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| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World University Rankings | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 303 | 294 | 309 | 337 | 348 | 352 | 361 | 378 | 374 | 
| Field | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 34 | 37 | 44 | 47 | 35 | 50 | 50 | 54 | 62 | 55 | 67 | 74 | 85 | 99 | 91 | 100 | 109 | 113 | 
| Engineering | - | 298 | - | - | 277 | 292 | 264 | 253 | 260 | 273 | 260 | 255 | 241 | 279 | 287 | 139 | 136 | 152 | 
| Life Sciences | 228 | 219 | 240 | 245 | 217 | 219 | 263 | 279 | 290 | 275 | 278 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 351-400 | 351-400 | 
| Medicine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 401-450 | 401-450 | 401-450 | 401-450 | - | - | - | - | - | 
| Natural Sciences | 292 | 245 | 269 | 283 | - | - | - | - | - | 301-350 | 262 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 282 | 299 | 279 | 296 | 301-350 | 
| Social Sciences | 151 | 163 | 188 | 223 | 178 | 212 | 226 | 254 | 259 | 243 | 210 | 218 | 219 | 243 | 253 | 233 | 238 | 274 | 
| Subject | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Sciences | 46 | 35 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 41 | 29 | 37 | 28 | 28 | 31 | 33 | 46 | 52 | 61 | 
| Biology & Biochemistry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 267 | - | 301-350 | 
| Chemistry | 278 | 260 | 251 | - | 285 | 273 | 238 | 217 | 238 | 222 | 221 | 241 | 108 | 100 | 114 | 
| Chemical Engineering | 300 | 215 | 223 | 201 | 183 | 191 | 168 | 176 | 174 | 166 | 199 | 210 | 48 | 32 | 43 | 
| Civil Engineering | 212 | 171 | 204 | 242 | 268 | 248 | 246 | 269 | 277 | 245 | 266 | 297 | 156 | 128 | 141 | 
| Clinical Medicine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 451-500 | 451-500 | 451-500 | - | 451-500 | - | - | 
| Computer Science | - | 275 | - | - | - | - | 301-350 | 270 | 267 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 286 | 165 | 131 | 147 | 
| Economics & Business | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 249 | 289 | 244 | 258 | 277 | 301-350 | 
| Electrical Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | 279 | 295 | 263 | 262 | 222 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 136 | 134 | 141 | 
| Environment / Ecology | 118 | 124 | 152 | 166 | 195 | 148 | 150 | 165 | 164 | 189 | 194 | 190 | 214 | 193 | 228 | 
| Geosciences | 227 | 214 | 252 | 243 | 267 | 268 | 242 | 228 | 241 | 281 | 298 | 297 | 275 | 298 | 301-350 | 
| Immunology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
| Materials Science | 268 | 282 | 266 | - | 279 | 294 | 290 | 253 | 244 | 218 | 259 | 248 | 144 | 138 | 141 | 
| Mathematics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 451-500 | 451-500 | 401-450 | - | 451-500 | 301-350 | 351-400 | 401-450 | 
| Mechanical Engineering | 225 | 236 | 287 | - | 277 | 253 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 153 | 130 | 133 | 
| Microbiology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 151 | 155 | 193 | 176 | 
| Molecular Biology & Genetics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
| Neuroscience & Behavior | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
| Pharmacology & Toxicolog | - | 245 | - | - | 294 | - | 301-350 | 351-400 | 351-400 | 351-400 | 401-450 | 401-450 | 451-500 | 451-500 | - | 
| Physics | - | - | - | - | - | - | 351-400 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 351-400 | 280 | 301-350 | 292 | 351-400 | 351-400 | 
| Plant & Animal Science | 31 | 33 | 29 | 33 | 37 | 47 | 36 | 47 | 53 | 59 | 61 | 57 | 60 | 72 | 79 | 
| Psychiatry / Psychology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 293 | 281 | 288 | - | 351-400 | 
| Social Sciences, General | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 184 | 188 | 197 | 224 | 196 | 207 | 249 | 
| Space Science | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 
| Energy Science & Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 183 | 194 | 105 | 99 | 118 | 
| Environmental Science & Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 238 | - | 103 | 84 | 95 | 
| Biomedical Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |