2016 Top 100 Global Universities for Materials Science by U.S. News
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The list of the Top 100 Global Universities for Materials Science has been compiled by MSE Supplies in this blog. MSE Supplies is a leading supplier of high quality materials and equipment for advanced materials research and manufacturing.
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The world’s top 100 universities for Materials Science are ranked based on their reputation and research in the field. China (including Hong Kong) has become the country with the highest number of top universities for materials science. United States has a large number of top research universities with a strong materials science focus. Among the top 10 universities in this ranking, 6 of them are from the United States. It is also noteworthy that Singapore has two universities (Nanyang Tech and NUS) both ranked as top 5 universities for materials science.
The ranking methodology is explained in details by U.S. News. The following table briefly summarizes the factors that are used for calculating the ranking scores.
Ranking Indicator |
Weight |
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% |
* Schools within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.
Materials Science Subject Rank |
School Name |
Country |
School Global Rank |
Materials Science Subject Score |
#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 |