University of California, San Francisco

UCSF

University of California, San Francisco 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 #1201
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) 2025 Published 2025-08-15 Publisher's page #21
U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026 Published 2025-06-25 Publisher's page #16

The publishers disagree by 1185 places. Check which publisher matters most where you plan to apply.

We do not yet hold verified institutional data for this university. The ranking positions below come straight from the publishers.

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

Alumni 0

Award 41

HiCi 46.5

N&S 57.2

PUB 57.5

PCP 29.6

QS subject positions, best first.