2016 Top 100 Global Universities for Materials Science by U.S. News

Global research reputation

12.5%

Regional research reputation

12.5%

Publications

10%

Books

2.5%

Conferences

2.5%

Normalized citation impact

10%

Total citations

7.5%

Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited

12.5%

Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited

10%

International collaboration

10%

Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited in their respective field

5%

Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1 percent most highly cited papers

5%

#1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

(Cambridge, MA)

United States

#2

100

#2

Nanyang Technological University

(Singapore)

Singapore

#74

95.4

#3

Fudan University

(Shanghai)

China

#96

95.1

#4

Stanford University

(Stanford, CA)

United States

#4

94.6

#5

National University of Singapore

(Singapore)

Singapore

#49

93.4

#6

Harvard University

(Cambridge, MA)

United States

#1

92.9

#7

University of California--Berkeley

(Berkeley, CA)

United States

#3

92.2

#8

University of California--Santa Barbara

(Santa Barbara, CA)

United States

#24

91.5

#9

Tsinghua University

(Beijing)

China

#59

90.3

#10

University of California--Los Angeles

(Los Angeles, CA)

United States

#8

89.5

#11

Northwestern University

(Evanston, IL)

United States

#25

89.1

#12

Georgia Institute of Technology

(Atlanta, GA)

United States

#64

88.8

#13

Peking University

(Beijing)

China

#41

88.1

#14

University of Cambridge

(Cambridge)

United Kingdom

#6

87.6

#15

Seoul National University

(Seoul)

South Korea

#105

86.4

#16

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

(Shanghai)

China

#136

86.1

#17

Imperial College London

(London)

United Kingdom

#18

85.6

#18

Zhejiang University

(Hangzhou, Zhejiang)

China

#106

84.7

#19

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

(Daejeon)

South Korea

#184

83.5

#20

Tohoku University

(Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi)

Japan

#165

82.5

#21

University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign

(Champaign, IL)

United States

#43

82.2

#22

National Taiwan University

(Taipei)

Taiwan

#128

81.8

#22

Pohang University of Science and Technology

(Pohang, Gyeongbuk)

South Korea

#197

81.8

#24

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

(Lausanne)

Switzerland

#58

81.3

#25

University of Pennsylvania

(Philadelphia, PA)

United States

#14

80.3

#25

University of Tokyo

(Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo)

Japan

#31

80.3

#27

University of Science and Technology of China

(Hefei, Anhui)

China

#131

80

#28

National Tsing Hua University

(Hsinchu)

Taiwan

#301

79.3

#29

University of Oxford

(Oxford)

United Kingdom

#5

78.8

#30

University of Chicago

(Chicago, IL)

United States

#10

78.3

#31

Harbin Institute of Technology

(Harbin, Heilongjiang)

China

#319

77.9

#31

Rice University

(Houston, TX)

United States

#84

77.9

#31

University of Washington

(Seattle, WA)

United States

#11

77.9

#34

University of Michigan--Ann Arbor

(Ann Arbor, MI)

United States

#17

77.4

#35

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

(Zurich)

Switzerland

#27

76.6

#35

University of Texas--Austin

(Austin, TX)

United States

#30

76.6

#37

Jilin University

(Changchun, Jilin)

China

#346

76.2

#38

Cornell University

(Ithaca, NY)

United States

#21

75.9

#38

Pennsylvania State University--University Park

(University Park, PA)

United States

#57

75.9

#40

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

(Hong Kong)

Hong Kong

#142

75.7

#41

California Institute of Technology

(Pasadena, CA)

United States

#7

74.5

#42

Nanjing University

(Nanjing, Jiangsu)

China

#180

74.2

#43

Monash University

(Clayton, Victoria)

Australia

#84

73.7

#44

City University of Hong Kong

(Kowloon, Hong Kong)

Hong Kong

#187

73.5

#44

University of Queensland Australia

(Brisbane, Queensland)

Australia

#52

73.5

#46

Kyoto University

(Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto)

Japan

#86

73

#46

Osaka University

(Suita, Osaka)

Japan

#146

73

#48

University of Science and Technology Beijing

(Beijing)

China

#667

72.5

#49

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

(Wuhan, Hubei)

China

#265

72

#50

Sun Yat-sen University

(Guangzhou, Guangdong)

China

#198

71.8

#51

Technical University of Dresden

(Dresden)

Germany

#203

71.5

#51

Wuhan University

(Wuhan, Hubei)

China

#251

71.5

#53

Central South University

(Changsha, Hunan)

China

#440

71.3

#53

Eindhoven University of Technology

(Eindhoven)

Netherlands

#288

71.3

#55

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

(Karlsruhe)

Germany

#157

70.8

#56

Technical University of Denmark

(Kongens Lyngby)

Denmark

#171

70.6

#56

University of Manchester

(Manchester)

United Kingdom

#56

70.6

#56

Xi'an Jiaotong University

(Xi'an, Shaanxi)

China

#336

70.6

#59

KU Leuven

(Leuven)

Belgium

#44

70.3

#59

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

(Erlangen)

Germany

#158

70.3

#59

University of Southern California

(Los Angeles, CA)

United States

#44

70.3

#59

Yonsei University

(Seoul)

South Korea

#260

70.3

#63

Delft University of Technology

(Delft)

Netherlands

#187

69.6

#63

Sungkyunkwan University

(Seoul)

South Korea

#231

69.6

#63

University of Toronto

(Toronto, Ontario)

Canada

#16

69.6

#66

North Carolina State University--Raleigh

(Raleigh, NC)

United States

#212

69.3

#67

Columbia University

(New York, NY)

United States

#9

69.1

#67

Dalian University of Technology

(Dalian City, Liaoning)

China

#375

69.1

#69

Sichuan University

(Chengdu, Sichuan)

China

#444

68.6

#70

Suzhou University

(Suzhou)

China

#511

68.4

#70

Tokyo Institute of Technology

(Meguro-ku, Tokyo)

Japan

#209

68.4

#72

Hanyang University

(Seoul)

South Korea

#432

68.1

#72

National Chiao Tung University

(Hsinchu)

Taiwan

#434

68.1

#72

Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6

(Paris)

France

#49

68.1

#75

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

(Kowloon, Hong Kong)

Hong Kong

#217

67.6

#75

University of California--San Diego

(La Jolla, CA)

United States

#19

67.6

#77

Trinity College Dublin

(Dublin 2)

Ireland

#202

67.4

#78

Beihang University

(Beijing)

China

#507

66.9

#78

Korea University

(Seoul)

South Korea

#280

66.9

#78

University College London

(London)

United Kingdom

#22

66.9

#81

Indian Institute of Science

(Bangalore)

India

#354

66.7

#81

Joseph Fourier University - Grenoble 1

(Saint-Martin-d'Hères)

France

#119

66.7

#81

Royal Institute of Technology

(Stockholm)

Sweden

#198

66.7

#81

University of Sydney

(Sydney, New South Wales)

Australia

#51

66.7

#85

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

(Gwangju, Gyeonggi)

South Korea

#521

66.4

#85

Princeton University

(Princeton, NJ)

United States

#13

66.4

#85

University of Hong Kong

(Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong)

Hong Kong

#64

66.4

#85

University of Melbourne

(Parkville, Victoria)

Australia

#40

66.4

#89

Beijing Institute of Technology

(Beijing)

China

#477

65.9

#89

Nankai University

(Nankai, Tianjin)

China

#298

65.9

#91

Johns Hopkins University

(Baltimore, MD)

United States

#12

65.7

#92

Beijing University of Chemical Technology

(Beijing)

China

#685

65.5

#92

RWTH Aachen University

(Aachen)

Germany

#162

65.5

#92

Xiamen University

(Xiamen, Fujian)

China

#275

65.5

#95

University of New South Wales

(Kensington, New South Wales)

Australia

#90

65.2

#95

University of Wisconsin--Madison

(Madison, WI)

United States

#26

65.2

#97

Southeast University

(Nanjing, Jiangsu)

China

#359

65

#97

University of Florida

(Gainesville, FL)

United States

#53

65

#97

University of Southampton

(Southampton)

United Kingdom

#114

65

#100

Kyushu University

(Higashi-ku Fukuoka, Fukuoka)

Japan

#291

64.7