Ranked 3rd in the world for Sport Science
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments, 2024 Placement won by its Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports.
Full ranking profile 73 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Copenhagen. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRSSSD 2024 Headline Sport Science Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =3 |
| ARWU GRSSSD 2025 Sport Science Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =5 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =7 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =8 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =8 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =10 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | =17 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =17 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =18 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =18 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| NTU 2025 Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =19 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =20 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Pharmacy & Pharmacology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =21 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =22 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =23 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =23 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =23 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =23 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =24 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =24 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =25 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =25 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =30 |
| NTU 2025 Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | =32 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | =33 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =34 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =34 |
| NTU 2025 Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =34 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =35 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =35 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =35 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =37 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =40 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =44 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =44 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =47 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =47 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =50 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =56 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =62 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =62 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =63 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =66 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =75 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =76 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =76 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =79 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =90 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =90 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =101 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =113 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =118 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =135 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =148 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =160 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =195 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =196 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =221 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =275 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =279 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =284 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =287 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =328 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =328 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =360 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =391 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =448 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =454 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | 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.