The “Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities”, also known as the NTU Rankings, has been released by National Taiwan University (NTU) since 2007. The Rankings system was developed by a research team led by Dr. Mu-Hsuan Huang, a professor of library and information science at NTU. Initially co-hosted by NTU and the Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan (HEEACT), the NTU Rankings transitioned to being solely managed by NTU in 2012.
provides a World University Rankings,
rankings by 6 fields,
and rankings by 27 selected subjects.
In addition to overall rankings, the NTU Rankings provide global rankings of universities across six knowledge fields and twenty-seven selected subject areas. The six knowledge fields include Agricultural Sciences, Environment/ Ecology, Plant & Animal Science, Chemical Engineering, among others. The twenty-seven subject areas encompass disciplines such as Energy Science & Engineering, Environmental Science & Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, among others. The NTU Rankings initially covered 500 universities in Global Ranking and 300 universities in the rankings of knowledge fields and subject areas. For 2024, the NTU Rankings now include 1,200 universities worldwide in the World University Rankings, the top 500 to 700 universities in knowledge domains and 150 to 500 universities in subject areas. For more detailed information, please reference the section of Development.