Ranked 2nd in the world for climate action (SDG 13)
Full ranking profile 62 placements
Every placement the Index records for Newcastle. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE Impact 2025 Headline climate action (SDG 13) | Times Higher Education | =2 |
| THE Impact 2026 climate action (SDG 13) | Times Higher Education | =3 |
| THE Impact 2026 life below water (SDG 14) | Times Higher Education | =3 |
| THE Impact 2026 clean water and sanitation (SDG 6) | Times Higher Education | =8 |
| THE Impact 2025 good health and well-being (SDG 3) | Times Higher Education | =9 |
| THE Impact 2026 sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11) | Times Higher Education | =12 |
| THE Impact 2026 good health and well-being (SDG 3) | Times Higher Education | =14 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =14 |
| THE Impact 2026 affordable and clean energy (SDG 7) | Times Higher Education | =15 |
| THE Impact 2026 life on land (SDG 15) | Times Higher Education | =17 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Automation & Control | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =18 |
| THE Impact 2026 responsible consumption and production (SDG 12) | Times Higher Education | =22 |
| THE Impact 2024 gender equality (SDG 5) | Times Higher Education | =23 |
| THE Impact 2026 peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | =27 |
| THE Impact 2026 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =30 |
| THE Impact 2025 advancing the Sustainable Development Goals | Times Higher Education | =39 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Automation & Control | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =41 |
| THE Impact 2026 gender equality (SDG 5) | Times Higher Education | =41 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Mineral & Mining Engineering | Quacquarelli Symonds | =44 |
| QS by Subject 2025 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =47 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =73 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =80 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =93 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =123 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =143 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =179 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =204 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =224 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =227 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =244 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =244 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =246 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =248 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =255 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =268 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =278 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =302 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =320 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =335 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =344 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =346 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =348 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =354 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =370 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =377 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =381 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =387 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =395 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =395 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =401 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =403 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =404 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =416 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =450 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =470 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =488 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =498 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =501 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =551 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =788 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =788 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.