Ranked 12th in the world
Full ranking profile 46 placements
Every placement the Index records for Rice University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Forbes 2025-2026 Headline | Forbes | =12 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =17 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =23 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Mechanical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =24 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | =26 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =30 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =34 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =40 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =45 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =55 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =67 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =73 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =82 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =94 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =95 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =103 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =118 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =119 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =127 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =133 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =134 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =136 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =157 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =180 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =183 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =184 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =192 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =204 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =207 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =210 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =224 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =260 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =278 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =292 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =315 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =317 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =320 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =372 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =376 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =401 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =410 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =451 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =465 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =474 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =679 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.