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The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 8th in Sweden, 299th in the global 2026 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 21 research topics. The Chalmers University of Technology ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 79,076 academic publications and 2,327,333 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 73 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#299 of 14,131 In the World
#118 of 2,785 In Europe
#8 of 39 In Sweden
#2 of 2 In Gothenburg
#17 of 1,022 For Product and Industrial Design
#19 of 2,425 For Automotive Engineering
#42 of 2,336 For Renewable Energy Engineering
#1154 of 8,074 For Alumni Impact
#240 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 18 other topics

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Engineering rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 4th for Engineering in Sweden and 149th in the World with 61,558 publications made and 1,807,276 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Telecommunications.

Engineering ranking Location
#4 of 33 In Sweden
#37 of 1,466 In Europe
#149 of 6,795 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1993 631 6467
1994 650 6510
1995 678 7454
1996 736 7804
1997 770 8211
1998 825 9496
1999 956 10557
2000 970 11378
2001 1013 13294
2002 1739 18382
2003 1371 18500
2004 1349 21575
2005 1366 25562
2006 1345 28314
2007 1311 30146
2008 1394 33661
2009 1383 36053
2010 1646 41191
2011 1714 46994
2012 2002 51633
2013 2176 57235
2014 2392 63716
2015 2262 66424
2016 2353 70776
2017 2464 78172
2018 2552 88096
2019 2622 98653
2020 2827 114950
2021 2875 131909
2022 2606 129213
2023 2804 135768
2024 1957 125823
2025 1224 109500

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 17
Automotive Engineering 1 4 19
Renewable Energy Engineering 3 15 42
Nuclear Engineering 2 9 42
Marine Engineering 1 12 43
Industrial Engineering 1 16 47
Engineering Management 1 12 50
Transportation Engineering 2 10 52
Electronic Engineering 2 14 68
Construction Management 1 25 71
Reliability and Quality Engineering 2 20 84
Electrical Engineering 2 17 90
Biochemical Engineering 2 35 96
Telecommunications 2 18 99
Structural Engineering 2 25 101
Computer Engineering 2 26 113
Aerospace Engineering 3 27 113
Computer Networking 2 25 121
Optical Engineering 2 26 127
Systems Engineering 2 40 132
Architectural Engineering 3 47 134
Mechanical Engineering 3 34 135
Technical Drawing 2 42 139
Chemical Engineering 3 22 140
Materials Science 3 28 141
Metallurgical Engineering 3 28 146
Architecture 2 53 147
Applied/Engineering Physics 4 42 154
Nanotechnology 5 28 158
Acoustical Engineering 4 45 161
Civil Engineering 3 48 178
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 3 69 180
Environmental Engineering 4 44 181
Human-Computer Interaction 3 73 194
Automation and Control engineering 4 47 196
Operations Research 2 63 197
Remote Sensing 2 67 204
Aviation 4 77 213
Mining Engineering 4 64 231
Petroleum Engineering 4 67 265
Biomedical Engineering 7 95 288
Geotechnical Engineering 7 94 326
Robotics 5 109 339
Landscape Architecture 7 178 374
Firefighting and Fire Science 6 120 430
Biotechnology 8 182 498
Agricultural Engineering 5 155 541

Physics rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 4th for Physics in Sweden and 157th in the World with 57,935 publications made and 1,715,296 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
#43 of 1,460 In Europe
#157 of 6,729 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1993 659 7089
1994 670 7084
1995 708 8153
1996 763 8444
1997 806 8988
1998 861 10366
1999 945 11168
2000 974 12131
2001 1024 13927
2002 1626 18416
2003 1313 18767
2004 1307 21729
2005 1283 25312
2006 1292 27862
2007 1217 29366
2008 1293 32793
2009 1331 35014
2010 1553 39458
2011 1559 44941
2012 1799 49581
2013 1979 54601
2014 2184 60187
2015 2006 62376
2016 2157 66438
2017 2226 72760
2018 2278 81718
2019 2347 90591
2020 2496 105339
2021 2522 119151
2022 2328 116776
2023 2542 122159
2024 1737 114954
2025 1070 99020

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 27 77
Condensed Matter Physics 2 21 85
Nuclear Physics 3 38 119
Optical Engineering 2 26 127
Quantum and Particle physics 4 34 135
Materials Science 3 28 141
Theoretical Physics 4 71 153
Applied/Engineering Physics 4 42 154
Nanotechnology 5 28 158
Acoustical Engineering 4 45 161
Astrophysics and Astronomy 5 69 179
Biophysics 8 111 298
Astrobiology 6 122 307
Medical Physics 10 241 618

Chemistry rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 7th for Chemistry in Sweden and 267th in the World with 47,715 publications made and 1,572,468 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical chemistry, Chemical Engineering.

Chemistry ranking Location
#7 of 31 In Sweden
#87 of 1,417 In Europe
#267 of 6,561 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1993 598 6696
1994 584 6595
1995 609 7574
1996 657 7856
1997 690 8344
1998 765 9476
1999 810 10184
2000 846 11109
2001 881 12579
2002 1229 15685
2003 1095 16726
2004 1059 19304
2005 1050 22272
2006 1050 24530
2007 992 26054
2008 1051 29463
2009 1092 31586
2010 1218 35140
2011 1254 40535
2012 1401 44185
2013 1574 48616
2014 1759 53957
2015 1586 55978
2016 1710 60362
2017 1782 66474
2018 1801 73694
2019 1833 82667
2020 2015 97125
2021 2047 109965
2022 1889 110343
2023 2090 112725
2024 1395 108562
2025 912 97754

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 91
Biochemical Engineering 2 35 96
Computational Chemistry 5 43 122
Inorganic Chemistry 4 28 132
Environmental Chemistry 6 40 139
Chemical Engineering 3 22 140
Materials Science 3 28 141
Nanotechnology 5 28 158
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 3 69 180
Organic Chemistry 6 70 221
Radiochemistry 4 44 260
Petrology and Geochemistry 6 125 341
Nutrition and Food Science 6 145 430
Biochemistry 10 176 467
Pharmacy 7 252 665

Computer Science rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 7th for Computer Science in Sweden and 262nd in the World with 35,386 publications made and 989,923 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Computer Vision, Machine Learning.

Computer Science ranking Location
#7 of 33 In Sweden
#83 of 1,470 In Europe
#262 of 6,855 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1993 247 2406
1994 271 2518
1995 279 2934
1996 315 2957
1997 337 3239
1998 369 3642
1999 458 4294
2000 430 4537
2001 453 5531
2002 1093 9587
2003 732 8739
2004 708 10028
2005 773 12023
2006 763 13580
2007 704 14304
2008 758 15957
2009 793 17811
2010 992 20429
2011 1058 22657
2012 1235 25933
2013 1327 28169
2014 1533 32612
2015 1465 34821
2016 1524 37479
2017 1554 42205
2018 1700 48916
2019 1867 56507
2020 1916 66753
2021 1932 77312
2022 1718 73989
2023 1810 79261
2024 1226 66403
2025 821 52336

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 466th in the World with 33,671 publications made and 1,195,786 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Paleontology, Neuroscience.

Biology ranking Location
#10 of 31 In Sweden
#172 of 1,449 In Europe
#466 of 6,841 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1993 323 4025
1994 348 4075
1995 336 4657
1996 401 5060
1997 397 5424
1998 447 6007
1999 476 6511
2000 502 7526
2001 563 8609
2002 779 10976
2003 696 11814
2004 730 13738
2005 692 16099
2006 722 18189
2007 740 19972
2008 746 22294
2009 793 24637
2010 866 27551
2011 963 31760
2012 1104 34597
2013 1200 38593
2014 1356 42977
2015 1257 44307
2016 1364 48040
2017 1401 53707
2018 1452 60325
2019 1497 67594
2020 1630 81338
2021 1677 93259
2022 1467 91846
2023 1616 94355
2024 1100 86677
2025 742 77324

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 28 158
Biophysics 8 111 298
Astrobiology 6 122 307
Evolutionary Biology 9 142 371
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 9 152 380
Paleontology 9 151 403
Nutrition and Food Science 6 145 430
Biochemistry 10 176 467
Forestry 7 164 492
Biotechnology 8 182 498
Agricultural Science 8 157 499
Genetics 10 213 605
Botany 10 220 631
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 8 231 695
Neuroscience 9 272 732
Molecular Biology 10 251 750
Zoology 10 272 765
Microbiology 11 321 1007
Animal Science 9 304 1086
Virology 12 345 1198
Immunology 12 355 1200
Oncology and Cancer research 12 357 1242
Pharmacology 12 366 1375
Horticulture 9 363 1401

Environmental Science rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 8th for Environmental Science in Sweden and 284th in the World with 33,003 publications made and 1,064,347 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#8 of 32 In Sweden
#95 of 1,464 In Europe
#284 of 6,888 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1993 318 2927
1994 314 2978
1995 341 3653
1996 392 3915
1997 361 4045
1998 404 4563
1999 426 5081
2000 467 5825
2001 481 6579
2002 736 8653
2003 614 9119
2004 691 10741
2005 661 12551
2006 681 14498
2007 720 15855
2008 708 18109
2009 747 19791
2010 829 22695
2011 878 26760
2012 1063 29586
2013 1242 33780
2014 1328 37361
2015 1333 39417
2016 1363 42125
2017 1372 46880
2018 1490 52791
2019 1549 59403
2020 1736 71289
2021 1684 84117
2022 1585 83120
2023 1645 86342
2024 1067 77723
2025 592 66779

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 543rd in the World with 22,552 publications made and 627,096 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Archaeology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#9 of 33 In Sweden
#224 of 1,502 In Europe
#543 of 7,088 In the World

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

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1993 175 1490
1994 172 1603
1995 156 1938
1996 180 1912
1997 172 1914
1998 213 2240
1999 235 2443
2000 243 3006
2001 251 3341
2002 505 5066
2003 421 5181
2004 482 6297
2005 442 7355
2006 464 8659
2007 459 9370
2008 493 10980
2009 516 12219
2010 602 14046
2011 681 16142
2012 838 18248
2013 888 20152
2014 935 22332
2015 956 24209
2016 1052 25429
2017 1004 28075
2018 1117 31947
2019 1153 37224
2020 1304 45514
2021 1224 54596
2022 1146 53634
2023 1190 57378
2024 726 48491
2025 442 41177

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 28 113
Urban and Regional planning 8 130 250
Aesthetics 7 109 299
Occupational Safety and Health 10 84 327
Military science 6 103 358
Archaeology 9 137 378
Anthropology 8 154 416
History 10 164 431
Publishing 9 170 450
Linguistics 9 183 456
Law 9 174 469
Library and Information science 9 193 478
Communications and Public Relations 11 184 514
Political Science 9 235 557
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 12 228 559
Education Majors 9 182 564
Philosophy 9 246 567
Public Policy / Administration 11 222 589
Law Enforcement 8 208 610
Sociology 11 235 627
Journalism and Digital Media 13 255 704
Classics and Ancient History 11 321 822
Art History 9 342 824
Demography 13 323 917
Gender Studies 19 350 1052
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 16 414 1086
Media Studies 18 451 1358

Mathematics rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 7th for Mathematics in Sweden and 259th in the World with 16,641 publications made and 451,285 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Math Teachers.

Mathematics ranking Location
#7 of 31 In Sweden
#83 of 1,406 In Europe
#259 of 6,434 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1993 122 1068
1994 120 1144
1995 124 1240
1996 133 1429
1997 179 1556
1998 186 1765
1999 233 2092
2000 195 2322
2001 187 2667
2002 572 4910
2003 374 4415
2004 347 5234
2005 392 5708
2006 393 7047
2007 361 7157
2008 367 7843
2009 383 8577
2010 494 9694
2011 543 10814
2012 638 11947
2013 648 13120
2014 748 15212
2015 709 16224
2016 742 17518
2017 760 19048
2018 794 21977
2019 845 25751
2020 956 29896
2021 874 33385
2022 741 32157
2023 790 34092
2024 439 23289
2025 256 17224

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 4 42 126
Blockchain and Cryptography 2 48 175
Operations Research 2 63 197
Statistics 8 88 270
Math Teachers 8 146 484
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 10 221 546

Business rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 7th for Business in Sweden and 254th in the World with 12,717 publications made and 360,888 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Marketing, Finance, Management Information Systems, Project Management.

Business ranking Location
#7 of 31 In Sweden
#80 of 1,436 In Europe
#254 of 6,366 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1993 78 463
1994 85 405
1995 84 570
1996 87 678
1997 119 750
1998 111 844
1999 127 996
2000 145 1248
2001 137 1357
2002 307 2569
2003 255 2531
2004 239 2958
2005 255 3643
2006 232 4150
2007 257 4612
2008 289 5340
2009 298 6201
2010 334 7040
2011 371 8056
2012 476 9535
2013 509 10347
2014 570 11911
2015 564 12701
2016 630 13847
2017 639 15346
2018 714 18109
2019 763 21287
2020 814 25941
2021 736 30695
2022 679 30158
2023 697 32212
2024 379 24083
2025 211 19607

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 16 41
Engineering Management 1 12 50
Construction Management 1 25 71
Management Information Systems 3 42 115
Entrepreneurship 6 62 132
Supply Chain Management 3 41 135
Management 4 51 189
Operations Research 2 63 197
Marketing 4 67 211
Real Estate 4 64 223
Human Resource Management 8 81 252
Finance 7 115 297
Occupational Safety and Health 10 84 327
Risk Management 10 191 449
International Trade 11 262 455
International Business 11 281 516
Accounting 10 188 533
Public Policy / Administration 11 222 589
Advertising 10 220 589
Investment Banking and Stock trading 10 396 1116

Economics rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 10th for Economics in Sweden and 373rd in the World with 6,431 publications made and 225,578 citations received. Main research topics: Finance, Development Studies, Environmental Economics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, International Trade.

Economics ranking Location
#10 of 31 In Sweden
#135 of 1,391 In Europe
#373 of 6,188 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1993 44 333
1994 42 276
1995 48 471
1996 42 477
1997 71 518
1998 63 574
1999 80 667
2000 79 781
2001 80 958
2002 120 1210
2003 132 1417
2004 133 1768
2005 139 1987
2006 129 2252
2007 122 2487
2008 152 2979
2009 167 3574
2010 188 3937
2011 176 4707
2012 231 5319
2013 246 5780
2014 256 6386
2015 294 7013
2016 306 7621
2017 310 8318
2018 334 9822
2019 347 11626
2020 411 14965
2021 394 18380
2022 323 18039
2023 369 19620
2024 221 14460
2025 98 11789

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 2 15 22
Agricultural Economics 4 57 222
Finance 7 115 297
International Trade 11 262 455
Development Studies 9 148 458
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 10 221 546
International Economics 12 337 563
Investment Banking and Stock trading 10 396 1116

Art & Design rankings

The Chalmers University of Technology ranked 7th for Art & Design in Sweden and 331st in the World with 5,532 publications made and 141,507 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Literature, Computer Graphics, Aesthetics, 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 1,385 In Europe
#331 of 6,010 In the World

Chalmers University of Technology
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1993 52 375
1994 45 310
1995 34 467
1996 56 496
1997 30 440
1998 65 561
1999 57 640
2000 88 692
2001 86 794
2002 155 1298
2003 140 1294
2004 126 1462
2005 131 1826
2006 129 2251
2007 114 2191
2008 136 2362
2009 141 2743
2010 156 3117
2011 162 3503
2012 203 3822
2013 206 4106
2014 241 4714
2015 273 4989
2016 275 5251
2017 234 6003
2018 212 6339
2019 268 7505
2020 288 8630
2021 272 10504
2022 261 9810
2023 272 10537
2024 159 9604
2025 103 8456

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 42 132
Architecture 2 53 147
Computer Graphics 3 44 147
UX/UI Desgin 3 66 169
Animation 3 58 183
Graphic Design 6 89 242
Fashion Design 9 110 285
Aesthetics 7 109 299
Interior Design 5 129 299
Landscape Architecture 7 178 374
Literature 9 163 396
Performing arts 7 179 411
Multimedia 8 181 483
Photography 9 211 530
Illustration and Concept Art 7 245 563
Painting and Drawing 8 257 589
Sculpture 8 257 589
Art History 9 342 824
Creative Writing 17 409 1081

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for the Chalmers University of Technology

Speciality Sweden Europe World Rank
Dentistry 7 120 368
Orthodontics 7 133 383
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 9 149 445
Social Psychology 9 178 485
Audiology 9 191 503
Optometry 9 186 533
Sports Medicine 11 275 679
Public Health 11 245 714
Anatomy and Physiology 11 252 716
Psychology 10 261 735
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 10 258 778
Physical Therapy 13 306 802
Pathology 12 286 865
Medicine 12 296 867
Urology 11 274 888
Respiratory Therapy 11 297 910
Ophthalmology 11 308 923
Surgery 12 303 954
Cosmetology 8 294 961
Healthcare Management (MHA) 20 342 983
Psychiatry 11 338 1006
Health Science 11 327 1018
Occupational Therapy 17 378 1050
Cardiology 12 342 1051
Child Psychology 17 381 1112
Epidemiology 14 342 1129
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 12 378 1130
Nursing 22 387 1170
Anesthesiology 13 360 1200
Pediatrics 17 369 1306
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 12 371 1357
Gerontology 23 443 1372
Radiation Therapy 13 398 1418
Clinical Psychology 20 474 1566
Family medicine 22 426 1633
Dermatology 12 455 1685
Critical Care Nursing 23 548 1909