UMD energy and sustainability programs highly ranked by U.S. News
The University of Maryland ranked No. 11 among U.S. public institutions—its highest ranking to date—No. 29 overall in the nation, and No. 72 among 2,250 top universities from more than 100 countries in U.S. News & World Report’s list of 2025-26 Best Global Universities, released on June 17, 2025. The rankings focus on global academic and research reputation and are based on 13 factors, such as publications, total citations, number of publications among the top 10% most cited, and number of highly cited papers among the top 1% most cited Among the various subject areas UMD placed in the top 50 for both Green and Sustainable Science and Technology (No. 39) and Energy and Fuels (No. 46), the key areas of emphasis at the Maryland Energy Innovation Institute (MEI2). Within the Energy and Fuels subject area UMD ranked:
Within the Green and Sustainable Science and Technology subject area UMD ranked:
These top global rankings are largely due to the fact that many UMD professors typically rank in the top 1% of those most highly cited. For example, Distinguished University Professor and Director of MEI2, Dr. Eric Wachsman, ranks in the top 0.09% in the field of energy with about 320,000 scientists, as noted by the Elsevier data repository of author databases. Several other UMD faculty are similarly ranked highly in these areas, including Dr. Chunsheng Wang, chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Dr. Michael Pecht, mechanical engineering, who are among the list of most highly cited researchers in 2024, as ranked by Clarivate. MEI2’s mission is to catalyze clean energy technology to stimulate economic growth and create a sustainable future. The Institute focuses on translating university energy research into new clean energy companies in the State of Maryland simultaneously benefiting the environment and creating high paying jobs to help the State economy. These rankings on citations and impact are strong indicators of the contributions UMD is making to achieve a sustainable future on a global scale and more locally to advance the Maryland and U.S. energy innovation economy.
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