World University Index

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, United States

Ranked 3rd in the world for Clinical Medicine

Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Clinical Medicine, 2025

Full ranking profile 54 placements

Every placement the Index records for University of California, San Francisco. The headline figure is the strongest of these.

Ranking table Publisher World rank
ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Clinical Medicine ShanghaiRanking Consultancy 3
ARWU GRAS 2025 Medical Technology ShanghaiRanking Consultancy 3
NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior National Taiwan University 3
ARWU GRAS 2025 Biological Sciences ShanghaiRanking Consultancy 4
NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine National Taiwan University 6
NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics National Taiwan University 6
NTU 2025 Immunology National Taiwan University 7
NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine National Taiwan University 7
URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences METU (URAP Lab) 7
URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University 8
SCImago 2025 Medicine SCImago Research Group 8
NTU 2025 Life Sciences National Taiwan University 9
Nature 2025 health sciences Nature / Springer Nature 10
NTU 2025 Microbiology National Taiwan University 14
NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry National Taiwan University 17
URAP 2024-2025 Nursing URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University 18
URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences METU (URAP Lab) 18
SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology SCImago Research Group 20
NTU 2025 National Taiwan University 21
URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences METU (URAP Lab) 22
Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) CWTS, Leiden University 23
Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University 26
SCImago 2026 Chemistry SCImago Research Group 27
SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy SCImago Research Group 27
Nature 2025 biological sciences Nature / Springer Nature 30
NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General National Taiwan University 31
Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) CWTS, Leiden University 35
Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University 36
NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology National Taiwan University 40
SCImago 2026 SCImago Research Group 42
Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC 42
NTU 2025 Pharmacology & Toxicology National Taiwan University 47
SCImago 2025 Psychology SCImago Research Group 49
URAP 2025-2026 URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University 52
SCImago 2026 Dentistry SCImago Research Group 54
NTU 2025 Social Sciences National Taiwan University 58
URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University 66
Nature 2025 Nature / Springer Nature 66
SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities SCImago Research Group 67
SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics SCImago Research Group 67
THE-Rep 2025 reputation Times Higher Education 83
Leiden 2025 Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University 86
Time 2026 Time / Statista 118
SCImago 2026 Veterinary SCImago Research Group 126
Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) CWTS, Leiden University 161
SCImago 2025 Engineering SCImago Research Group 161
URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University 164
SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences SCImago Research Group 185
SCImago 2025 Social Sciences SCImago Research Group 205
Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University 219
SCImago 2025 Computer Science SCImago Research Group 311
NTU 2025 Engineering National Taiwan University 404
SCImago 2026 Environmental Science SCImago Research Group 454
NTU 2025 Natural Sciences National Taiwan University 551

Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.

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