The University of Girona has improved its position in chemistry and reaches the 360th position in the world in the 2025 2026 update of the U.S. News & World Report ranking. The Girona center rises twenty places compared to the 2024 2025 academic year, when it occupied position 380, and also raises its score from 54.6 to 55.8 out of 100.
The chemistry ranking analyzes 1,500 university centers and places the UdG as ninth university in Spain among the 37 evaluated in this subject. In this section, the institution also places 130th in regional research reputation in chemistry and 207th in global reputation.
Improvement in chemistry and setback in the general classification
The evolution of the UdG in chemistry contrasts with its result in the global ranking of universities. In that general classification, the university goes from position 872 in the world to 933 and lowers its score from 45.2 to 41.9.
In the European sphere, the UdG now occupies position 327, when last year it was in 315. In the whole of the State it is situated in position 24.
U.S. News & World Report includes 2,250 universities in its global ranking and has been compiling it for eleven years. The ranking is published in Washington and is based on indicators linked to academic performance in research and to the global and regional reputation of each university.
Six subjects with presence of the Gerundense university
The UdG appears in six subjects in this edition, two more than in the previous one. In addition to chemistry, the university appears in oncology, environment and ecology, plant and animal science, clinical medicine and engineering.
- Chemistry, position 360 in the world
- Oncology, position 430
- Environment and Ecology, position 430
- Plant and Animal Science, position 648
- Clinical Medicine, position 794
- Engineering, position 1,163
The American publication prepares rankings in around fifty subjects, and the presence of the UdG in six areas expands its international visibility compared to the previous edition.
The international and state references of the ranking
In chemistry, the first university in the world is Tsinghua University, in China, with 100 points. In Spain, the first place in this subject corresponds to the University of the Basque Country.
In the global ranking, leadership is held by Harvard with 100 points. Behind appear the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford University. Oxford University is fourth and leads the European centers.
Within Spain, the best positioned in the global ranking is the University of Barcelona, which reaches the 82nd position in the world with 72.4 points. It is followed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, in position 130 with 67.6 points, and the University of Valencia, in 261 with 60.3 points.
The new result leaves the UdG with a double reading. It gains ground in chemistry, where it reinforces its academic and reputational weight, and at the same time loses positions in the general ranking, in an edition that expands its presence by subjects and consolidates its inclusion in research areas beyond the basic sciences.