Ranked 2nd in the world for Remote Sensing
Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: Remote Sensing, 2026
Full ranking profile 37 placements
Every placement the Index records for Xidian University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Headline Remote Sensing | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Telecommunication Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =4 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Electrical & Electronic Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =11 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Computer Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =12 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Transportation Science & Technology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =27 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Instruments Science & Technology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =31 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Aerospace Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =37 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Artificial Intelligence | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =43 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Automation & Control | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =51 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =101 |
| THE Asia 2025 | Times Higher Education | =141 |
| THE Asia 2026 | Times Higher Education | =146 |
| Leiden Open 2024 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =164 |
| Leiden Open 2025 | CWTS, Leiden University | =168 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Computer Science | Times Higher Education | =176 |
| Leiden Open 2024 | CWTS, Leiden University | =179 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Biomedical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Civil Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Earth Sciences | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Materials Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Mechanical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Metallurgical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =201 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Computer Science | Times Higher Education | =201 |
| Leiden Open 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =232 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Engineering | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Engineering | Times Higher Education | =251 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Chemical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Energy Science & Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Mathematics | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =301 |
| ARWU GRAS 2026 Chemistry | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =401 |
| QS Asia 2025 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =481 |
| QS Asia 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =490 |
| THE 2027 | Times Higher Education | =601 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Physical Sciences | Times Higher Education | =601 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Physical Sciences | Times Higher Education | =801 |
| THE by Subject 2025 Social Sciences | Times Higher Education | =801 |
| THE by Subject 2026 Social Sciences | Times Higher Education | =801 |
Banded results are recorded at the lower bound of the band. For how the headline figure is selected, see the methodology.