Ranked 2nd in the world for Sociology
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Sociology, 2024
Full ranking profile 94 placements
Every placement the Index records for Toronto. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Headline Sociology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| Maclean's 2026 | Maclean's | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Medical and Health Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Artificial Intelligence | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =3 |
| NTU 2025 Neuroscience & Behavior | National Taiwan University | =3 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =3 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =3 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Nursing | Quacquarelli Symonds | =4 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =4 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =4 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =4 |
| NTU 2025 Psychiatry/Psychology | National Taiwan University | =4 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =4 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =4 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =5 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =5 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =6 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Public Health | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =7 |
| SCImago 2025 societal impact | SCImago Research Group | =7 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =7 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Psychology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =8 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Law and Legal Studies | METU (URAP Lab) | =8 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =9 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =9 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Education & Training | Quacquarelli Symonds | =10 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =10 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =11 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =11 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =12 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =13 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =13 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Anatomy & Physiology | Quacquarelli Symonds | =14 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =14 |
| SCImago 2025 research | SCImago Research Group | =14 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =14 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =14 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | =18 |
| US News 2026-2027 | U.S. News & World Report | =20 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =20 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =21 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =21 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =22 |
| CWUR 2025 | Center for World University Rankings | =23 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Ecology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =23 |
| ARWU 2025 | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =25 |
| QS 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =25 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =25 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =29 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =29 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =29 |
| NTU 2025 Biomedical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =30 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =30 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =31 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =31 |
| QS 2027 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =32 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =37 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =37 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =37 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | =40 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Information & Computing Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =42 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =43 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Physical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =44 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =44 |
| THE Impact 2023 reduced inequalities (SDG 10) | Times Higher Education | =45 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =49 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =49 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =51 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =55 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =59 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =62 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =63 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =64 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =68 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =75 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =86 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =94 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =102 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =109 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =111 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =130 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =135 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =136 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =166 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =174 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =182 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =215 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =392 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =406 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.