Ranked 15th in the world for Geography
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Geography, 2026
Full ranking profile 64 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Bristol. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Geography | Quacquarelli Symonds | =15 |
| Guardian 2026 | Guardian News & Media | =15 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Geology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =17 |
| CUG 2027 | Complete University Guide | =17 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Earth & Marine Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | =18 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2025 Sport Science Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =23 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2024 Sport Science Centre for Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =29 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =29 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =30 |
| THE Impact 2026 peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | =38 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Geosciences | National Taiwan University | =46 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =48 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =48 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =51 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =55 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =62 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =63 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =66 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =68 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =72 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =77 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =77 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =80 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =80 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =84 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =108 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =110 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =114 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =119 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =121 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =124 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =126 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =132 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =138 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =141 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =144 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =146 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =147 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =152 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =173 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =181 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =182 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =184 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =192 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =192 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =193 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =210 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =219 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =224 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =228 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =233 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =235 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =253 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =253 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =261 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =271 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =289 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =297 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =298 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =308 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =367 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =461 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =500 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.