Global Rankings | Michigan State University

Times Higher Education World University Rankings (London)

N/R = Not Ranked

U.N. Sustainable Development Goal	US Ranking 2023	US Ranking 2024	Global Ranking 2023	Global Ranking 2024
Overall Ranking	2	3	26	25
#11 Sustainable Cities and Communities	2	2	14	5
#2 Zero Hunger	5	2	19	8
#17 Partnership for the Goals	1	2	34	23
#15 Life on Land	2	4	9	33
#1 No Poverty	6	4	108	74
#16 Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions	6	5-8	117	101-200
#3 Good Health & Well-Being	10	6-13	108	101-200
#4 Quality Education	14	5-15	409	401-600
#10 Reduced Inequalities	N/A	9-14	N/A	101-200
#5 Gender Equality	N/A	13-17	N/A	201-300

N/A = Not Applicable as MSU did not send data to Times Higher Ed for the given SDG for the given year.

	2022	2023	2024-25
Overall Rank	108	116	123
U.S.-only Rank	45	45	45
Subject Rankings:
Education and Education Research		2	5
Plant and Animal Science	9	11	18
Agricultural Sciences	23	27	34
Arts and Humanities	57	38	39
Economics and Business	26	36	49
Social Sciences and Public Health	49	49	49
Environment/Ecology	40	50	51
Ecology			76
Physics	97	100	78
Computer Science	77	73	79
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology	87	86	86
Psychiatry/Psychology	80	87	88
Microbiology	81	97	93
Artificial Intelligence		56	97
Food Science and Technologies		48	102
Biology and Biochemistry	124	119	112
Space Science	151	152	124
Molecular Biology and Genetics	153	139	139
Mathematics	78	104	145
Geosciences		171	153
Green and Sustainable Sciences and Technology			193
Civil Engineering		132	199
Environmental Engineering			224
Cell Biology			235
Clinical Medicine	202	241	245
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems	149	247	246
Neuroscience and Behavior	223	235	247
Electrical and Electronic Engineering	219	224	250
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health	156	157	252
Material Science	239	270	274
Chemistry	293	262	275
Engineering	219	246	276
Pharmacology and Toxicology		321	313
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology			314
Energy and Fuels			386
Oncology			413
Physical Chemistry		448	537
Water Resources		82

Social Sciences Category	2021 Rank	2022 Rank	2023 Rank
Education	2	2	4
Communication	3	3	5
Law	33	24	25
Management	18	21	33
Economics	76-100	76-100	51-75
Library & Info Science	N/R (100)	N/R (100)	51-75
Political Science	41	51-75	51-75
Psychology	51-75	49	51-75
Business Administration	16	17	76-100
Finance	76-100	76-100	76-100
Sociology	36	51-75	76-100
Hospitality & Tourism	39	51-75	101-150
Public Administration	151-200	151-200	101-150
Statistics	76-100	76-100	101-150

Engineering Category	2021 Rank	2022 Rank	2023 Rank
Environmental Sci & Eng	5	7	10
Computer Sci & Eng	76-100	76-100	51-75
Remote Sensing	43	49	51-75
Biotechnology	51-75	51-75	76-100
Electrical	151-200	101-150	101-150
Water Resources	76-100	76-100	101-150
Automation & Control	101-150	151-200	151-200
Telecommunication Eng	201-300	151-200	151-200
Biomedical	201-300	201-300	201-300
Food Science & Tech	48	101-150	201-300
Energy Science & Eng	201-300	201-300	301-400
Mechanical	201-300	201-300	301-400
Chemical	301-400	301-400	401-500
Civil	101-150	151-200	N/R (300)
Materials Sci & Eng	401-500	401-500	N/R (500)
Nanoscience	301-400	301-400	N/R (400)

Life Sciences Category	2021 Rank	2022 Rank	2023 Rank
Agricultural Sciences	11	12	37
Veterinary Sciences	101-150	101-150	101-150
Biological Sciences	201-300	201-300	151-200
Human Biological Sciences	201-300	301-400	301-400

Natural Sciences Category	2021 Rank	2022 Rank	2023 Rank
Ecology	26	32	32
Mathematics	101-150	76-100	76-100
Physics	101-150	101-150	76-100
Atmospheric Science	N/R (200)	151-200	101-150
Earth Sciences	201-300	201-300	151-200
Geography	76-100	76-100	201-300
Chemistry	301-400	301-400	301-400

Medical Sciences Category	2021 Rank	2022 Rank	2023 Rank
Nursing	101-150	151-200	101-150
Public Health	201-300	201-300	201-300
Clinical Medicine	201-300	301-400	301-400
Medical Technology	201-300	201-300	301-400
Pharmacy & Pharm Sci	301-400	301-400	301-400

N/R = Not Ranked

Subject	2022	2023	2024
Accounting and Finance	101-150	101-150	101-150
Agriculture and Forestry	10	14	14
Anatomy and Physiology	N/R	101-150	N/R
Anthropology	101-140	101-150	51-100
Archaeology	151-200	151-200	N/R
Architecture/Built Environment	151-200	151-200	151-200
Biological Sciences	137	107	113
Business Management	60	63	83
Chemistry	139	151-200	151-200
Communication and Media Studies	9	9	13
Computer Science and Info Systems	126	148	161
Development Studies	51-100	51-100	51-100
Earth and Marine Sciences	151-200	151-200	151-200
Economics and Econometrics	109	100	108
Education	19	16	17
Engineering Chemical	101-150	101-150	151-200
Engineering Civil	101-150	101-150	151-200
Engineering Electrical	144	143	151-200
Engineering Mechanical	91	90	106
English Language and Literature	77	60	65
Environmental Sciences	79	59	55
Geography	101-150	101-150	101-150
Geology	151-200	101-150	101-150
Geophysics	151-200	101-150	101-150
History	151-200	151-200	N/R
Hospitality and Leisure Mgmt	29	32	36
Law	151-200	151-200	151-200
Linguistics	36	33	35
Materials Science	151-200	201-250	201-250
Mathematics	76	82	101
Medicine	151-200	151-200	201-250
Modern Languages	151-200	151-200	151-200
Nursing	101-150	151-180	101-150
Pharmacy and Pharmacology	201-250	201-250	251-300
Physics and Astronomy	92	81	88
Politics and International Studies	151-200	151-200	151-200
Psychology	55	45	54
Sociology	101-150	101-150	101-150
Sports-related subjects	46	44	50
Statistics and Operational Research	51-100	51-100	51-100
Veterinary Science	27	29	29