Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026

Explore the Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026 below. A project in association with Schmidt Science Fellows, the list of the best universities for interdisciplinary science includes 911 institutions from 94 countries or territories.

University interdisciplinarity rankings 2026: highlights

• MIT is number one for second consecutive year, with strong US performance driven by country’s prestige for interdisciplinary research
• Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University, Singapore takes fifth place and is Asia’s highest ranked university
• Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands leads Europe in ninth place overall and ranks first in the outputs pillar
• India  is the most represented country in the ranking, with 88 institutions ranked
• Interdisciplinary scope expanded to include non-STEM disciplines, in response to university engagement