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- Caltech University Ranking
- Caltech Course Ranking
- Caltech US News & World Report Ranking 2025
- Caltech QS Ranking 2025
- Caltech THE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2025
- Caltech ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
CaltechUniversity Ranking
Recognized globally as a leading global enterprise, the California Institute of Technology is dedicated to delivering academic excellence. The California Institute of Technology is ranked #8 among the US Universities. The ranking is done by Shiksha study abroad under Shiksha Popularity Rankings, 2025.
Even though there are multiple global ranking metrics available for students to check university rankings, what makes Shiksha Ranking different is that Shiksha uses the aggregate of all the publicly available university and course rankings from top-ranking publishers and maps it into nine buckets. With this method, courses are graded based on their availability at the college in a particular country and universities are graded by the countries.
Moving forward, according to the 'University Ranking' category of QS 2025, the California Institute of Technology ranks #10, showing an improvement from its previous ranking of #15 in 2024. California Institute of Technology also ranks #7 in THE 'University Ranking' category 2024. As compared to last year, the California Institute of Technology witnessed a declining trend in its THE (Times Higher Education) ranking which stood at #6 in 2023. Furthermore, the California Institute of Technology ranks #7 in the US News 'National University' category in 2024.
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CaltechCourse Ranking
As per the California Institute of Technology subject ranking 2024, many of the university courses are ranked among the top in the world. US News has ranked the California Institute of Technology at #2 for Aerospace Engineering PG. Additionally, it is also ranked #2 for Chemical Engineering PG by US News. QS has also ranked courses offered by the California Institute of Technology as top programs, namely Physics & Astronomy, Engineering & Technology, Mathematics, and Mechanical Aeronautical & Manufacturing Engineering, etc. The programs offered by the California Institute of Technology are quite popular and are ranked at #6 - 17 by QS in 2024.
In addition to the global ranking bodies, Shiksha has also ranked California Institute of Technology streams, namely Engineering, Science, and Medicine & Health Sciences at #7, #6, and #112, respectively. Due to the availability of multiple rankings online which can prove to be overwhelming to students looking to study abroad, Shiksha Study Abroad launched Shiksha Grading. With its launch, students are no longer required to check multiple ranking details to know about the performance of a particular university.
Read on to know more details about California Institute of Technology courses and subject rankings in the below article.
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CaltechUS News & World Report Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Universities | 9 | 23 | – / – |
| National University | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| Aerospace Engineering PG | 2 | 2 | – / – |
| Best UG Biomedical Engineering Schools | 20 | 18 | 24 |
| Biomedical Engineering PG | 10 | 17 | – / – |
| Chemical Engineering PG | 2 | 2 | – / – |
| Civil Engineering PG | 16 | 19 | – / – |
| Electrical Engineering PG | 4 | 6 | – / – |
| Mechanical Engineering PG | 3 | 3 | – / – |
| UG Computer Engineering | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| UG Electrical-Electronic and Communications Engineering | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| UG Mechanical Engineering | 8 | 6 | 8 |
CaltechQS Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World University | 6 | 15 | 10 |
| Biological Sciences | 17 | 20 | 18 |
| Engineering and Technology | 10 | 9 | 13 |
| Mathematics | 17 | 15 | 16 |
| Mechanical Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering | 17 | 17 | 18 |
| Physics and Astronomy | 6 | 6 | 7 |
CaltechTHE (Times Higher Education) Ranking 2025
| Ranked by | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Engineering | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Life Sciences | 6 | 11 | 10 |
| PG Computer Science | 19 | 13 | 15 |
CaltechARWU (Shanghai Ranking) Ranking 2024
| Ranked by | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Universities | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Mathematics | 46 | 47 | 29 |
| Physics | 5 | 6 | 5 |
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CalTech is not only among the top 10 colleges & universities in the US, the institute also forms part of the best higher educational institutions on a global scale.
As per World University Rankings 2025 given by a major university ranking publication, CalTech ranks #10 among all colleges & universiti
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Stanford University and California Institute of Technology are known to be some of the top ranked universities in the USA and globally. According to the US News Rankings 2024, both the universities have been ranked at #3 and #23 respectively. The comparative rankings of Stanford and California Tech
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The institute is home to some of the best research facilities in the country. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) being the most prominent one of the lot, which it manages for NASA.
The laboratory is used to send probes to outer-space, with the aim to explore planets of the solar system & monitor any
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Indian students average performance makes it very difficult to secure admission into California Institute of Technology (Caltech) because of its demanding admission standards. A small 8.7% of applicants manage to join Caltech each year based on their SAT score of 1545 and average GPA level of 4.21.
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Applications from Indian students for the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) through Restrictive Early Action should reach before November 1, 2024 and Regular Decision candidates must submit their applications before January 3, 2025. The admissions committee conducts final application ev
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