University of California, San Diego

UCSD

#33

Consensus rank
across four world rankings

97.1 / 100

Key facts

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University of California, San Diego in the four world rankings

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

QS World University Rankings 2027

#81

Source: Publisher's page · Published 2026-06-18

Times Higher Education 2026

#47

Source: Publisher's page · Published 2025-10-09

ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) 2025

#20

Source: Publisher's page · Published 2025-08-15

U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026

#21

Source: Publisher's page · Published 2025-06-25

ARWU indicator breakdown

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

Alumni 17.7

Award 31.7

HiCi 49.2

N&S 55.8

PUB 58.6

PCP 31.4

Subject rankings

QS subject positions, best first.

Biological Sciences #9

Anatomy & Physiology #10

Life Sciences & Medicine #14

Pharmacy & Pharmacology #14

Geophysics #14

Geology #15

Earth & Marine Sciences #18

Medicine #24

Economics & Econometrics #24

Politics & International Studies #25

Engineering - Electrical & Electronic #32

Chemistry #32

Data Science & Artificial Intelligence #33

Linguistics #35

Physics & Astronomy #37

Natural Sciences #39

Computer Science & Information Systems #42

Materials Science #51

Engineering & Technology #56

Mathematics #62

Psychology #68

Sociology #72

Engineering - Chemical #85

Engineering - Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing #86

Environmental Sciences #107

Arts & Humanities #131

Social Sciences & Management #141

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Sources & verification

Every figure on this page is reproduced from the publisher's own release. Nothing is estimated.

QS World University Rankings · 2027 edition · Published 2026-06-18
Times Higher Education · 2026 edition · Published 2025-10-09
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) · 2025 edition · Published 2025-08-15
U.S. News Best Global Universities · 2026 edition · Published 2025-06-25

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