Pitt Ranked among Top Programs Worldwide in 17 Academic Fields
The University of Pittsburgh placed among the world’s top 50 in 17 academic fields in the 2025-2026 University Ranking by Academic Performance World University Rankings by Field.
Surgery stood near the top at No. 4 globally and No. 3 in the U.S. Geriatrics and gerontology followed at No. 7 globally and No. 3 nationally. Pitt also placed No. 3 nationally in human movement and sports science, which saw a No. 19 global rank.
Pitt saw high rankings in several other health and clinical fields: infectious diseases (No. 14), pediatrics (No. 15), ophthalmology (No. 16), immunology (No. 22), medical and health sciences (No. 22), psychology and cognitive sciences (No. 23), neuroscience (No. 24), clinical neurology (No. 26), nursing (No. 28), oncology (No. 30) and dentistry (No. 44). Also cracking the top 50 were psychology (No. 25), philosophy (No. 43) and women’s studies (No. 46).
Pitt was ranked in 54 of 78 fields, placing among the top 100 in 26 categories. In URAP’s ranking of about 3,000 global institutions, Pitt placed No. 70 overall, No. 18 nationally and No. 8 among U.S. public universities.
The rankings come from the Informatics Institute at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, which has published field-level results since 2012. The methodology relies entirely on bibliometric data, weighing article output, total documents, citations, article and citation impact, and international collaboration. The ranking does not survey reputation or assess teaching.