University of Edinburgh — World ranking | The World University Index

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University of Edinburgh is ranked 1st in the world for industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9).

Source: THE Sustainability Impact Ratings: industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), 2026

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University of Edinburgh's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.

Ranking	Publisher	World rank
THE Impact 2026Headlinein the world for industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9)	Times Higher Education	1
QS by Subject 2026in the world for Veterinary Science	Quacquarelli Symonds	6
QS by Subject 2026in the world for Linguistics	Quacquarelli Symonds	11
MosIUR 2025	Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR)	13
SCImago 2026in the world for 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 2025in the world for Social Sciences	SCImago Research Group	20
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Veterinary Sciences	METU (URAP Lab)	22
SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary	SCImago Research Group	23
Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)	CWTS, Leiden University	24
URAP 2024-2025in the world for 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 2025in the world for reputation	Times Higher Education	30
NTU 2025in the world for Space Science	National Taiwan University	31
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health	URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University	32
QS 2026	Quacquarelli Symonds	34
NTU 2025in the world for Biology & Biochemistry	National Taiwan University	34
RUR 2026in the world for international diversity	RUR Rankings Agency	35
THE Impact 2026in the world for partnerships for the goals (SDG 17)	Times Higher Education	36
NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences, General	National Taiwan University	36
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Law and Legal Studies	METU (URAP Lab)	36
RUR 2026	RUR Rankings Agency	37
NTU 2025in the world for Molecular Biology & Genetics	National Taiwan University	37
NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences	National Taiwan University	38
Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025)	Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC	38
NTU 2025in the world for Neuroscience & Behavior	National Taiwan University	39
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Biological Sciences	METU (URAP Lab)	41
RUR 2026in the world for research	RUR Rankings Agency	42
URAP 2024-2025in the world for Education	METU (URAP Lab)	42
NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences	National Taiwan University	48
NTU 2025in the world for Immunology	National Taiwan University	49
NTU 2025	National Taiwan University	52
NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences	National Taiwan University	54
Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences	Nature / Springer Nature	56
SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology	SCImago Research Group	63
URAP 2025-2026	URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University	64
Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers)	Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University	70
Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences	Nature / Springer Nature	70
NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine	National Taiwan University	79
SCImago 2026	SCImago Research Group	79
RUR 2026in the world for teaching	RUR Rankings Agency	81
SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science	SCImago Research Group	83
SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	SCImago Research Group	84
SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics	SCImago Research Group	86
NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture	National Taiwan University	87
SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting	SCImago Research Group	88
Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers)	CWTS, Leiden University	91
SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine	SCImago Research Group	94
SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences	SCImago Research Group	96
SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy	SCImago Research Group	96
SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering	SCImago Research Group	109
Nature 2025	Nature / Springer Nature	111
SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance	SCImago Research Group	113
Nature 2025in the world for health sciences	Nature / Springer Nature	114
Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences	Nature / Springer Nature	120
SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry	SCImago Research Group	129
Leiden 2025	Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University	133
SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences	SCImago Research Group	144
Leiden 2025in the world for mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers)	Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University	151
Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers)	Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University	182
SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science	SCImago Research Group	194
Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers)	CWTS, Leiden University	238
RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability	RUR Rankings Agency	255
NTU 2025in the world for Engineering	National Taiwan University	309
SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics	SCImago Research Group	426
SCImago 2026in the world for 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.