Ranked 1st in the world for Oceanography
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Oceanography, 2025
Full ranking profile 78 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of California, San Diego. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Oceanography | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =1 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =6 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =7 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Biological Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | =9 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =13 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =14 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =14 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =15 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =15 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =16 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =19 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =19 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =20 |
| NTU 2025 Geosciences | National Taiwan University | =20 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =20 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =21 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =22 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =24 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =25 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =26 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =27 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =27 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =29 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =29 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =30 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =30 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =30 |
| NTU 2025 Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | =35 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =35 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =35 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =36 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =39 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =39 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | =41 |
| NTU 2025 Biomedical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =42 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =42 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =42 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =42 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =43 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =43 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =46 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =47 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =47 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =47 |
| NTU 2025 Chemistry | National Taiwan University | =48 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| NTU 2025 Computer Science | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| Leiden 2025 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 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =59 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =65 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =65 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =65 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =66 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =66 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =69 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =77 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =79 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =87 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =90 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =91 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =92 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =101 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =107 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =114 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =121 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =124 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =126 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =128 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =135 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =196 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =200 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =231 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =400 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =415 |
| SCImago 2026 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.