 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =146 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =167 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =202 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =209 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =210 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =217 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =231 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =242 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =252 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =261 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =316 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =348 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =367 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =375 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =377 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =396 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =404 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =424 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =436 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =446 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =853 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =940 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =1082 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1105 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1188 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1267 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.