Ranked 11th in the world for Communication
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Communication, 2025
Full ranking profile 70 placements
Every placement the Index records for University of Wisconsin-Madison. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Headline Communication | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =11 |
| ARWU GRAS 2024 Ecology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =14 |
| QS by Subject 2026 Communication & Media Studies | Quacquarelli Symonds | =15 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Education | METU (URAP Lab) | =17 |
| NTU 2025 Computer Science | National Taiwan University | =20 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =22 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =22 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =23 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Veterinary Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =29 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =31 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =32 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =32 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | =32 |
| USN-Nat 2026 | U.S. News & World Report | =36 |
| NTU 2025 Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | =37 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =38 |
| NTU 2025 Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =38 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =39 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =41 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =41 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =43 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =43 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences, General | National Taiwan University | =44 |
| NTU 2025 Space Science | National Taiwan University | =46 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =49 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =50 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =53 |
| Forbes 2025-2026 | Forbes | =53 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =57 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =58 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =59 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =64 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =64 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =65 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =67 |
| Leiden 2025 | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =69 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Human Movement & Sports Sciences | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =69 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Nursing | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =72 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =73 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =73 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =75 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =75 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =79 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =80 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =82 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =88 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =91 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =91 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =94 |
| WSJ 2026 | Wall Street Journal | =94 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =98 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =106 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =109 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =110 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =110 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =114 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =118 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =120 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =129 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =132 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =142 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =142 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =175 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =192 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =203 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =219 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =263 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =290 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =343 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =394 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.
In their own words
University of Wisconsin-Madison on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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placing 38th overall in the 2025 Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings
Source , retrieved The Index records THE-Rep 2025 at 38th in the world for reputation.