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The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 9th in Sweden, 335th in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 22 research topics. The Chalmers University of Technology ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 77,640 academic publications and 2,203,102 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 67 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#335 of 14,131 In the World
#127 of 2,785 In Europe
#9 of 39 In Sweden
#2 of 2 In Gothenburg
#18 of 2,369 For Automotive Engineering
#18 of 1,014 For Product and Industrial Design
#38 of 1,096 For Nuclear Engineering
#1156 of 7,918 For Alumni Impact
#264 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 19 other topics

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Engineering rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 4th for Engineering in Sweden and 144th in the World with 60,628 publications made and 1,718,880 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Telecommunications.

Engineering ranking Location
#4 of 33 In Sweden
#34 of 1,465 In Europe
#144 of 6,782 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1992 563 6001
1993 631 6466
1994 649 6504
1995 678 7447
1996 735 7802
1997 770 8206
1998 825 9490
1999 955 10534
2000 969 11357
2001 1013 13283
2002 1738 18374
2003 1370 18489
2004 1348 21558
2005 1365 25545
2006 1343 28296
2007 1311 30137
2008 1394 33644
2009 1383 36041
2010 1645 41112
2011 1717 47029
2012 2004 51705
2013 2178 57291
2014 2396 63723
2015 2265 66394
2016 2363 70836
2017 2466 78215
2018 2561 88161
2019 2643 98722
2020 2830 115155
2021 2876 132095
2022 2614 129449
2023 2806 135851
2024 1910 124380

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Product and Industrial Design 1 5 18
Automotive Engineering 1 4 18
Nuclear Engineering 2 8 38
Renewable Energy Engineering 3 14 39
Marine Engineering 1 11 44
Transportation Engineering 2 9 50
Engineering Management 1 12 50
Industrial Engineering 1 18 51
Electronic Engineering 2 14 67
Construction Management 1 27 72
Reliability and Quality Engineering 2 19 83
Electrical Engineering 2 15 85
Biochemical Engineering 2 34 91
Telecommunications 2 16 95
Structural Engineering 2 24 96
Aerospace Engineering 3 26 111
Computer Engineering 2 26 112
Computer Networking 2 25 120
Optical Engineering 2 25 125
Architectural Engineering 3 46 133
Systems Engineering 2 41 134
Mechanical Engineering 3 34 134
Technical Drawing 2 43 138
Materials Science 3 27 138
Chemical Engineering 3 22 138
Metallurgical Engineering 3 28 144
Architecture 2 53 145
Applied/Engineering Physics 4 40 149
Acoustical Engineering 4 40 155
Nanotechnology 5 26 155
Civil Engineering 3 47 174
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 3 69 175
Environmental Engineering 4 42 178
Human-Computer Interaction 3 71 191
Automation and Control engineering 4 47 194
Operations Research 2 63 197
Remote Sensing 2 66 198
Mining Engineering 4 60 220
Aviation 4 80 227
Petroleum Engineering 4 70 270
Biomedical Engineering 7 92 276
Geotechnical Engineering 7 92 321
Landscape Architecture 6 163 337
Robotics 5 111 341
Firefighting and Fire Science 6 122 444
Biotechnology 8 179 487
Agricultural Engineering 5 158 549

Physics rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 4th for Physics in Sweden and 152nd in the World with 57,106 publications made and 1,632,080 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Astrophysics and Astronomy.

Physics ranking Location
#4 of 32 In Sweden
#42 of 1,457 In Europe
#152 of 6,713 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1992 578 6698
1993 659 7088
1994 669 7079
1995 708 8145
1996 762 8442
1997 806 8983
1998 861 10359
1999 944 11146
2000 974 12113
2001 1023 13910
2002 1626 18411
2003 1313 18747
2004 1306 21715
2005 1283 25297
2006 1291 27847
2007 1217 29356
2008 1295 32779
2009 1329 34992
2010 1553 39451
2011 1565 44956
2012 1798 49620
2013 1986 54651
2014 2183 60209
2015 2009 62364
2016 2162 66496
2017 2226 72828
2018 2283 81734
2019 2349 90633
2020 2493 105378
2021 2529 119190
2022 2331 116929
2023 2543 122197
2024 1704 113701

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Atomic and Molecular physics 3 26 75
Condensed Matter Physics 2 20 84
Nuclear Physics 3 37 117
Optical Engineering 2 25 125
Quantum and Particle physics 4 33 131
Materials Science 3 27 138
Applied/Engineering Physics 4 40 149
Theoretical Physics 4 70 152
Acoustical Engineering 4 40 155
Nanotechnology 5 26 155
Astrophysics and Astronomy 5 67 176
Biophysics 8 110 299
Astrobiology 6 126 316
Medical Physics 9 224 566

Chemistry rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 7th for Chemistry in Sweden and 262nd in the World with 47,058 publications made and 1,493,703 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical chemistry, Chemical Engineering.

Chemistry ranking Location
#7 of 31 In Sweden
#85 of 1,417 In Europe
#262 of 6,545 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1992 511 6170
1993 598 6695
1994 584 6589
1995 609 7567
1996 657 7848
1997 690 8339
1998 765 9470
1999 809 10164
2000 846 11090
2001 880 12566
2002 1229 15682
2003 1094 16710
2004 1059 19292
2005 1050 22253
2006 1050 24516
2007 991 26037
2008 1051 29440
2009 1091 31566
2010 1216 35108
2011 1254 40531
2012 1401 44209
2013 1577 48642
2014 1758 53975
2015 1591 55953
2016 1711 60370
2017 1784 66561
2018 1799 73730
2019 1839 82759
2020 2032 97322
2021 2063 110350
2022 1897 110691
2023 2094 112803
2024 1383 107714

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Physical chemistry 1 13 87
Biochemical Engineering 2 34 91
Computational Chemistry 5 43 119
Inorganic Chemistry 4 28 129
Environmental Chemistry 6 39 135
Materials Science 3 27 138
Chemical Engineering 3 22 138
Nanotechnology 5 26 155
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 3 69 175
Organic Chemistry 6 70 213
Radiochemistry 4 43 242
Petrology and Geochemistry 6 125 339
Nutrition and Food Science 6 141 420
Biochemistry 10 177 467
Pharmacy 7 247 655

Computer Science rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 7th for Computer Science in Sweden and 257th in the World with 34,801 publications made and 940,274 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Computer Vision, Machine Learning.

Computer Science ranking Location
#7 of 33 In Sweden
#81 of 1,469 In Europe
#257 of 6,845 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1992 198 2201
1993 248 2405
1994 270 2513
1995 279 2931
1996 315 2957
1997 336 3237
1998 368 3644
1999 458 4290
2000 431 4534
2001 453 5524
2002 1092 9585
2003 732 8738
2004 707 10025
2005 772 12023
2006 761 13578
2007 705 14305
2008 759 15963
2009 793 17822
2010 992 20355
2011 1064 22729
2012 1237 25953
2013 1323 28210
2014 1532 32627
2015 1468 34801
2016 1531 37565
2017 1566 42235
2018 1713 48929
2019 1879 56688
2020 1939 67022
2021 1944 77637
2022 1728 74258
2023 1817 79496
2024 1184 65212

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Computer Science.

Biology rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 10th for Biology in Sweden and 457th in the World with 33,133 publications made and 1,132,466 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Paleontology, Neuroscience.

Biology ranking Location
#10 of 31 In Sweden
#170 of 1,448 In Europe
#457 of 6,833 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1992 281 3716
1993 324 4024
1994 348 4074
1995 335 4655
1996 401 5054
1997 397 5419
1998 447 6003
1999 476 6503
2000 502 7517
2001 563 8606
2002 779 10977
2003 696 11804
2004 730 13731
2005 691 16091
2006 721 18183
2007 740 19970
2008 745 22268
2009 793 24636
2010 866 27523
2011 965 31779
2012 1107 34657
2013 1205 38608
2014 1355 43052
2015 1263 44388
2016 1365 48106
2017 1399 53728
2018 1464 60395
2019 1502 67720
2020 1644 81548
2021 1684 93501
2022 1477 92186
2023 1608 94432
2024 1081 85876

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Nanotechnology 5 26 155
Biophysics 8 110 299
Astrobiology 6 126 316
Evolutionary Biology 9 139 364
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 9 162 392
Paleontology 9 149 397
Nutrition and Food Science 6 141 420
Biochemistry 10 177 467
Agricultural Science 8 152 478
Forestry 7 162 486
Biotechnology 8 179 487
Genetics 10 215 603
Botany 10 217 622
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 8 231 694
Neuroscience 9 269 721
Molecular Biology 10 249 743
Zoology 10 266 754
Microbiology 11 334 1044
Animal Science 10 306 1097
Immunology 12 352 1179
Virology 12 340 1183
Oncology and Cancer research 12 355 1214
Pharmacology 12 366 1361
Horticulture 9 355 1380

Environmental Science rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 8th for Environmental Science in Sweden and 279th in the World with 32,585 publications made and 1,007,413 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#8 of 32 In Sweden
#94 of 1,464 In Europe
#279 of 6,876 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1992 298 2640
1993 318 2926
1994 314 2976
1995 341 3651
1996 393 3912
1997 361 4039
1998 404 4562
1999 425 5065
2000 466 5816
2001 481 6575
2002 736 8650
2003 614 9095
2004 691 10739
2005 661 12541
2006 680 14491
2007 721 15852
2008 708 18098
2009 748 19783
2010 829 22684
2011 880 26784
2012 1065 29653
2013 1242 33798
2014 1326 37426
2015 1338 39424
2016 1368 42190
2017 1372 46937
2018 1502 52915
2019 1564 59628
2020 1753 71493
2021 1699 84469
2022 1586 83325
2023 1640 86489
2024 1032 76948

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Environmental Science.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 9th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Sweden and 533rd in the World with 22,270 publications made and 593,705 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Archaeology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#9 of 33 In Sweden
#218 of 1,500 In Europe
#533 of 7,081 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1992 162 1393
1993 175 1490
1994 172 1602
1995 156 1937
1996 179 1907
1997 172 1913
1998 213 2236
1999 236 2445
2000 244 3006
2001 251 3339
2002 505 5064
2003 421 5176
2004 481 6292
2005 442 7345
2006 463 8661
2007 459 9366
2008 494 10974
2009 516 12221
2010 600 13987
2011 683 16188
2012 840 18239
2013 891 20204
2014 937 22414
2015 956 24224
2016 1051 25456
2017 1009 28119
2018 1128 31972
2019 1168 37353
2020 1312 45682
2021 1244 54802
2022 1154 53791
2023 1202 57618
2024 702 47827

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 1 31 121
Urban and Regional planning 8 125 250
Aesthetics 7 107 293
Occupational Safety and Health 10 85 328
Military science 6 102 356
Archaeology 9 132 367
Anthropology 8 149 406
History 10 162 423
Linguistics 9 180 450
Publishing 9 170 452
Law 9 171 461
Library and Information science 9 192 482
Communications and Public Relations 11 185 516
Political Science 9 232 552
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 12 227 554
Education Majors 9 177 555
Philosophy 9 244 562
Law Enforcement 7 200 595
Public Policy / Administration 11 231 606
Sociology 10 229 619
Journalism and Digital Media 12 243 666
Art History 9 331 797
Classics and Ancient History 11 311 808
Demography 13 316 900
Gender Studies 19 353 1066
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 16 414 1077
Media Studies 18 446 1352

Mathematics rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 7th for Mathematics in Sweden and 253rd in the World with 16,487 publications made and 431,077 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Operations Research.

Mathematics ranking Location
#7 of 31 In Sweden
#81 of 1,401 In Europe
#253 of 6,418 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1992 96 991
1993 122 1068
1994 120 1144
1995 124 1237
1996 133 1428
1997 179 1556
1998 186 1765
1999 233 2091
2000 195 2319
2001 187 2668
2002 572 4909
2003 374 4415
2004 347 5237
2005 392 5707
2006 392 7046
2007 362 7158
2008 367 7843
2009 383 8579
2010 495 9685
2011 545 10876
2012 639 11973
2013 650 13112
2014 745 15261
2015 708 16295
2016 743 17577
2017 773 19132
2018 800 22078
2019 851 25874
2020 969 30025
2021 879 33618
2022 747 32381
2023 801 34296
2024 421 22822

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Applied Mathematics 3 40 124
Blockchain and Cryptography 2 49 174
Operations Research 2 63 197
Statistics 8 85 261
Math Teachers 8 145 483
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 10 218 541

Business rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 7th for Business in Sweden and 252nd in the World with 12,592 publications made and 338,743 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Marketing, Finance, Management Information Systems, Project Management.

Business ranking Location
#7 of 31 In Sweden
#80 of 1,433 In Europe
#252 of 6,339 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1992 62 396
1993 78 463
1994 85 405
1995 84 570
1996 87 677
1997 119 750
1998 110 844
1999 127 996
2000 146 1246
2001 137 1356
2002 307 2571
2003 255 2529
2004 239 2958
2005 255 3643
2006 230 4148
2007 258 4614
2008 289 5342
2009 298 6200
2010 335 7030
2011 373 8116
2012 474 9522
2013 514 10397
2014 568 11947
2015 567 12752
2016 630 13879
2017 642 15415
2018 720 18189
2019 771 21353
2020 818 26012
2021 739 30861
2022 690 30407
2023 707 32429
2024 364 23533

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Business.

Business subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Project Management 2 14 39
Engineering Management 1 12 50
Construction Management 1 27 72
Management Information Systems 3 43 115
Supply Chain Management 3 40 134
Entrepreneurship 6 64 137
Management 4 50 187
Operations Research 2 63 197
Marketing 4 64 207
Real Estate 4 60 213
Human Resource Management 9 78 244
Finance 7 114 292
Occupational Safety and Health 10 85 328
Risk Management 10 182 434
International Trade 11 258 454
International Business 11 275 506
Accounting 10 187 534
Advertising 10 214 576
Public Policy / Administration 11 231 606
Investment Banking and Stock trading 10 393 1094

Economics rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 10th for Economics in Sweden and 372nd in the World with 6,394 publications made and 212,161 citations received. Main research topics: Finance, Development Studies, Environmental Economics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, International Trade.

Economics ranking Location
#10 of 31 In Sweden
#134 of 1,388 In Europe
#372 of 6,167 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1992 25 292
1993 44 333
1994 41 276
1995 48 471
1996 42 478
1997 71 518
1998 63 574
1999 80 667
2000 80 780
2001 80 958
2002 120 1212
2003 132 1417
2004 133 1769
2005 139 1985
2006 129 2251
2007 122 2486
2008 151 2975
2009 167 3576
2010 189 3930
2011 178 4719
2012 234 5330
2013 251 5834
2014 256 6399
2015 296 7037
2016 307 7626
2017 316 8352
2018 342 9843
2019 348 11668
2020 415 15057
2021 396 18486
2022 327 18217
2023 379 19776
2024 209 14121

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Economics.

Economics subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Environmental Economics 1 14 21
Agricultural Economics 5 56 224
Finance 7 114 292
Development Studies 9 142 444
International Trade 11 258 454
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 10 218 541
International Economics 12 337 559
Investment Banking and Stock trading 10 393 1094

Art & Design rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 7th for Art & Design in Sweden and 326th in the World with 5,454 publications made and 134,556 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Literature, Aesthetics, Computer Graphics, Architecture.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

Art & Design ranking Location
#7 of 33 In Sweden
#128 of 1,381 In Europe
#326 of 5,966 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1992 40 326
1993 52 375
1994 45 310
1995 34 466
1996 56 497
1997 30 440
1998 65 561
1999 57 640
2000 88 690
2001 86 794
2002 155 1298
2003 140 1292
2004 125 1461
2005 131 1825
2006 128 2246
2007 114 2191
2008 137 2356
2009 142 2744
2010 156 3058
2011 163 3522
2012 202 3789
2013 205 4104
2014 243 4709
2015 271 4982
2016 273 5258
2017 237 5993
2018 215 6349
2019 271 7587
2020 284 8658
2021 278 10493
2022 257 9799
2023 271 10532
2024 156 9449

The following table provides academic rankings for The Chalmers University of Technology in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield Sweden ranking Europe ranking World rank
Game Design and Development 1 40 127
Computer Graphics 3 41 143
Architecture 2 53 145
UX/UI Desgin 3 66 165
Animation 3 58 181
Graphic Design 6 88 241
Interior Design 5 117 264
Fashion Design 9 109 277
Aesthetics 7 107 293
Landscape Architecture 6 163 337
Literature 9 159 384
Performing arts 7 168 390
Multimedia 8 182 479
Photography 9 205 513
Illustration and Concept Art 8 242 556
Painting and Drawing 8 253 578
Sculpture 8 253 578
Art History 9 331 797
Creative Writing 18 405 1081

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for the Chalmers University of Technology

Speciality Sweden Europe World Rank
Dentistry 7 117 350
Orthodontics 7 128 369
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 9 149 444
Social Psychology 9 172 475
Audiology 9 191 502
Optometry 9 173 507
Sports Medicine 11 272 670
Anatomy and Physiology 11 250 697
Public Health 11 242 702
Psychology 10 260 731
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 10 255 766
Physical Therapy 13 300 787
Pathology 12 282 854
Urology 10 268 858
Medicine 12 292 860
Respiratory Therapy 11 291 887
Ophthalmology 11 299 891
Surgery 12 299 934
Cosmetology 8 296 953
Healthcare Management (MHA) 20 343 985
Psychiatry 11 334 992
Health Science 11 315 994
Occupational Therapy 17 365 1016
Cardiology 12 337 1019
Epidemiology 13 335 1092
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 12 372 1104
Child Psychology 17 378 1112
Nursing 22 384 1156
Anesthesiology 13 353 1171
Pediatrics 16 355 1268
Gerontology 22 428 1316
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 12 363 1328
Radiation Therapy 13 390 1388
Clinical Psychology 20 472 1553
Family medicine 21 417 1589
Dermatology 12 440 1631
Critical Care Nursing 23 533 1834