Top Applied Mathematics Research Institutions
Indonesia University of Education ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 137 ranked institutions.
Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia · Bandung | 100.0 | 10.7% | 573 | 1k | #16 |
| 2 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing | 85.9 | 29.3% | 162 | 748 | #7 |
| 3 | Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia · Vellore | 77.7 | 40.6% | 104 | 629 | #51 |
| 4 | Düzce ÜniversitesiTürkiye · Düzce | 71.8 | 36.5% | 110 | 534 | #19 |
| 5 | Université Sultan Moulay SlimaneMorocco · Beni Mellal | 67.3 | 29.7% | 160 | 582 | — |
| 6 | COMSATS University IslamabadPakistan · Islamabad | 63.6 | 34.9% | 78 | 426 | #41 |
| 7 | Politecnico di MilanoItaly · Milan | 60.4 | 30.2% | 100 | 431 | #29 |
| 8 | Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing | 57.7 | 20.7% | 141 | 570 | #44 |
| 9 | Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris | 55.3 | 14.6% | 221 | 624 | #5 |
| 10 | Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia · Surabaya | 53.2 | 8.9% | 325 | 433 | — |
| 11 | State University of SemarangIndonesia · Semarang | 51.3 | 8.6% | 332 | 410 | — |
| 12 | Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia · Yogyakarta | 49.5 | 10.7% | 294 | 418 | #90 |
| 13 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina · Harbin | 47.9 | 25.0% | 84 | 442 | #61 |
| 14 | Qassim UniversitySaudi Arabia · Buraidah | 46.4 | 23.3% | 91 | 340 | — |
| 15 | Central South UniversityChina · Changsha | 45.0 | 19.0% | 132 | 413 | #32 |
| 16 | Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing | 43.6 | 24.4% | 95 | 429 | #50 |
| 17 | Shanghai UniversityChina · Shanghai | 42.4 | 21.6% | 82 | 344 | — |
| 18 | Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia · Padangsidempuan | 41.3 | 5.1% | 408 | 417 | #46 |
| 19 | Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia · Surakarta | 40.2 | 12.3% | 219 | 394 | — |
| 20 | Beihang UniversityChina · Beijing | 39.1 | 27.2% | 78 | 372 | — |
| 21 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina · Beijing | 38.1 | 25.3% | 78 | 328 | #52 |
| 22 | Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia · Moscow | 37.2 | 11.4% | 270 | 527 | #73 |
| 23 | Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia · Singaraja | 36.3 | 13.0% | 173 | 262 | — |
| 24 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford | 35.4 | 25.4% | 80 | 339 | #38 |
| 25 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing | 34.6 | 26.1% | 70 | 295 | — |
| 26 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina · Xi'an | 33.8 | 25.5% | 75 | 342 | — |
| 27 | King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia · Jeddah | 33.0 | 19.4% | 107 | 488 | #25 |
| 28 | State University of PadangIndonesia · Padang | 32.3 | 7.3% | 328 | 329 | — |
| 29 | Zhejiang Normal UniversityChina · Jinhua | 31.6 | 18.0% | 97 | 299 | — |
| 30 | State University of MalangIndonesia · Malang | 30.9 | 6.8% | 311 | 332 | — |
| 31 | Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia · Bengkulu | 30.2 | 7.9% | 238 | 294 | — |
| 32 | King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh | 29.6 | 16.4% | 143 | 382 | — |
| 33 | Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia · Semarang | 28.9 | 5.6% | 398 | 370 | — |
| 34 | State University of MedanIndonesia · Medan | 28.3 | 4.8% | 411 | 226 | — |
| 35 | King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia · Abhā | 27.7 | 28.0% | 66 | 318 | — |
| 36 | Guangzhou UniversityChina · Guangzhou | 27.2 | 18.3% | 98 | 292 | — |
| 37 | University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana | 26.6 | 18.8% | 71 | 242 | #20 |
| 38 | Nanjing Normal UniversityChina · Nanjing | 26.1 | 21.6% | 60 | 189 | — |
| 39 | Jambi UniversityIndonesia · Jambi City | 25.5 | 8.1% | 200 | 283 | — |
| 40 | State University of MakassarIndonesia · Makassar | 25.0 | 5.6% | 286 | 156 | — |
| 41 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina · Xi'an | 24.5 | 22.7% | 63 | 333 | — |
| 42 | University of MataramIndonesia · Mataram | 24.0 | 7.1% | 264 | 315 | — |
| 43 | Universitas Muhammadiyah MalangIndonesia · Malang | 23.6 | 14.5% | 71 | 189 | — |
| 44 | Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome | 23.1 | 14.4% | 109 | 300 | #37 |
| 45 | Academy of Mathematics and Systems ScienceChina · Beijing | 22.6 | 20.4% | 71 | 236 | — |
| 46 | Wuhan UniversityChina · Wuhan | 22.2 | 13.4% | 108 | 261 | #70 |
| 47 | University of ViennaAustria · Vienna | 21.7 | 16.2% | 107 | 314 | #64 |
| 48 | State University of JakartaIndonesia · Jakarta | 21.3 | 7.2% | 182 | 222 | — |
| 49 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai | 20.9 | 16.4% | 108 | 330 | — |
| 50 | Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof Dr HamkaIndonesia · Jakarta | 20.5 | 9.4% | 154 | 292 | — |
| 51 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina · Hefei | 20.1 | 16.6% | 100 | 339 | — |
| 52 | Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina · Nanjing | 19.7 | 20.1% | 62 | 183 | — |
| 53 | University of Naples Federico IIItaly · Naples | 19.3 | 23.2% | 68 | 264 | — |
| 54 | University of JyväskyläFinland · Jyväskylä | 18.9 | 24.9% | 62 | 218 | — |
| 55 | Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai | 18.5 | 10.7% | 101 | 224 | — |
| 56 | Peking UniversityChina · Beijing | 18.2 | 17.8% | 90 | 323 | #71 |
| 57 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina · Nanjing | 17.8 | 21.9% | 80 | 300 | — |
| 58 | Riau UniversityIndonesia · Pekanbaru | 17.5 | 6.7% | 183 | 215 | — |
| 59 | Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou | 17.1 | 23.5% | 62 | 199 | — |
| 60 | Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic UniversitySaudi Arabia · Riyadh | 16.8 | 17.7% | 67 | 140 | — |
| 61 | Xiamen UniversityChina · Xiamen | 16.4 | 16.7% | 93 | 264 | — |
| 62 | Siliwangi UniversityIndonesia · Tasikmalaya | 16.1 | 5.3% | 185 | 196 | — |
| 63 | Northwest Normal UniversityChina · Lanzhou | 15.8 | 11.9% | 108 | 179 | — |
| 64 | Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa UniversityIndonesia · Serang | 15.5 | 8.2% | 173 | 249 | — |
| 65 | Southwest UniversityChina · Chongqing | 15.2 | 13.0% | 105 | 244 | — |
| 66 | University of BolognaItaly · Bologna | 14.8 | 17.6% | 68 | 206 | — |
| 67 | Indian Institute of Science BangaloreIndia · Bengaluru | 14.5 | 18.8% | 76 | 194 | — |
| 68 | Tianjin UniversityChina · Tianjin | 14.2 | 21.5% | 61 | 235 | — |
| 69 | University of Hassan II CasablancaMorocco · Casablanca | 13.9 | 16.1% | 80 | 272 | — |
| 70 | Sorbonne UniversitéFrance · Paris | 13.6 | 18.8% | 62 | 198 | #54 |
| 71 | Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia · Medan | 13.4 | 6.4% | 177 | 188 | — |
| 72 | Imam Khomeini International UniversityIran · Qazvin | 13.1 | 17.1% | 71 | 227 | — |
| 73 | University of Singaperbangsa KarawangIndonesia · Karawang | 12.8 | 6.4% | 174 | 271 | — |
| 74 | University of BelgradeSerbia · Belgrade | 12.5 | 18.7% | 69 | 167 | — |
| 75 | Universitas Ahmad DahlanIndonesia · Yogyakarta | 12.2 | 11.7% | 100 | 140 | — |
| 76 | Russian Academy of SciencesRussia · Moscow | 12.0 | 8.8% | 122 | 216 | #81 |
| 77 | Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu | 11.7 | 16.4% | 61 | 192 | — |
| 78 | Muria Kudus UniversityIndonesia · Kudus | 11.4 | 7.5% | 141 | 170 | — |
| 79 | Qufu Normal UniversityChina · Qufu | 11.2 | 20.5% | 66 | 178 | #35 |
| 80 | Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia · Surakarta | 10.9 | 5.4% | 184 | 150 | — |
| 81 | Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina · Guangzhou | 10.7 | 8.3% | 99 | 246 | — |
| 82 | Universitas JemberIndonesia · Jember | 10.4 | 8.1% | 112 | 156 | — |
| 83 | Institute of MathematicsUkraine · Kyiv | 10.2 | 14.9% | 72 | 138 | — |
| 84 | University of SfaxTunisia · Sfax | 9.9 | 9.5% | 100 | 208 | — |
| 85 | Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia · Palembang | 9.7 | 5.0% | 162 | 167 | — |
| 86 | Central China Normal UniversityChina · Wuhan | 9.5 | 13.6% | 63 | 152 | — |
| 87 | St Petersburg UniversityRussia · Saint Petersburg | 9.2 | 6.3% | 130 | 210 | — |
| 88 | Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah UniversityMorocco · Fes | 9.0 | 8.2% | 103 | 177 | — |
| 89 | Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungIndonesia · Bandar Lampung | 8.8 | 7.7% | 104 | 122 | — |
| 90 | Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama IndonesiaIndonesia · Jakarta | 8.5 | 8.4% | 104 | 97 | — |
| 91 | Tunis El Manar UniversityTunisia · Tunis | 8.3 | 15.3% | 65 | 148 | — |
| 92 | Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Qingdao | 8.1 | 16.6% | 60 | 178 | #72 |
| 93 | Universidad de GranadaSpain · Granada | 7.9 | 13.3% | 75 | 148 | — |
| 94 | University of PaduaItaly · Padua | 7.7 | 16.5% | 62 | 175 | — |
| 95 | Sobolev Institute of MathematicsRussia · Novosibirsk | 7.4 | 13.3% | 80 | 133 | — |
| 96 | Universitas Indraprasta PGRIIndonesia · Jakarta | 7.2 | 4.4% | 164 | 140 | — |
| 97 | Institute of MathematicsPoland · Warsaw | 7.0 | 10.2% | 82 | 171 | — |
| 98 | University of PisaItaly · Pisa | 6.8 | 13.8% | 62 | 155 | #93 |
| 99 | Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical ModelingKazakhstan · Almaty | 6.6 | 10.8% | 82 | 116 | — |
| 100 | State University of GorontaloIndonesia · Gorontalo | 6.4 | 6.8% | 112 | 136 | — |
institutions ranked worldwide in Applied Mathematics (137). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.
How spread out this pool is
Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 573 works
- 2 State University of MedanIndonesia 411 works
- 3 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 408 works
- 4 Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia 398 works
- 5 State University of SemarangIndonesia 332 works
- 6 State University of PadangIndonesia 328 works
- 7 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 325 works
- 8 State University of MalangIndonesia 311 works
- 9 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 293 works
- 10 State University of MakassarIndonesia 286 works
- 11 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 270 works
- 12 University of MataramIndonesia 264 works
- 13 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 238 works
- 14 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 221 works
- 15 Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia 219 works