Ranked 16th in the world for Sport Science
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments, 2024 Placement won by its Department of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine.
Full ranking profile 45 placements
Every placement the Index records for Technical University of Munich. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRSSSD 2024 Headline Sport Science Department of Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =16 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Natural Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | =18 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Engineering & Technology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Data Science & Artificial Intelligence | Quacquarelli Symonds | =20 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =20 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =22 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =24 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2025 Sport Science Department Health and Sport Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =26 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =27 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =27 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =30 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =33 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =36 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =37 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =39 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =43 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =45 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =47 |
| NTU 2025 Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =48 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =62 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =68 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =75 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =78 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =80 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =82 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =82 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =85 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =89 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =110 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =115 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =131 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =137 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =176 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =195 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =196 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =198 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =212 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =277 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =316 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =353 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =359 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =376 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =428 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =570 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =802 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.