Ranked 1st in the world for Library & Information Management
Source: QS World University Rankings by Subject: Library & Information Management, 2026
Full ranking profile 55 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Sheffield. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| QS by Subject 2026 Headline Library & Information Management | Quacquarelli Symonds | =1 |
| THE Impact 2023 peace, justice and strong institutions (SDG 16) | Times Higher Education | =12 |
| CUG 2027 | Complete University Guide | =13 |
| Guardian 2026 | Guardian News & Media | =16 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =23 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =47 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =57 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =58 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =64 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =64 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =73 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =90 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =92 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =93 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =95 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =96 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =97 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =100 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =108 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =114 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =116 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =128 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =144 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =151 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =151 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =165 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =176 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =178 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =179 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =185 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =191 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =193 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =200 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =201 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =201 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =203 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =232 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =238 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =250 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =254 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =261 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =272 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =273 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =287 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =290 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =293 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =294 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =297 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =325 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =330 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =338 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =369 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =369 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =386 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =389 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.