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 70 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Manchester. 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 Development Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =5 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Architecture & Built Environment | Quacquarelli Symonds | =5 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Geography | Quacquarelli Symonds | =9 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =14 |
| THE Impact 2023 peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | =15 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =19 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =21 |
| CUG 2027 | Complete University Guide | =24 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =28 |
| THE Impact 2025 no poverty (SDG 1) | Times Higher Education | =28 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =29 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =30 |
| THE Impact 2026 peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| THE Impact 2026 zero hunger (SDG 2) | Times Higher Education | =33 |
| THE Impact 2026 partnerships for the goals (SDG 17) | Times Higher Education | =34 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =35 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =35 |
| Guardian 2026 | Guardian News & Media | =35 |
| NTU 2025 Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | =36 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =37 |
| THE Impact 2026 affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Times Higher Education | =37 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| THE Impact 2025 affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Times Higher Education | =40 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =42 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =43 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =48 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =50 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =51 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =52 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =56 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =62 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =62 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =65 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =68 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =73 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =74 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =76 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =79 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =80 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =81 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =85 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =90 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =94 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =96 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =96 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =97 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =102 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =107 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =108 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =118 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =119 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =130 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =140 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =144 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =148 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =152 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =156 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =170 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =174 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =191 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =198 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =208 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =216 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =222 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =224 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =261 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =305 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =315 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.