Rankings Recognize Global Leadership of UC Davis
The continued world management of the University of California, Davis, within the fields of veterinary science in addition to agriculture and forestry was acknowledged in rankings launched right now (March 25).
UC Davis positioned second on the planet and first within the nation in each topics within the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026. Quacquarelli Symonds, or QS, is taken into account one of probably the most influential worldwide authorities on college rankings.
Since veterinary science was added to the rankings in 2015, UC Davis has been first on the planet 5 occasions and is No. 2 for a seventh time. The campus was No. 1 in agriculture and forestry within the first three years the topic was ranked and has held the No. 2 spot since 2016.
UC Davis was ranked forty second on the planet within the broad class of the life sciences and medication. The campus was additionally acknowledged in every of the opposite broad classes of the rankings: engineering and know-how, arts and humanities, social sciences and administration, and pure sciences.
In addition to being top-ranked in veterinary science and agriculture and forestry, the college positioned within the prime 100 on the planet in environmental sciences (tied for 18th), organic sciences (tied for forty third), economics and econometrics (tied for 71st), and psychology (tied for 99th). In the band for rankings from 51st to one centesimal have been the next topics:
- anatomy and physiology
- anthropology
- improvement research
- earth and marine sciences
- engineering — civil and structural
- geology
- geophysics
“These rankings highlight that UC Davis stands tall among world leaders in veterinary science and agriculture,” mentioned Chancellor Gary S. May. “They also show that our campus provides an excellent education across the academic disciplines and conducts research advancing our understanding of and solutions to the planet’s most pressing challenges.”
The rankings take into account status amongst teachers, status amongst employers, the citations and affect of tutorial papers from a college, and the range of a college’s worldwide analysis community. In all, the 2026 rankings analyzed applications in 55 topics at 6,278 establishments and ranked applications at 1,909 universities internationally.
The UC Davis Weill School of Veterinary Medicine advances animal, human and environmental well being by training, analysis, scientific care and public service. Embracing a One Health strategy, the college trains future leaders in veterinary medication and biomedical sciences whereas addressing complicated well being challenges that span species and ecosystems. The Weill School treats tens of hundreds of animal sufferers yearly, supplies intensive hands-on expertise for college students, and conducts collaborative, cutting-edge analysis that improves well being outcomes for animals and other people alike.
The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has greater than 7,600 undergraduates in 27 majors and 1,030 graduate college students in 22 graduate teams and applications. The faculty receives roughly $252 million in analysis funding. UC Davis is among the many most revealed and cited US analysis universities in agricultural sciences, animal science and plant sciences, atmosphere and ecology, meals science and diet, and soil sciences.
UC Davis and rankings
A world-class college, UC Davis is very ranked for the way it transforms college students’ lives, the affect of its analysis, the excellence of its tutorial applications, its sustainability and extra. The college performs self-evaluations and likewise appreciates the worth of third-party assessments. However, rating strategies differ, change over time and could be subjective. UC Davis focuses on these rankings that almost all carefully align with its mission and values — together with serving the general public good, inclusiveness and fairness, and social mobility — and in nationwide rankings appears most carefully at its standing amongst public universities. UC Davis encourages potential college students and their households to weigh rankings amongst different elements of their faculty choice, discuss with counselors and UC Davis admissions advisors, and, if potential, go to the campus.
