Ranked 6th in the world for Communication
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Communication, 2025
Full ranking profile 53 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Minnesota. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Communication | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Psychology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =12 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Library & Information Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =13 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =25 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =29 |
| NTU 2025 Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | =29 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =30 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | =30 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =31 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =33 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =37 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =37 |
| NTU 2025 Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | =40 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =42 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =43 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =46 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =47 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =49 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =52 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =56 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =56 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =57 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =58 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =59 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =59 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =62 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =63 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =69 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =70 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =70 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =70 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =72 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =74 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =78 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =79 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =88 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =96 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =97 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =106 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =107 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =130 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =138 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =162 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =210 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =239 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =245 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =264 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =358 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =376 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =421 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =520 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.