ARWU

Chemistry 2022

Academic Ranking of World Universities · · Methodology · Source: Academic Ranking of World Universities official website · Editorial Standards

Ranks universities globally for research strength and academic impact in chemistry.

ARWU relies entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators (Nobel Prizes, Nature/Science papers, Highly Cited Researchers) and uses no reputation surveys.

How does Chemistry evaluate universities?

Chemistry, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluates universities worldwide using key indicators such as AWARD, CNCI, IC, Q1, TOP, each assigned a distinct weight according to a publicly documented methodology. Data sources combine academic peer reviews, employer surveys, bibliometric databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, and institutional self-reported statistics, all independently verified by the publisher's research team. The 2022 edition assessed 500 universities from 9 countries and regions, covering teaching quality, research output, internationalization, and graduate employability across undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs. Academic Ranking of World Universities recollects raw data annually and cross-checks results to ensure the rankings reflect each institution's most current performance in faculty strength, scholarly productivity, global reach, and student outcomes, providing a reliable reference for prospective students, parents, and education researchers.

Which are the top universities in Chemistry 2022?

The top universities in Chemistry 2022 are: University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Northwestern University, Harvard University. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 500 universities from 9 countries and regions using indicators such as AWARD, CNCI, IC, Q1, TOP. Rankings reflect weighted performance across multiple dimensions; students should consider methodology differences and their own academic priorities when interpreting results.

How does Chemistry differ from other ranking systems?

ARWU (Academic Ranking of World Universities), created by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2003 as the world's first international university ranking, is based entirely on objective, verifiable academic indicators and uses no reputation surveys: alumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (10%), faculty winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (20%), highly cited researchers across subject fields (20%), papers published in Nature and Science (20%), papers indexed in SCIE and SSCI (20%), and per-capita academic performance (10%). In contrast, QS and THE both incorporate reputation questionnaires as core weights, while US News combines reputation surveys with bibliometric data. ARWU's transparent methodology and reproducibility make it authoritative for evaluating research strength and academic prestige.

Current edition: published 2022-07
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1 University of California, Berkeley logo University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 🇺🇸 United States 370.8 95.4 95.6 73.8 66.1 98.9
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology logo Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 🇺🇸 United States 361.5 91.3 94.9 75.6 69.4 90.7
3 Stanford University logo Stanford University (SU) 🇺🇸 United States 360.1 90.1 100.0 77.0 65.4 89.2
4 Northwestern University logo Northwestern University (NU) 🇺🇸 United States 336.8 62.4 95.7 71.6 64.4 100.0
5 Harvard University logo Harvard University 🇺🇸 United States 327.6 75.0 95.5 82.2 59.2 81.4
6 California Institute of Technology logo California Institute of Technology (CIT) 🇺🇸 United States 320.9 100.0 94.3 67.1 42.7 70.5
7 University of Science and Technology of China logo University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 🇨🇳 China 302.7 0.0 95.0 50.4 100.0 97.6
8 University of Chicago logo University of Chicago (UC) 🇺🇸 United States 300.7 31.2 90.5 71.1 69.9 94.9
9 University of Cambridge logo University of Cambridge 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 294.7 35.4 91.0 88.1 65.6 85.1
10 ETH Zurich logo ETH Zurich 🇨🇭 Switzerland 290.3 44.5 81.5 81.5 64.2 83.8
11 Tsinghua University logo Tsinghua University (THU) 🇨🇳 China 288.4 0.0 92.7 53.0 97.8 87.3
12 Nanyang Technological University logo Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 🇸🇬 Singapore 282.7 0.0 100.0 88.5 81.1 83.9
13 Georgia Institute of Technology logo Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) 🇺🇸 United States 280.3 40.8 100.0 81.7 64.9 58.2
14 University of Texas at Austin logo University of Texas at Austin 🇺🇸 United States 280.1 49.3 92.3 69.6 54.2 70.5
15 Peking University logo Peking University (PKU) 🇨🇳 China 278.9 0.0 89.5 52.6 87.2 91.7
16 The University of Tokyo logo The University of Tokyo (UT) 🇯🇵 Japan 272.2 28.9 71.2 57.9 67.9 92.7
17 Nankai University logo Nankai University (NKU) 🇨🇳 China 267.2 0.0 93.2 46.1 81.5 83.3
18 National University of Singapore logo National University of Singapore (NUS) 🇸🇬 Singapore 262.5 0.0 96.1 85.7 73.3 75.9
19 Columbia University logo Columbia University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 261.1 51.4 92.9 77.0 41.9 59.4
20 Tianjin University logo Tianjin University (TJU) 🇨🇳 China 261.0 0.0 86.8 52.8 83.6 80.0
21 Nanjing University logo Nanjing University (NJU) 🇨🇳 China 259.3 0.0 89.4 51.5 84.3 75.3
22 University of Oxford logo University of Oxford 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 258.9 14.4 82.8 82.3 62.2 83.0
23 Zhejiang University logo Zhejiang University (ZJU) 🇨🇳 China 258.1 0.0 84.5 52.3 91.9 71.2
24 Soochow University logo Soochow University 🇨🇳 China 257.2 0.0 94.9 56.8 83.5 67.4
25 Kyoto University logo Kyoto University 🇯🇵 Japan 253.8 14.4 67.6 54.1 68.8 92.2
25 University of California, Los Angeles logo University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 🇺🇸 United States 253.8 18.6 93.5 78.9 52.8 73.1
27 Texas A&M University logo Texas A&M University (TAMU) 🇺🇸 United States 252.9 50.0 77.4 71.8 48.9 62.3
28 Fudan University logo Fudan University 🇨🇳 China 251.4 0.0 87.1 51.7 78.2 75.8
29 Shanghai Jiao Tong University logo Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) 🇨🇳 China 250.5 0.0 84.4 55.5 79.7 75.3
30 South China University of Technology logo South China University of Technology (SCUT) 🇨🇳 China 245.0 0.0 89.9 48.8 89.0 56.3
31 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne 🇨🇭 Switzerland 244.3 0.0 94.3 85.3 57.9 75.1
32 Jilin University logo Jilin University 🇨🇳 China 243.6 0.0 78.6 45.1 87.0 69.0
33 University of California San Diego logo University of California San Diego (UCSD) 🇺🇸 United States 243.3 28.9 88.3 68.8 48.1 64.3
34 Cornell University logo Cornell University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 240.7 25.0 84.2 69.4 50.2 67.4
35 Xiamen University logo Xiamen University (XMU) 🇨🇳 China 240.6 0.0 85.2 58.1 70.8 73.0
36 University of Toronto logo University of Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada 238.8 18.6 88.4 78.7 53.2 62.8
37 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill logo University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) 🇺🇸 United States 236.6 37.3 93.0 68.5 40.0 52.6
38 Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University 🇨🇳 China 236.5 0.0 88.5 48.7 73.1 65.1
39 King Abdullah University of Science and Technology logo King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 235.3 0.0 100.0 90.4 55.7 61.5
40 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign logo University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) 🇺🇸 United States 233.4 11.8 83.0 67.3 52.9 72.2
41 Université de Strasbourg Université de Strasbourg 🇫🇷 France 231.3 30.0 74.8 83.9 52.6 57.1
42 University of Utah logo University of Utah (UU) 🇺🇸 United States 230.9 50.0 75.1 66.2 35.5 57.1
43 Imperial College London logo Imperial College London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 229.3 14.4 84.3 84.1 58.6 55.2
44 Purdue University West Lafayette logo Purdue University West Lafayette 🇺🇸 United States 227.5 28.9 79.5 66.6 53.5 52.3
45 Zhengzhou University logo Zhengzhou University 🇨🇳 China 227.4 0.0 96.3 48.1 69.6 52.0
46 Huazhong University of Science and Technology logo Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) 🇨🇳 China 226.8 0.0 89.1 53.5 77.5 49.5
47 Wuhan University logo Wuhan University (WHU) 🇨🇳 China 225.7 0.0 90.1 44.2 70.8 56.0
48 University of California, Santa Barbara logo University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) 🇺🇸 United States 225.2 26.4 87.8 75.4 42.6 53.3
49 Sichuan University logo Sichuan University (SCU) 🇨🇳 China 224.9 0.0 78.1 42.4 80.1 58.2
50 Rice University logo Rice University 🇺🇸 United States 223.8 37.3 91.8 76.9 40.4 39.0