University of California, San Francisco

, United States

#20

Consensus Rank 2026
across major rankings

According to EduRank's consensus of the four major world university rankings, University of California, San Francisco ranks #20 globally — #21 in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2025, #16 in the U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026. Averaged across the major global rankings, University of California, San Francisco places #20 worldwide.

Last verified: 4 June 2026 · All figures reproduced from official publisher releases · Sources & citation ↓

ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) 2025

#21

Source: ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, Aug 2025 · shanghairanking.com

U.S. News Best Global 2026

#16

Source: U.S. News & World Report · usnews.com

Key facts

Verified against official university publications

Subject rankings

University of California, San Francisco by subject across QS, THE, ARWU (ShanghaiRanking) and U.S. News 2026

Subject	QS	THE	ARWU	U.S. News
Medicine / Clinical	#8	—	#3	#2
Psychology	—	—	#76-100	#2
Biological Sciences	#11	—	#4	#4
Life Sciences & Medicine	#6	—	—	—
Dentistry	#6	—	#9	—
Public Health	—	—	#8	#10
Pharmacy & Pharmacology	#11	—	#37	#46
Biotechnology	—	—	#17	#12
Nursing	#27	—	#15	—
Anatomy & Physiology	#42	—	—	—
Sociology	—	—	#76-100	—
Education	—	—	#76-100	—
Biomedical Engineering	—	—	#101-150	—
Statistics	—	—	#101-150	—
Law	—	—	#101-150	—
Physics & Astronomy	#301-350	—	—	—
Chemistry	—	—	—	#441

Data sources & verification

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ARWU 2025ShanghaiRanking Consultancy · published 2025-08-15 · official release

U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026U.S. News & World Report · official release

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