Ranked 6th in the world for Library & Information Science
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Library & Information Science, 2026
Full ranking profile 31 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Virginia. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Headline Library & Information Science | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =6 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Education | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =13 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Law | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =21 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Medical Technology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =27 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Psychology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =28 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Law | Times Higher Education | =36 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Law | Times Higher Education | =43 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Clinical Medicine | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =48 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Nursing | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Computer Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Finance | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Management | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Metallurgical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =76 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Economics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Mathematics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Political Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Statistics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Human Biological Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Physics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Public Health | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Remote Sensing | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Sociology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =151 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Earth Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Telecommunication Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Water Resources | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| Leiden Open 2024 | CWTS, Leiden University | =206 |
| Leiden Open 2025 | CWTS, Leiden University | =236 |
| Leiden Open 2024 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =299 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Environmental Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| Leiden Open 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =521 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.