Hangzhou, China
Zhejiang University
Ranked in the world
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Zhejiang University is ranked 1st in the world.
Source: CWTS Leiden Ranking (2025), 2025
Full ranking profile
Zhejiang University's placement across the international ranking systems recorded by the Index. The headline figure above is the strongest of these.
| Ranking | Publisher | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Leiden 2025Headline | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 1 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | SCImago Research Group | 1 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Chemical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 1 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Biotechnology | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 2 |
| URAP 2025-2026 | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 2 |
| Nature 2025 | Nature / Springer Nature | 2 |
| Nature 2025in the world for biological sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Engineering | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agriculture | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environmental Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Microbiology | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Pharmacology & Toxicology | National Taiwan University | 2 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Computer Science | SCImago Research Group | 2 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Engineering | SCImago Research Group | 2 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Engineering | METU (URAP Lab) | 2 |
| ARWU GRAS 2025in the world for Biomedical Engineering | ShanghaiRanking Consultancy | 3 |
| SCImago 2026 | SCImago Research Group | 3 |
| Nature 2025in the world for Earth & environmental sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 3 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biomedical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 3 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Chemistry | National Taiwan University | 3 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Computer Science | National Taiwan University | 3 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Materials Science | National Taiwan University | 3 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Business, Management and Accounting | SCImago Research Group | 3 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Environmental Science | SCImago Research Group | 3 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Physics and Astronomy | SCImago Research Group | 3 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for research | SCImago Research Group | 4 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Environment/Ecology | National Taiwan University | 4 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | SCImago Research Group | 4 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Chemistry | SCImago Research Group | 4 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Mathematics | SCImago Research Group | 4 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Environmental Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 4 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Life Sciences | National Taiwan University | 5 |
| Nature 2025in the world for health sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 5 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Agricultural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 5 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Molecular Biology & Genetics | National Taiwan University | 5 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Agricultural and Biological Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 5 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Energy Science & Engineering | National Taiwan University | 6 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Mechanical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 6 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Physics | National Taiwan University | 6 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Plant & Animal Science | National Taiwan University | 6 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Information & Computing Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 6 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Natural Sciences | National Taiwan University | 7 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Agriculture | METU (URAP Lab) | 7 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Civil Engineering | National Taiwan University | 8 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Electrical Engineering | National Taiwan University | 8 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Biological Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 8 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Medicine | SCImago Research Group | 9 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Mathematical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 10 |
| RUR 2026in the world for financial sustainability | RUR Rankings Agency | 11 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Biology & Biochemistry | National Taiwan University | 11 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Physical Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 14 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Veterinary | SCImago Research Group | 15 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Economics, Econometrics and Finance | SCImago Research Group | 16 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Economics & Business | National Taiwan University | 20 |
| RUR 2026 | RUR Rankings Agency | 21 |
| NTU 2025 | National Taiwan University | 21 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Geosciences | National Taiwan University | 21 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Dentistry | SCImago Research Group | 21 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Earth and Planetary Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 22 |
| Nature 2025in the world for physical sciences | Nature / Springer Nature | 26 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Earth Sciences | METU (URAP Lab) | 27 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Economics | METU (URAP Lab) | 27 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Social Sciences | SCImago Research Group | 29 |
| ARTU 2025 | UNSW Sydney | 33 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Immunology | National Taiwan University | 35 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Social Sciences | National Taiwan University | 36 |
| THE 2026 | Times Higher Education | 39 |
| RUR 2026in the world for teaching | RUR Rankings Agency | 42 |
| Webomet 2025.2 (July 2025) | Cybermetrics Lab, CSIC | 44 |
| RUR 2026in the world for research | RUR Rankings Agency | 48 |
| QS 2026 | Quacquarelli Symonds | 49 |
| SCImago 2026in the world for Arts and Humanities | SCImago Research Group | 50 |
| NTU 2025in the world for Clinical Medicine | National Taiwan University | 70 |
| THE-Rep 2025in the world for reputation | Times Higher Education | 71 |
| SCImago 2025in the world for Psychology | SCImago Research Group | 87 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for life and earth sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 98 |
| RUR 2026in the world for international diversity | RUR Rankings Agency | 102 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 110 |
| MosIUR 2025 | Association of Rating Makers (MosIUR) | 113 |
| URAP 2024-2025in the world for Studies in Human Society | URAP Research Laboratory, Middle East Technical University | 116 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for physical sciences and engineering (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 151 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for scientific impact (top 10% most-cited papers) | Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University | 180 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for social sciences and humanities (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 210 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for biomedical and health sciences (top 10% most-cited papers) | CWTS, Leiden University | 249 |
| Leiden 2025in the world for 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.
Zhejiang University (ZJU) has been ranked first among academic institutions worldwide in the Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders rankings
source · retrieved 2026-09-06