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Top Visual Arts and Performing Arts Research Institutions

Universidad Complutense de Madrid ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 37 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

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain · Madrid 100.0 15.3% 186 91#30
2 Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain · Madrid 80.8 22.6% 104 75#49
3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico · Mexico City 69.6 12.4% 264 99#20
4 Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 61.6 20.2% 72 75#34
5 Film IndependentUnited States · Los Angeles 55.4 14.4% 151 58#36
6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil · São Paulo 50.4 10.0% 201 51#55
7 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 46.1 24.7% 70 85#9
8 Universidad de SevillaSpain · Seville 42.4 13.4% 137 53#40
9 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 39.2 17.0% 66 78#3
10 Universidad de GranadaSpain · Granada 36.2 12.5% 116 37#72
11 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil · Campinas 33.6 14.6% 115 37#91
12 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil · Rio de Janeiro 31.2 11.0% 122 31—
13 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 29.0 15.7% 69 67#4
14 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 26.9 12.8% 112 35—
15 University of the Arts LondonUnited Kingdom · London 25.0 21.8% 64 50#64
16 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 23.2 14.5% 61 54#26
17 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain · Barcelona 21.5 15.3% 75 39#99
18 University of the Basque CountrySpain · Leioa 20.0 17.1% 68 46—
19 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 18.5 12.6% 69 46#11
20 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 17.0 14.1% 65 45#29
21 Universidade do Estado de Santa CatarinaBrazil · Florianópolis 15.7 11.8% 103 18—
22 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 14.4 13.7% 69 26—
23 University of DelhiIndia · New Delhi 13.2 16.0% 67 33—
24 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain · Madrid 12.0 13.8% 70 25—
25 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina · Buenos Aires 10.9 9.2% 116 25—
26 Universidad de ValladolidSpain · Valladolid 9.8 13.1% 84 25—
27 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil · Belo Horizonte 8.7 10.0% 112 20—
28 Universidad de MálagaSpain · Málaga 7.7 13.7% 76 25—
29 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil · Porto Alegre 6.7 9.3% 108 21—
30 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina · Buenos Aires 5.8 13.8% 68 28—
31 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil · Brasília 4.9 12.6% 81 21—
32 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain · Zaragoza 4.0 13.0% 76 25—
33 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina · La Plata 3.2 8.7% 66 16—
34 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil · Rio de Janeiro 2.3 5.9% 82 15—
35 Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil · Rio de Janeiro 1.5 9.5% 61 13—
36 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil · São Paulo 75.9 9.3% 61 9—
37 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil · Niterói 0.0 7.4% 62 8—

institutions ranked worldwide in Visual Arts and Performing Arts (37). 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.

0 – 5: 7 places5 – 10: 5 places10 – 15: 4 places15 – 20: 4 places20 – 25: 2 places25 – 30: 3 places30 – 35: 2 places35 – 40: 2 places40 – 45: 1 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 0 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 264 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 201 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 186 works
  4. 4 Film IndependentUnited States 151 works
  5. 5 Universidad de SevillaSpain 137 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 122 works
  7. 7 Universidad de GranadaSpain 116 works
  8. 8 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 115 works
  9. 9 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 115 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 112 works
  11. 11 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 112 works
  12. 12 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 108 works
  13. 13 Universidad Politécnica de MadridSpain 104 works
  14. 14 Universidade do Estado de Santa CatarinaBrazil 103 works
  15. 15 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 84 works

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