THE Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026:US keeps top position; Asian countries among most represented

US institutions continue to dominate the top of the annual Times Higher Education (THE) Interdisciplinary Science Rankings, published on 20/11/2025. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is in first place for the second year in a row, again followed by Stanford University, the California Institute of Technology and the newly-ranked University of California, Berkeley in an all-US top four.

"But analysis shows that the country loses ground to its rivals when a broader range of subjects are included, while experts fear recent federal funding cuts might result in future interdisciplinary research projects being deemed too risky," THE said in a statement.

The THE Interdisciplinary Science Rankings aim to measure universities’ contributions and commitment to interdisciplinary science.

In total, US institutions occupy 18 of the top 50 places and 24 of the top 100. In the top 10, they are joined by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in fifth place, the National University of Singapore (eighth place) and Wageningen University & Research from the Netherlands in ninth.

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