Ranked 1st in the world
Full ranking profile 47 placements
Every placement the Index records for Tohoku University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE-JP 2025 Headline | Times Higher Education | =1 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Metallurgical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =11 |
| THE Impact 2026 industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) | Times Higher Education | =15 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =28 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =67 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =67 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =68 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =87 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =95 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =103 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =109 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =112 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =120 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =122 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =127 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =135 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =153 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =159 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =169 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =207 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =211 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =213 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =216 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =229 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =241 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =245 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =248 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =251 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =252 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =281 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =292 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =294 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =300 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =301 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =341 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =360 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =401 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =404 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =437 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =444 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =481 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =617 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =896 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =1033 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =1076 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1151 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1252 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.