San Diego, United States
University of California, San Diego
Ranked in the world
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University of California, San Diego is ranked 1st in the world for Oceanography.
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Oceanography, 2025
Full ranking profile
University of California, San Diego's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025Headlinein the world for Oceanography | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 1 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 6 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Microbiology | National Taiwan University | 7 |
| QS by Subject 2026in the world for Biological Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | 9 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 13 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 14 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | 14 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 15 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | 15 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | 16 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 19 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 19 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 20 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Geosciences | National Taiwan University | 20 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | 20 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Immunology | National Taiwan University | 21 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 22 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 24 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 25 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 26 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 27 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 27 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 29 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | 29 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 30 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 30 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | 30 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | 35 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 35 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 35 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 36 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 36 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 39 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 39 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | 41 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biomedical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 42 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 42 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 42 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 42 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 43 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 43 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 46 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 47 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 47 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 47 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemistry | National Taiwan University | 48 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 49 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Computer Science | National Taiwan University | 49 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 52 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 52 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 55 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 59 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | 65 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 65 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 65 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 66 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 66 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 69 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 77 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 79 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 87 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 90 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 91 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 92 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 101 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 107 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 114 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 121 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 124 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 126 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 128 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 135 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 196 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 200 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 231 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | 400 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | 415 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 460 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.
In their own words
University of California, San Diego on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
has once again been ranked No. 7 among U.S. public universities in the latest Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)
source · retrieved 2026-09-06
the 2019 Nature Index ranked University of California San Diego ninth among the top 200 institutions in biomedical sciences worldwide
source · retrieved 2026-09-06