Ranked 5th in the world for Philosophy
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Philosophy, 2026
Full ranking profile 65 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Pittsburgh. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Philosophy | Quacquarelli Symonds | =5 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Nursing | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =7 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Clinical Medicine | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =11 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =12 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =19 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =21 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =21 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =22 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =22 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =24 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =25 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =26 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =27 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =27 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =30 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =32 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =40 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =48 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =50 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =50 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =53 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =64 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =69 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =70 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =71 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =72 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =80 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =87 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =92 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =93 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =95 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =98 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =103 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =115 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =117 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =118 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =124 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =124 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =151 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =152 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =155 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =156 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =162 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =163 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =165 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =167 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =170 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =171 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =204 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =228 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =231 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =235 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =236 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =246 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =281 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =323 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =380 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =392 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =409 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =411 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =423 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =495 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.