In October 2021, the world university ranking system (US News & World Report Rankings) ranked TDTU at 387 out of 1,750 universities ranked in the 2022-2023 ranking period.

In October 2022, US News ranked TDTU at 223 out of 2,165 universities ranked in the 2023-2024 ranking period, an increase of 164 places  compared to the 2022-2023 ranking period.

In June 2024, US News ranked TDTU at 253 out of 2,459 universities ranked in the 2024-2025 ranking period.

US News' ranking method is based on Clarivate data and a set of 13 criteria, in which the high-weighted criteria include: Global Research Reputation: 12.5%; Regional Research Reputation: 12.5%; Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited: 12.5%; Total number of publications: 10%; Normalized citation impact: 10%.