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MIT's relative position in World Rankings:
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| By Field | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 185 | 181 | 180 | 187 | - | 136 | 129 | 130 | 129 | 138 | 143 | 119 | 129 | 163 |
| Engineering | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 14 |
| Life Sciences | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Medicine | 74 | 65 | 67 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 97 | 88 | 83 | 84 | 90 | 95 | 74 | 78 |
| Natural Sciences | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 38 | 33 | 26 | 33 | 30 | 34 | 30 | 24 |
| By Subject | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Sciences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 451-500 | 401-450 | 451-500 | 451-500 |
| Biology & Biochemisty | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Chemical Engineering | 33 | 20 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 40 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 19 |
| Civil Engineering | 25 | 51 | 42 | 34 | 35 | 44 | 56 | 61 | 57 | 51 | 66 | 53 |
| Clinical Medicine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 107 | 117 | 125 |
| Computer Science | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 32 | 47 |
| Economics & Business | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Electrical Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 27 |
| Environment/Ecology | - | 152 | 138 | 87 | 80 | 82 | 96 | 96 | 88 | 77 | 83 | 103 |
| Geoscience | 7 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 29 | 29 |
| Immunology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 42 | 39 | 39 |
| Materials Science | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| Mathematics | 10 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 30 |
| Microbiology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Molecular Biology & Genetics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Neurscience & Behavior | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 18 | 17 |
| Pharmacology & Toxicology | - | - | 49 | 42 | 55 | 38 | 21 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 48 | 45 |
| Physics | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Plant & Animal Science | - | 247 | 196 | 201 | 199 | 218 | 183 | 167 | 241 | 224 | 233 | 178 |
| Psychiatry / Psychology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 73 | 69 | 54 |
| Social Sciences, General | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 98 | 87 | 71 |
| Space Science | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 20 | 20 |
| Energy Science & Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| Environmental Science & Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 |
| Biomedical Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |