Ranked 1st in the world
Source: CWTS Leiden Ranking (2025), 2025
Full ranking profile 88 placements
Every placement the Index records for Zhejiang University. The headline figure is the strongest of these.
| Ranking table | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Leiden 2025 Headline | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =1 |
| SCImago 2025 Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | =1 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =1 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Biotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =2 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =2 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | =2 |
| Nature 2025 biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Engineering | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Agriculture | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Microbiology | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| NTU 2025 Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | =2 |
| SCImago 2025 Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | =2 |
| SCImago 2025 Engineering | SCImago Research Group | =2 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Engineering | METU (URAP Lab) | =2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025 Biomedical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | =3 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | =3 |
| Nature 2025 Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =3 |
| NTU 2025 Biomedical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =3 |
| NTU 2025 Chemistry | National Taiwan University | =3 |
| NTU 2025 Computer Science | National Taiwan University | =3 |
| NTU 2025 Materials Science | National Taiwan University | =3 |
| SCImago 2026 Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | =3 |
| SCImago 2026 Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | =3 |
| SCImago 2026 Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | =3 |
| SCImago 2025 research | SCImago Research Group | =4 |
| NTU 2025 Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | =4 |
| SCImago 2026 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | =4 |
| SCImago 2026 Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | =4 |
| SCImago 2025 Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | =4 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =4 |
| NTU 2025 Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | =5 |
| Nature 2025 health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =5 |
| NTU 2025 Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =5 |
| NTU 2025 Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | =5 |
| SCImago 2025 Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =5 |
| NTU 2025 Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | =6 |
| NTU 2025 Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =6 |
| NTU 2025 Physics | National Taiwan University | =6 |
| NTU 2025 Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | =6 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Information & Computing Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =6 |
| NTU 2025 Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | =7 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | =7 |
| NTU 2025 Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | =8 |
| NTU 2025 Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | =8 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =8 |
| SCImago 2025 Medicine | SCImago Research Group | =9 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =10 |
| RUR 2026 financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | =11 |
| NTU 2025 Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | =11 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Physical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =14 |
| SCImago 2026 Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | =15 |
| SCImago 2025 Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | =16 |
| NTU 2025 Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | =20 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | =21 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | =21 |
| NTU 2025 Geosciences | National Taiwan University | =21 |
| SCImago 2026 Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | =21 |
| SCImago 2025 Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =22 |
| Nature 2025 physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | =26 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | =27 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | =27 |
| SCImago 2025 Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | =29 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | =33 |
| NTU 2025 Immunology | National Taiwan University | =35 |
| NTU 2025 Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | =36 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | =39 |
| RUR 2026 teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | =42 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | =44 |
| RUR 2026 research | RUR Rankings Agency | =48 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | =49 |
| SCImago 2026 Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | =50 |
| NTU 2025 Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | =70 |
| THE-Rep 2025 reputation | Times Higher Education | =71 |
| SCImago 2025 Psychology | SCImago Research Group | =87 |
| Leiden 2025 life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =98 |
| RUR 2026 international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | =102 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =110 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | =113 |
| URAP 2024-2025 Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | =116 |
| Leiden 2025 physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =151 |
| Leiden 2025 scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =180 |
| Leiden 2025 social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =210 |
| Leiden 2025 biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | =249 |
| Leiden 2025 mathematics and computer science (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | =341 |
| Time 2026 | Time / Statista | =366 |
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
Zhejiang University on the subject of its own standing, quoted from its published material.
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Zhejiang University (ZJU) has been ranked first among academic institutions worldwide in the Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders rankings
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