Ranked 1st in the world for industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9)
Source: THE Sustainability Impact Ratings: industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), 2026
Full ranking profile 69 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Edinburgh. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2026 Headline industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9) | Times Higher Education | =1 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Veterinary Science | Quacquarelli Symonds | =6 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Linguistics | Quacquarelli Symonds | =11 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =13 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =13 |
| Guardian 2026 | Guardian News & Media | =13 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =18 |
| CUG 2027 | Complete University Guide | =19 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =20 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =22 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =23 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =24 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =26 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =26 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =29 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =30 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =31 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =32 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =34 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =34 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =35 |
| THE Impact 2026 partnerships for the goals (SDG 17) | Times Higher Education | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =36 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =36 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =37 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =37 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =41 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =42 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =42 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =48 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =52 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =54 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =56 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =63 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =64 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =70 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =70 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =79 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =79 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =81 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =83 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =84 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =86 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =87 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =88 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =91 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =94 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =96 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =96 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =109 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =111 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =113 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =114 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =120 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =129 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =133 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =144 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =151 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =182 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =194 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =238 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =255 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =309 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =426 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =436 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.