ARWU

Chemistry 2024

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 High Quality Research, International Collaboration, Research Impact, World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output, 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 2024 edition assessed 500 universities from 10 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 2024?

The top universities in Chemistry 2024 are: University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University, Tsinghua University. This edition, published by Academic Ranking of World Universities, evaluated 500 universities from 10 countries and regions using indicators such as High Quality Research, International Collaboration, Research Impact, World-Class Faculty, World-Class Output. 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 2024-11
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1 University of California, Berkeley logo University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 🇺🇸 United States 397.6 49.2 14.5 43.7 121.7 168.5
2 Stanford University logo Stanford University (SU) 🇺🇸 United States 394.8 53.9 15.7 47.9 126.1 151.3
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology logo Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 🇺🇸 United States 357.1 55.0 14.7 44.6 83.2 159.7
4 Northwestern University logo Northwestern University (NU) 🇺🇸 United States 351.3 51.0 14.2 45.5 100.7 139.9
5 Tsinghua University logo Tsinghua University (THU) 🇨🇳 China 337.6 92.4 10.0 47.4 100.0 87.8
6 University of Science and Technology of China logo University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) 🇨🇳 China 336.3 100.0 9.3 47.4 79.7 100.0
7 California Institute of Technology logo California Institute of Technology (CIT) 🇺🇸 United States 334.1 33.8 13.5 43.5 90.9 152.5
8 Peking University logo Peking University (PKU) 🇨🇳 China 308.9 78.4 10.0 44.2 90.0 86.3
9 Zhejiang University logo Zhejiang University (ZJU) 🇨🇳 China 305.0 92.0 9.9 43.3 82.8 77.1
10 Harvard University logo Harvard University 🇺🇸 United States 294.1 49.8 16.2 43.7 59.4 125.1
11 Nankai University logo Nankai University (NKU) 🇨🇳 China 289.5 77.9 8.8 47.1 67.7 88.0
12 ETH Zurich logo ETH Zurich 🇨🇭 Switzerland 288.1 53.3 16.3 40.3 76.3 102.0
13 Columbia University logo Columbia University (CU) 🇺🇸 United States 283.8 33.3 15.0 44.6 96.4 94.5
14 Shanghai Jiao Tong University logo Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) 🇨🇳 China 275.4 85.2 10.5 43.7 54.2 81.7
15 Georgia Institute of Technology logo Georgia Institute of Technology (GT) 🇺🇸 United States 273.9 52.0 15.9 49.4 74.2 82.3
16 The University of Tokyo logo The University of Tokyo (UT) 🇯🇵 Japan 273.1 56.2 11.8 34.0 58.4 112.8
17 National University of Singapore logo National University of Singapore (NUS) 🇸🇬 Singapore 271.8 66.2 18.0 48.4 70.8 68.5
18 Tianjin University logo Tianjin University (TJU) 🇨🇳 China 271.6 81.3 10.2 44.5 60.4 75.2
19 University of Cambridge logo University of Cambridge 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 269.5 52.5 17.5 44.4 67.8 87.4
20 Jilin University logo Jilin University 🇨🇳 China 268.2 81.1 8.5 41.5 69.9 67.1
21 Nanjing University logo Nanjing University (NJU) 🇨🇳 China 265.5 78.7 9.0 45.0 54.1 78.8
22 Fudan University logo Fudan University 🇨🇳 China 264.1 76.6 9.6 44.8 57.1 76.0
23 University of Texas at Austin logo University of Texas at Austin 🇺🇸 United States 259.8 44.2 14.1 44.9 54.8 101.8
24 University of Chicago logo University of Chicago (UC) 🇺🇸 United States 256.4 34.5 12.9 41.3 76.9 90.8
25 Nanyang Technological University logo Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 🇸🇬 Singapore 255.7 64.4 18.2 50.0 59.2 63.9
26 Soochow University logo Soochow University 🇨🇳 China 250.2 77.1 10.3 46.5 48.8 67.5
27 Princeton University logo Princeton University 🇺🇸 United States 248.7 30.4 12.9 43.6 73.6 88.1
28 Xiamen University logo Xiamen University (XMU) 🇨🇳 China 248.4 69.6 10.5 43.8 50.4 74.2
29 University of Oxford logo University of Oxford 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 246.6 49.6 16.6 40.5 72.9 67.0
30 Sun Yat-sen University Sun Yat-sen University 🇨🇳 China 245.5 75.0 9.3 44.0 49.9 67.4
31 South China University of Technology logo South China University of Technology (SCUT) 🇨🇳 China 239.8 86.4 9.3 45.1 38.5 60.5
32 Technion – Israel Institute of Technology logo Technion – Israel Institute of Technology 🇮🇱 Israel 239.3 31.7 15.6 36.9 76.7 78.4
33 Beijing University of Chemical Technology Beijing University of Chemical Technology (BUCT) 🇨🇳 China 233.0 68.0 9.3 44.8 57.8 53.0
34 Sichuan University logo Sichuan University (SCU) 🇨🇳 China 232.5 84.0 8.1 41.5 38.4 60.5
35 Beijing Institute of Technology logo Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT) 🇨🇳 China 231.6 61.9 8.9 43.8 66.4 50.7
36 Kyoto University logo Kyoto University 🇯🇵 Japan 229.0 52.9 11.0 32.6 64.3 68.1
37 University of Toronto logo University of Toronto 🇨🇦 Canada 228.7 45.2 15.9 42.9 77.9 46.9
38 Zhengzhou University logo Zhengzhou University 🇨🇳 China 228.3 84.5 8.9 48.6 20.7 65.6
39 Weizmann Institute of Science logo Weizmann Institute of Science 🇮🇱 Israel 227.2 25.2 16.3 37.3 53.8 94.7
40 Southern University of Science and Technology logo Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTC) 🇨🇳 China 226.7 64.1 11.5 47.0 34.6 69.4
41 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne 🇨🇭 Switzerland 224.8 46.0 16.8 42.5 59.9 59.6
41 Wuhan University logo Wuhan University (WHU) 🇨🇳 China 224.8 68.2 8.6 45.6 44.4 58.1
43 East China University of Science and Technology logo East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST) 🇨🇳 China 224.5 62.9 8.9 38.7 57.4 56.5
44 Shenzhen University logo Shenzhen University (SZU) 🇨🇳 China 224.1 67.7 11.2 46.9 48.6 49.6
45 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill logo University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) 🇺🇸 United States 223.7 30.4 13.6 40.8 63.7 75.2
46 Huazhong University of Science and Technology logo Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) 🇨🇳 China 223.5 77.7 9.5 44.9 38.3 53.1
47 Université de Strasbourg Université de Strasbourg 🇫🇷 France 221.6 42.1 16.3 36.0 52.1 75.1
48 University of California, Los Angeles logo University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 🇺🇸 United States 218.9 45.2 15.5 45.3 40.2 72.7
49 University of California, Santa Barbara logo University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) 🇺🇸 United States 218.0 32.9 14.4 41.6 69.5 59.5
50 City University of Hong Kong logo City University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 217.6 56.9 12.5 50.0 47.6 50.6