THE's Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2025 Masterclass

In times of constrained research resources, geopolitical tension and hard-pressed budgets, this masterclass provides insight into how to keep interdisciplinary science central to your institution’s research excellence.

Times Higher Education launched the inaugural Interdisciplinary Science Rankings (ISR) in association with Schmidt Science Fellows. The 2025 edition is the first of its kind, with more than 750 institutions participated worldwide.

During each masterclass, we discussed:

  • The motivation behind and the methodology of the ranking
  • Showcase new analyses from this year's results, and
  • Gather feedback for the next ranking cycle

Read Times Higher Education's latest report on Global Trends in Interdisciplinary Research.

The 2025 Interdisciplinary Science Rankings (ISR) release marks a new phase in assessing the quality and scope of university research. ISR is the first global benchmark for the quality of interdisciplinary scientific research within higher education.

This report provides a deep-dive into some key global trends in the 2025 Interdisciplinary Science Rankings, including an analysis of the worldwide consultation process and creation of the ISR methodology, as well as an in-depth review at the input, process and output metric pillars.