Editing Utrecht University (section)

==International rankings==
{{Infobox university rankings
 | QS_W = =105
 | QS_W_year = 2025
 | QS_W_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024 |title=QS World University Rankings 2024 |access-date=18 July 2023 |publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd.}}</ref>
 | THE_W = 66
 | THE_W_year = 2023
 | THE_W_ref = <ref name="THE ranking2">{{cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats |title=World University Rankings 2023 |work=Times Higher Education (THE) |access-date=14 October 2022 |language=en }}</ref>
 | ARWU_W = 55
 | ARWU_W_year = 2024
 | ARWU_W_ref = <ref name="ARWU" />
 | USNWR_W = 46
 | USNWR_W_year = 2024–25
 | USNWR_W_ref = <ref name="USNW">{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings |title=2022-2023 Best Global Universities Rankings |work=U.S. News Education |access-date=26 December 2022 |language=en }}</ref>
}}
{{Infobox university rankings
 | QS_N = =3
 | QS_N_year = 2025
 | QS_N_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024?&countries=nl |title=QS The Netherlands University Rankings 2024 |access-date=15 September 2023 |publisher=Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd.}}</ref>
 | THE_N = 3
 | THE_N_year = 2023
 | THE_N_ref = <ref name="THE ranking">{{cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2023/world-ranking#!/length/25/locations/NLD/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats |title=The Netherlands University Rankings 2023 |work=Times Higher Education (THE) |access-date=15 September 2023 |language=en }}</ref>
 | ARWU_N = 1
 | ARWU_N_year = 2024
 | ARWU_N_ref = <ref name="AWRU National">{{cite news |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023 |title= The Netherlands University Rankings 2023 |work=AWRU |access-date=15 September 2023 |language=en }}</ref>
 | USNWR_N = =2
 | USNWR_N_year = 2024–25
 | USNWR_N_ref = <ref name="USNW2">{{cite news |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/netherlands |title=2022-2023 The Netherlands Universities Rankings |work=U.S. News Education |access-date=26 December 2022 |language=en }}</ref>
}}

On the 2024 [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU]] list, the University of Utrecht was ranked 55th globally and the highest in the Netherlands. Its ranking has declined slightly since 2003, when it was ranked 40th.
Best-ranked subjects in the world by ARWU 2024: Public Administration: (2nd), Water resources: (10th), Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences: (10th), Earth Sciences: (11th), Veterinary Sciences: (16th), Psychology: (16th), Oceanography: (17th), Law: (29th), Education: (38th), Environmental Science and Engineering: (41th), Geography: (42th), Atmospheric Science: (45th), Public Health: (45th), Biological Sciences (51-75), Clinical Medicine (51-75), Medical Technology (51-75), Economics (51-75), Physics (76-100), Ecology (76-100), Biotechnology (76-100), Chemistry (101-150), Biomedical Engineering (101-150), Statistics (101-150) <ref name="ARWU">{{cite web |title=Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024 |url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/institution/utrecht-university |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815085614/http://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2022 |archive-date=15 August 2022 |access-date=16 August 2022 |publisher=Shanghai Ranking Consultancy}}</ref>

In the 2024 [[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|USNWR]], Utrecht University is ranked 46th best University in the world.
Best-ranked subjects in the world by USNWR 2024: Microbiology: (6th), Geosciences: (14th), Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences: (15th), Surgery: (18th), Infectious Diseases: (21th), Public Health: (21th), Education and Educational Research: (22th), Psychiatry/Psychology: (22th), Pharmacology and Toxicology: (25th), Plant and animal science: (28th), Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Medical Imagine: (31th), Cardiac and cardiovascular systems: (42th), Water Resources: (45th), Marine biology: (46th), Environment/Ecology: (46th), Cell biology: (48th), Immunology (53th), Biology and biochemistry (60th)(<ref name="USNW" />

In the 2023 [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|THE]] ranking, the university is ranked 66th.<ref name="THE ranking" />
Best-ranked subjects in the world by THE ranking 2023: Education: (24th), Psychology: (26th), Medicine and Dentistry: (67th), Biological Sciences: (63th), Veterinary Sciences: (63th), Physical Sciences: (59th), Law: (36th) <ref name="World University Rankings by subject">{{cite web |title=World University Rankings by subject |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject |publisher=Times Higher Education}}</ref>

[[QS World University Rankings|QS]] ranking by Subject 2025: Veterinary Science: (8th), Geophysics: (17th), Geology: (19th), Public Administration (22th), Geography: (22th), Earth & Marine Sciences: (27th), Psychology: (30th) Pharmacy & Pharmacology: (44th), Life Sciences and Medicine: (48th), Environmental Sciences: (48th), Education: (51th), Biological Sciences: (61th), Medicine: (64th), Law (73th), Natural Sciences (84th), Nursing (51-100), Development Studies (51-100), Chemistry (133th), Computer Science (142th), Economics and Econometrics (143th), Statistics and Operational Research (101-150), Chemical Engineering (101-150) <ref name="QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023">{{cite web |title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024 |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/utrecht-university |publisher=QS Top Universities}}</ref>

The analytics company Clarivate ranked Utrecht University 44th in the world and 7th in Europe, with 29 highly cited researchers who are in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science over the past decade.<ref name="Highly Cited Researchers">{{cite web |title=Highly Cited Researchers |url=https://clarivate.com/highly-cited-researchers/analysis/ |publisher=Clarivate}}</ref>

Utrecht University was also mentioned in the BlueSky Ranking Of University Rankings 2022/23 published by Matt Symonds, who is the S of QS, co-founding QS Quacquarelli Symonds ranking. BlueSky Ranking Of University Rankings considers the aggregation of the performance of schools across four major rankings: [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|AWRU]], [[QS World University Rankings|QS]],[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|THE]], and [[U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Ranking|USNWR]]. In this ranking, Utrecht University was placed 60th in the world, 18th in Europe, and 1st in the Netherlands.<ref name="BlueSky Ranking Of University Rankings">{{cite web |title=BlueSky Ranking Of University Rankings 2022/23 – Global |date= 30 December 2022|url= https://bluesky-thinking.com/bluesky-ranking-of-university-rankings-2022-23/|publisher=Blue Sky thinking}}</ref>