Brown University
About
Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in the College Hill neighborhood of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The university is the seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1764 as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. One of nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution, it was the first American college to codify that admission and instruction of students was to be equal regardless of the religious affiliation of students.
Ranked Top 100 worldwide across 4 major ranking systems
Ranked in 105 subject rankings
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31 subjectsQS
41 subjectsUS News
23 subjects|
Subject
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Rank
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Score
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Year
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|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 37 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Neuroscience and Behavior | =68 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Psychiatry/Psychology | 91 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Geosciences | 98 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Social Sciences and Public Health | =99 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Physics | =108 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Infectious Diseases | =122 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Public, Environmental and Occupational Health | 127 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging | 135 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Cell Biology | 136 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Computer Science | =137 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Clinical Medicine | =154 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Surgery | =179 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Immunology | =201 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Endocrinology and Metabolism | 210 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Oncology | =216 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Molecular Biology and Genetics | =238 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Biology and Biochemistry | 241 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | =311 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Materials Science | 324 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Environment/Ecology | 333 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Chemistry | =391 | 66.8 | 2026 |
| Engineering | =395 | 66.8 | 2026 |
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Subject
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Rank
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Score
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Year
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|---|---|---|---|
| Business & Economics | =37 | 68.3 | 2025 |
| Psychology | =46 | 67.9 | 2026 |
| Arts & Humanities | 54 | 62.6 | 2026 |
| Physical Sciences | 56 | 71.6 | 2026 |
| Clinical & Health | =66 | 64.7 | 2026 |
| Computer Science | 67 | 68.3 | 2026 |
| Social Sciences | 71 | 62.0 | 2026 |
| Engineering & Technology | 101–125 | 57.3 | 2026 |
| Life Sciences | 101–125 | 59.1 | 2026 |
| Education | 126–150 | 49.6 | 2026 |