Ranked 1st in the world for industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9)
Source: THE Sustainability Impact Ratings: industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), 2026
Full ranking profile 64 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Alberta. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2026 Headline industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) | Times Higher Education | =1 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Petroleum Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =3 |
| Maclean's 2026 | Maclean's | =4 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | =7 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =9 |
| THE Impact 2026 zero hunger (SDG 2) | Times Higher Education | =15 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =23 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =34 |
| NTU 2025 Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =37 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =43 |
| THE Impact 2026 partnerships for the goals (SDG 17) | Times Higher Education | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =46 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =52 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =55 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =67 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =68 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =73 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =85 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =86 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =88 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =93 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =94 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =96 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =109 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =110 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =111 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =114 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =115 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =119 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =124 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =130 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =134 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =136 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =136 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =139 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =139 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =147 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =147 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =147 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =152 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =158 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =171 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =172 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =177 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =191 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =196 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =203 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =217 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =225 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =229 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =232 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =267 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =269 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =276 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =335 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =366 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =385 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =441 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =493 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =553 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =580 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =723 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =744 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.