Ranked 11th in the world for Geology
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Geology, 2026
Full ranking profile 58 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Leeds. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Geology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =11 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Earth & Marine Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | =12 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Geophysics | Quacquarelli Symonds | =12 |
| CUG 2027 | Complete University Guide | =18 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =22 |
| NTU 2025 Geosciences | National Taiwan University | =26 |
| THE Impact 2026 partnerships for the goals (SDG 17) | Times Higher Education | =27 |
| Guardian 2026 | Guardian News & Media | =28 |
| THE Impact 2026 peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | =35 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =37 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =40 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =48 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =62 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =68 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =68 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =69 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =70 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =70 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =71 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =86 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =87 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =88 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =91 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =95 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =108 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =110 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =111 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =118 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =120 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =122 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =124 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =147 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =148 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =150 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =150 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =157 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =171 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =176 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =181 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =206 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =210 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =222 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =229 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =231 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =238 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =267 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =268 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =283 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =286 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =290 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =298 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =300 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =307 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =309 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =343 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =380 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =438 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.