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The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 17th in the United States, 22nd in the global 2023 rating, and scored in the TOP 10 across 59 research topics. The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 202,516 academic publications and 10,582,493 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 691 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#22 of 14,131 In the World
#18 of 2,597 In North America
#17 of 2,496 In the United States
#2 of 100 In Illinois
#3 of 1,514 For Nutrition and Food Science
#4 of 1,306 For Blockchain and Cryptography
#4 of 1,002 For Data Science
#66 of 7,446 For Alumni Impact
#41 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top10 For 56 other topics

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Engineering rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 5th for Engineering in the United States and 6th in the World with 48,035 publications made and 2,011,174 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Automation and Control engineering, Electronic Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#5 of 756 In the United States
#5 of 818 In North America
#6 of 4,624 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1991 625 845
1992 447 400
1993 487 756
1994 575 809
1995 497 685
1996 859 2004
1997 905 2215
1998 876 1845
1999 947 2199
2000 1032 3177
2001 977 3127
2002 1102 3661
2003 1247 4350
2004 1422 5154
2005 1502 6363
2006 1530 5588
2007 1573 5654
2008 1766 5749
2009 1638 5123
2010 1908 7315
2011 1772 5805
2012 1791 6508
2013 1948 6936
2014 1856 7218
2015 1663 5713
2016 1757 6032
2017 1647 5486
2018 1590 5006
2019 1566 4301
2020 1558 3380
2021 1497 842

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Engineering.

Physics rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 8th for Physics in the United States and 11th in the World with 44,370 publications made and 2,343,193 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Nanotechnology, Quantum and Particle physics.

Physics ranking Location
#8 of 721 In the United States
#8 of 781 In North America
#11 of 4,082 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1991 569 882
1992 389 499
1993 468 736
1994 601 840
1995 476 942
1996 861 2553
1997 941 1979
1998 904 2051
1999 889 2389
2000 971 2452
2001 923 3253
2002 939 2389
2003 1042 3551
2004 1253 4549
2005 1257 5005
2006 1326 4875
2007 1325 5094
2008 1502 5432
2009 1414 5649
2010 1494 7412
2011 1487 8214
2012 1663 11114
2013 1744 9036
2014 1637 15143
2015 1524 9131
2016 1599 9862
2017 1453 9063
2018 1418 7184
2019 1447 6758
2020 1419 11179
2021 1278 1487

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield United States ranking North America ranking World rank
Condensed Matter Physics 3 3 7
Atomic and Molecular physics 6 6 8
Applied/Engineering Physics 5 5 8
Nanotechnology 6 6 8
Acoustical Engineering 7 7 9
Materials Science 5 5 11
Quantum and Particle physics 10 10 15
Optical Engineering 11 11 16
Biophysics 17 17 20
Nuclear Physics 13 13 29
Astrophysics and Astronomy 24 25 38
Theoretical Physics 22 22 46
Astrobiology 46 49 86
Medical Physics 74 83 141

Chemistry rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 6th for Chemistry in the United States and 9th in the World with 39,386 publications made and 1,908,495 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Biochemistry, Nanotechnology, Nutrition and Food Science, Inorganic Chemistry.

Chemistry ranking Location
#6 of 717 In the United States
#6 of 778 In North America
#9 of 4,317 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1991 556 916
1992 339 479
1993 431 686
1994 480 811
1995 390 665
1996 759 2047
1997 734 1783
1998 757 1895
1999 723 2138
2000 753 2351
2001 730 2521
2002 754 2724
2003 912 3976
2004 990 4328
2005 1049 4096
2006 1103 4419
2007 1235 5173
2008 1330 5610
2009 1243 5193
2010 1360 6701
2011 1287 5710
2012 1406 6161
2013 1571 6210
2014 1452 7007
2015 1280 5687
2016 1322 5256
2017 1293 5247
2018 1095 3692
2019 1105 2802
2020 1109 2490
2021 1065 619

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield United States ranking North America ranking World rank
Nutrition and Food Science 3 3 3
Computational Chemistry 4 4 8
Nanotechnology 6 6 8
Physical chemistry 8 8 11
Materials Science 5 5 11
Biochemical Engineering 9 9 21
Biochemistry 20 20 24
Pharmacy 10 11 25
Organic Chemistry 9 10 25
Inorganic Chemistry 10 10 36
Environmental Chemistry 16 19 36
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 20 22 46
Chemical Engineering 13 13 56
Radiochemistry 8 9 69
Petrology and Geochemistry 53 66 170

Biology rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 27th for Biology in the United States and 33rd in the World with 36,385 publications made and 2,208,083 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Nanotechnology, Genetics, Agricultural Science, Botany.

Biology ranking Location
#27 of 867 In the United States
#28 of 932 In North America
#33 of 4,496 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1991 381 683
1992 217 644
1993 253 627
1994 279 978
1995 235 613
1996 501 1789
1997 534 2372
1998 579 2898
1999 561 2438
2000 601 2672
2001 576 3138
2002 600 3320
2003 790 4255
2004 836 4691
2005 847 5447
2006 890 5333
2007 999 5690
2008 1174 7945
2009 1238 6703
2010 1351 7715
2011 1321 6353
2012 1450 7028
2013 1584 7286
2014 1472 9034
2015 1441 7870
2016 1545 7100
2017 1387 6723
2018 1207 4594
2019 1156 3499
2020 1304 2897
2021 1386 1227

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield United States ranking North America ranking World rank
Nutrition and Food Science 3 3 3
Entomology 4 4 4
Animal Science 3 3 5
Botany 6 6 7
Nanotechnology 6 6 8
Biotechnology 8 8 11
Agricultural Science 9 9 13
Zoology 9 9 14
Biophysics 17 17 20
Biochemistry 20 20 24
Toxicology 16 17 26
Evolutionary Biology 20 22 29
Microbiology 21 22 30
Horticulture 15 16 31
Genetics 30 32 38
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 33 35 44
Forestry 23 25 46
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 27 32 59
Molecular Biology 48 51 69
Neuroscience 48 53 70
Astrobiology 46 49 86
Paleontology 37 41 107
Virology 66 71 132
Pharmacology 66 72 147
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 85 98 175
Immunology 75 84 192
Oncology and Cancer research 78 87 210

Computer Science rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 7th for Computer Science in the United States and 8th in the World with 25,886 publications made and 1,776,896 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain and Cryptography, Computer Vision, Cognitive Science, Machine Learning.

Computer Science ranking Location
#7 of 858 In the United States
#8 of 927 In North America
#8 of 4,392 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1991 236 422
1992 167 557
1993 197 440
1994 235 2107
1995 203 578
1996 377 2956
1997 360 1230
1998 410 1359
1999 464 1732
2000 514 5286
2001 471 2354
2002 516 3469
2003 655 3177
2004 800 3719
2005 897 5176
2006 907 4952
2007 923 4505
2008 941 4386
2009 939 5133
2010 1201 5888
2011 1053 6736
2012 986 5089
2013 943 4689
2014 1035 5805
2015 1005 4865
2016 1106 4630
2017 1055 5544
2018 1120 6871
2019 1235 5150
2020 1303 3060
2021 1400 1977

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Computer Science.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 20th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in the United States and 28th in the World with 22,195 publications made and 916,499 citations received. Main research topics: Demography, Sociology, Political Science, Communications and Public Relations, History.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#20 of 1,262 In the United States
#22 of 1,341 In North America
#28 of 5,073 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1991 216 359
1992 91 188
1993 142 492
1994 147 355
1995 111 171
1996 297 779
1997 294 951
1998 300 962
1999 302 1111
2000 361 1498
2001 371 1169
2002 372 1829
2003 411 2238
2004 480 2265
2005 521 2811
2006 577 2317
2007 653 2445
2008 765 3021
2009 812 3138
2010 928 2671
2011 818 3624
2012 839 2630
2013 824 2510
2014 953 3278
2015 884 2579
2016 1074 2678
2017 927 2869
2018 880 2731
2019 902 1891
2020 922 1846
2021 1016 810

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Medicine rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 62nd for Medicine in the United States and 122nd in the World with 21,286 publications made and 915,577 citations received. Main research topics: Health Science, Anatomy and Physiology, Oncology and Cancer research, Surgery, Public Health.

Medicine ranking Location
#62 of 1,040 In the United States
#71 of 1,110 In North America
#122 of 4,739 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1991 226 335
1992 101 264
1993 131 445
1994 182 411
1995 115 209
1996 248 538
1997 269 752
1998 271 872
1999 285 956
2000 323 930
2001 320 1084
2002 330 1560
2003 384 2158
2004 395 1743
2005 379 2097
2006 410 1980
2007 526 2487
2008 565 3319
2009 612 2930
2010 741 2728
2011 736 3207
2012 759 2561
2013 792 3195
2014 854 3806
2015 829 3387
2016 1014 3793
2017 893 3153
2018 869 2485
2019 979 2365
2020 1063 2299
2021 1292 976

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Medicine.

Medicine subfield United States ranking North America ranking World rank
Sports / Exercise science 1 1 1
Pharmacy 10 11 25
Toxicology 16 17 26
Social Work 22 24 29
Veterinary 11 12 30
Sonography and Ultrasound 24 25 33
Biomedical Engineering 26 27 33
Sports Medicine 19 28 38
Audiology 26 31 49
Clinical Psychology 39 42 55
Occupational Therapy 35 43 66
Gerontology 45 50 68
Forensic Science 23 28 69
Anatomy and Physiology 44 50 76
Cosmetology 43 47 76
Physical Therapy 42 53 86
Public Health 58 66 117
Urology 55 63 120
Virology 66 71 132
Medical Physics 74 83 141
Respiratory Therapy 58 69 143
Pharmacology 66 72 147
Ophthalmology 59 65 149
Health Science 79 91 157
Healthcare Management (MHA) 80 92 165
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 85 98 175
Psychiatry 87 100 179
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 92 104 187
Immunology 75 84 192
Oncology and Cancer research 78 87 210
Anesthesiology 90 103 225
Family medicine 97 110 227
Nursing 91 107 227
Critical Care Nursing 107 119 249
Optometry 86 100 251
Epidemiology 85 98 254
Orthodontics 81 93 266
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 90 100 273
Pathology 84 94 273
Surgery 102 115 314
Pediatrics 104 118 318
Cardiology 104 117 324
Plastic Surgery 105 117 331
Dentistry 75 83 351
Radiation Therapy 109 122 360
Dermatology 108 120 372
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 105 119 376
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 89 101 381
Neurosurgery 105 119 475

Environmental Science rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 18th for Environmental Science in the United States and 24th in the World with 16,006 publications made and 814,898 citations received. Main research topics: Ecology, Geology, Agricultural Science, Geography and Cartography, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#18 of 750 In the United States
#19 of 818 In North America
#24 of 4,023 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1991 152 258
1992 70 106
1993 81 131
1994 95 394
1995 65 114
1996 179 421
1997 195 1853
1998 220 816
1999 233 724
2000 278 1219
2001 264 1315
2002 258 1317
2003 341 1380
2004 380 1501
2005 408 2093
2006 425 1920
2007 439 2361
2008 513 2343
2009 556 2250
2010 646 3091
2011 543 2570
2012 575 2207
2013 644 3389
2014 771 3189
2015 750 3389
2016 806 3649
2017 787 2928
2018 657 2682
2019 641 1884
2020 685 1566
2021 752 651

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Environmental Science.

Psychology rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 16th for Psychology in the United States and 21st in the World with 13,453 publications made and 1,346,422 citations received. Main research topics: Social Psychology, Child Psychology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Education Majors.

Psychology ranking Location
#16 of 981 In the United States
#18 of 1,047 In North America
#21 of 3,654 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Psychology Publications & Citations

Year Psychology publications Psychology citations
1991 145 653
1992 78 374
1993 104 668
1994 126 732
1995 73 476
1996 223 1748
1997 224 1302
1998 215 1522
1999 231 3084
2000 240 2566
2001 222 2010
2002 230 2481
2003 322 4650
2004 316 3183
2005 349 3260
2006 339 2760
2007 383 3302
2008 481 3575
2009 537 4613
2010 546 3638
2011 494 4188
2012 480 2596
2013 528 3147
2014 546 2956
2015 493 2512
2016 631 2295
2017 552 2043
2018 423 1306
2019 423 1030
2020 436 712
2021 558 307

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Psychology.

Psychology subfield United States ranking North America ranking World rank
Social Psychology 4 4 4
Child Psychology 8 8 8
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 10 10 10
Cognitive Science 8 9 12
Education Majors 12 13 18
Organizational / Business / IO Psychology 15 17 19
Social Work 22 24 29
Special Education 23 25 34
Sexology 29 31 38
Clinical Psychology 39 42 55
Occupational Therapy 35 43 66
Neuroscience 48 53 70
Psychiatry 87 100 179

Mathematics rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 7th for Mathematics in the United States and 7th in the World with 10,031 publications made and 575,783 citations received. Main research topics: Blockchain and Cryptography, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Math Teachers.

Mathematics ranking Location
#7 of 684 In the United States
#7 of 744 In North America
#7 of 3,376 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1991 124 155
1992 95 170
1993 107 590
1994 109 270
1995 73 108
1996 183 462
1997 147 432
1998 182 426
1999 189 718
2000 206 861
2001 240 1101
2002 211 914
2003 238 1350
2004 308 1172
2005 367 1386
2006 340 1128
2007 324 1156
2008 311 1209
2009 359 1723
2010 423 1247
2011 389 1368
2012 368 1408
2013 311 721
2014 347 1087
2015 355 1031
2016 353 872
2017 291 599
2018 309 1073
2019 335 978
2020 348 376
2021 388 798

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield United States ranking North America ranking World rank
Blockchain and Cryptography 4 4 4
Applied Mathematics 4 4 4
Operations Research 9 10 15
Math Teachers 19 19 21
Statistics 20 22 22
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 20 20 23
Actuarial Science 19 20 24

Business rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 16th for Business in the United States and 19th in the World with 9,491 publications made and 517,486 citations received. Main research topics: Investment Banking and Stock trading, Finance, Marketing, Management Information Systems, Project Management.

Business ranking Location
#16 of 834 In the United States
#17 of 900 In North America
#19 of 4,001 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1991 81 224
1992 34 126
1993 46 505
1994 74 200
1995 62 193
1996 141 850
1997 141 590
1998 167 688
1999 170 861
2000 218 1126
2001 201 1052
2002 222 1181
2003 226 1122
2004 291 1861
2005 304 1143
2006 306 1325
2007 322 1526
2008 357 1591
2009 402 1605
2010 423 1534
2011 382 1794
2012 370 1242
2013 377 1045
2014 404 1106
2015 425 1209
2016 452 1197
2017 362 804
2018 286 883
2019 321 933
2020 361 675
2021 372 158

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Business.

Economics rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 20th for Economics in the United States and 24th in the World with 6,508 publications made and 307,546 citations received. Main research topics: Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Investment Banking and Stock trading, Finance, Development Studies, Political Economy.

Economics ranking Location
#20 of 654 In the United States
#21 of 717 In North America
#24 of 3,039 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1991 71 112
1992 35 146
1993 38 400
1994 52 161
1995 30 62
1996 101 395
1997 90 253
1998 104 322
1999 126 367
2000 131 434
2001 148 768
2002 140 758
2003 140 754
2004 182 1138
2005 193 815
2006 191 676
2007 174 773
2008 199 696
2009 286 906
2010 273 983
2011 264 676
2012 272 1049
2013 235 431
2014 264 820
2015 243 421
2016 277 466
2017 262 656
2018 192 426
2019 201 402
2020 234 433
2021 302 174

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Economics.

Economics subfield United States ranking North America ranking World rank
Agricultural Economics 7 7 8
Finance 17 17 19
Investment Banking and Stock trading 18 19 21
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 20 20 23
Actuarial Science 19 20 24
Development Studies 24 26 44
International Trade 27 31 50
Environmental Economics 14 16 54
Political Economy 30 33 58
International Economics 32 35 64
International Relations and Diplomacy 52 58 113

Art & Design rankings

The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign ranked 6th for Art & Design in the United States and 7th in the World with 4,526 publications made and 205,055 citations received. Main research topics: Multimedia, Art History, Creative Writing, UX/UI Desgin, Literature.

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
#6 of 685 In the United States
#6 of 750 In North America
#7 of 2,700 In the World

University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1991 35 46
1992 22 9
1993 36 55
1994 36 163
1995 45 90
1996 82 1667
1997 77 237
1998 84 182
1999 85 180
2000 96 362
2001 94 219
2002 94 514
2003 117 388
2004 144 466
2005 153 371
2006 166 260
2007 170 649
2008 173 641
2009 192 560
2010 188 788
2011 203 837
2012 193 498
2013 174 302
2014 213 398
2015 180 239
2016 174 321
2017 186 394
2018 169 269
2019 148 306
2020 140 350
2021 152 49

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield United States ranking North America ranking World rank
Music 3 4 4
Computer Graphics 5 5 5
UX/UI Desgin 6 6 6
Graphic Design 6 6 6
Performing arts 1 3 7
Fashion Design 4 5 7
Multimedia 7 7 7
Singing and Vocal Performance 3 4 8
Entertainment Industry Business 10 10 11
Aesthetics 4 6 12
Game Design and Development 10 10 12
Animation 10 12 15
Creative Writing 9 12 16
Architecture 11 11 16
Cinematography 15 16 25
Landscape Architecture 11 12 29
Art History 21 23 33
Literature 19 21 35
Photography 24 25 37
Interior Design 20 22 40
Illustration and Concept Art 23 25 49
Painting and Drawing 26 26 69
Sculpture 26 26 69