Ranked 2nd in the world for Chemistry
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Chemistry, 2025
Full ranking profile 86 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of California, Berkeley. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Chemistry | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Electrical & Electronic Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Computer Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =4 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =5 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =5 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =6 |
| NTU 2025 Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | =6 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =7 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | =7 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =8 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =8 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =9 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Physical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =9 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Ecology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =9 |
| NTU 2025 Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =10 |
| NTU 2025 Mathematics | National Taiwan University | =10 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =11 |
| NTU 2025 Chemistry | National Taiwan University | =11 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =11 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =12 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =12 |
| NTU 2025 Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | =13 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =13 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =14 |
| NTU 2025 Physics | National Taiwan University | =14 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =15 |
| NTU 2025 Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | =15 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =15 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =17 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =19 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =19 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | =19 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =20 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =20 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =20 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =22 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =22 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =22 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =22 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =23 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =24 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =24 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =27 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =28 |
| NTU 2025 Geosciences | National Taiwan University | =29 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =30 |
| NTU 2025 Materials Science | National Taiwan University | =30 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =31 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =31 |
| NTU 2025 Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =32 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| NTU 2025 Computer Science | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =34 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =35 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =35 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =35 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =37 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =41 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =41 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =41 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =42 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =45 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =48 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =51 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =53 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =53 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =53 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =54 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =61 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =71 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =74 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =78 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =88 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =93 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =106 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =117 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =128 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =138 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =154 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =160 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =268 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =300 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.