Ranked 5th in the world for Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Source: URAP 2024-2025 — Psychology and Cognitive Sciences, 2024-2025
Full ranking profile 101 placements
Every placement the Index records for Melbourne. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| URAP 2024-2025 Headline Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =5 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | =6 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =6 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Geography | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =7 |
| QS Employability 2022 graduate employability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =8 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =8 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =8 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Geography | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =9 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =9 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =9 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =10 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =10 |
| SCImago 2025 societal impact | SCImago Research Group | =10 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =10 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =10 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Sports-related Subjects | Quacquarelli Symonds | =11 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Law & Legal Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =11 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =11 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Law & Legal Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =13 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =13 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =13 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =14 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Education & Training | Quacquarelli Symonds | =15 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =15 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Education & Training | Quacquarelli Symonds | =16 |
| QS Sustainability 2026 sustainability | Quacquarelli Symonds | =16 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =17 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =18 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | =18 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =19 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =19 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =19 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Environmental Sciences | Quacquarelli Symonds | =20 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Veterinary Science | Quacquarelli Symonds | =20 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =22 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Communication & Media Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =22 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =22 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Architecture & Built Environment | Quacquarelli Symonds | =23 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =23 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =24 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =24 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =24 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =24 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Linguistics | Quacquarelli Symonds | =26 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =26 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =26 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =26 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =26 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =27 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =28 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =28 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =28 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =29 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =29 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =30 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =31 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Data Science & Artificial Intelligence | Quacquarelli Symonds | =31 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Anthropology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =33 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =37 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =37 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =38 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =38 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =40 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Development Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =41 |
| NTU 2025 Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | =41 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =42 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Archaeology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =43 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Pharmacy & Pharmacology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | =46 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =47 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =48 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =55 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =61 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =61 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =64 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =69 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =86 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =101 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =106 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =118 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =123 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =127 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =132 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =132 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =134 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =134 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =142 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =151 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =174 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =175 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =178 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =199 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =220 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =287 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =314 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.
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