Ranked 3rd in the world
Full ranking profile 68 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Tokyo. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| THE-JP 2025 Headline | Times Higher Education | =3 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =6 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Physical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Physics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =7 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Physics & Astronomy | Quacquarelli Symonds | =8 |
| NTU 2025 Physics | National Taiwan University | =9 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =10 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =10 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Oceanography | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =12 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =13 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =16 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =16 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =19 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =22 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =23 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =23 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =25 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =26 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =29 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =32 |
| NTU 2025 Geosciences | National Taiwan University | =32 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =34 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =36 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =36 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | =41 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =43 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =48 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =49 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =49 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =53 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =56 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =58 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =62 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =66 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =67 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =80 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =81 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =83 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =85 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =90 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =92 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =107 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =119 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =121 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =128 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =136 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =137 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =145 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =145 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =148 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =158 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =162 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =205 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =239 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =281 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =345 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =368 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =395 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =698 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =802 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =825 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =973 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =993 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =1037 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.