QS ranking profile
Ohio State University
This page presents clearly labeled QS ranking data for orientation. It does not verify programs, supervisors, funding, admission requirements, or the university's website.
- QS 2026 rank
- #190
- Up 18 places since 2025
- QS 2025 rank
- #208
- Overall score
- 56.9
Explore opportunities at Ohio State University
Browse active research positions, doctoral fellowships, and university funding calls indexed from official faculties and verified sources.
QS indicators
Reported ranking indicators
Each indicator is scored out of 100 in the same QS snapshot as the summary above.
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Institution profile
How QS classifies this institution
QS groups institutions by size, subject range, and research output.
- Size
- Extra large
- More than 30,000 students
- Subject range
- Focused
- Teaches a limited range of faculty areas
- Research intensity
- Very high
- Very high research output in the QS classification
- Region
- Americas
- QS regional grouping
University profile
About Ohio State University
Editorial background written for orientation. Verify programs, funding, and admission on the university's official pages.
A statewide university with research questions at several scales
Ohio State University presents a research landscape that includes Columbus and several regional campuses, as well as work connected with health, science, Lake Erie, and the wider state. This scale is useful context for questions that may involve a local community, a regional environment, a medical setting, or a technical research problem. It does not mean that a subject is studied at every campus or in the same way across the university. Begin by identifying the academic unit where the relevant question is visible. The university-wide and statewide context can then help explain the setting around that local work.
The public pages describe research as a route to medical treatments and scientific discoveries, while also sharing research stories connected with Ohio and the future of Lake Erie. Those examples can help a visitor notice potential directions in health, environmental science, and public-facing research. They should not replace a closer search for a laboratory, centre, department, or research team. An effective comparison explains the actual research object and approach. It does not claim a fit merely because a current headline names a familiar issue or because a large university has many locations.
ERIK shows the research system behind a project
At Ohio State, the Enterprise for Research, Innovation and Knowledge, known as ERIK, makes several parts of research practice visible: animal care and use, biosafety, human subjects, commercialisation, external partnerships, researcher responsibilities, and compliance. This is helpful for understanding the institutional system that can surround a project. It is not a description of every group's research. A researcher working with human participants will have different questions from someone studying materials, ecosystems, algorithms, or historical evidence. Treat ERIK's public structure as context and seek local material for the substantive research direction.
ERIK also provides a researcher hub and information connected with project development, research administration, and partnerships. These resources can be useful when a question depends on collaboration across units or organisations. They cannot show whether a particular project is current, how a team works together, or what research methods it uses. Keep those claims separate. A university-level support page may explain the surrounding framework, while a project or group page should establish the research question, the methods, and the people involved. That separation improves the accuracy of any Ohio State profile.
Write an Ohio State University note that stays local
Start an Ohio State University note with the smallest relevant research question. Name the college, department, centre, laboratory, or campus setting that appears closest to it. Then find a current researcher, group, or project that provides a concrete link. The link could concern a disease process, a water system, a technical design, a research population, a scientific method, or a policy problem. State why the connection matters without assuming that the wider university carries the same focus. This approach works well for a large institution because it turns a broad search into a record that can be checked.
Use a final line to distinguish what is certain from what needs more review. A public research story can indicate a useful topic, while ERIK can explain relevant practice conditions, but neither can replace a clear group-level description. Return to the closest academic material when research pages change or new projects appear. The goal is not to make Ohio State sound like a match for every question. It is to identify the particular setting where your question has a visible academic home and where the evidence supports a meaningful comparison.