Ranked 2nd in the world
Full ranking profile 37 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of St Andrews. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Guardian 2026 Headline | Guardian News & Media | =2 |
| CUG 2027 | Complete University Guide | =4 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Philosophy | Quacquarelli Symonds | =12 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =31 |
| QS by Subject 2026 English Language & Literature | Quacquarelli Symonds | =40 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =88 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =101 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =103 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =108 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =113 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =143 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =162 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =164 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =186 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =208 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =210 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =236 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =239 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =274 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =280 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =305 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =325 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =326 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =330 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =334 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =401 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =433 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =438 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =444 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =451 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =474 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =474 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =492 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =501 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =543 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =587 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =865 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.