University of St Andrews — Rankings, Score and Subject Positions

University of St Andrews in the four world rankings

Each figure is the institution's position in that publisher's latest released edition.

Log scale from #1 to #1,000. Coloured dots are the publishers; the dark tick is the composite rank.

QS World University Rankings 2027 Published 2026-06-18 Publisher's page #115
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) 2025 Published 2025-08-15 Publisher's page #301-400
U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026 Published 2025-06-25 Publisher's page #403

The publishers disagree by 288 places. Check which publisher matters most where you plan to apply.

Figures as published by the institution or the ranking publishers.

The six indicators ShanghaiRanking uses to build its overall score, each out of 100.

Alumni 8.8

Award 0

HiCi 9.3

N&S 18.4

PUB 24.8

PCP 21.3

QS subject positions, best first.