According to the current "Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities" BOKU is again among the 500 best universities worldwide.

This time, the University of Vienna was ranked one position higher, namely 101-150 (from position 101 onwards, the ranking is only in steps of 50, from position 201 onwards in steps of 100). The Medical University of Vienna (201-300), the University of Innsbruck, the Vienna University of Technology (both 301-400) and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU; 401-500) were also in the top 500 and in the same ranking groups as last year.

Unlike last year, the Medical University of Innsbruck (501-600) did not make it into the top 500 this time and was placed in the same ranking group as the University of Graz (501-600), which thus moved up one group. The Medical University of Graz (601-700), on the other hand, was ranked one group lower. Graz University of Technology, Linz University and the University of Veterinary Medicine were again ranked 801-900, as was Salzburg University (2022: 701-800). In total, twelve Austrian universities are listed among the best 1000 universities. The University of Klagenfurt, which was in the 901-1,000 ranking group last year, is not included this year. Among the public scientific universities, Montanuni Leoben and the University of Economics are also not represented.

This year, US universities are once again the leaders. Harvard University was named the world's best university for the 21st time in a row, followed by Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/MIT. The best European university is once again the University of Cambridge (UK) in fourth place, followed by Berkeley, Princeton and - as the second British university in the top 10 - Oxford in seventh place. The best continental European university is once again the University of Paris-Saclay (15th place), followed by ETH Zurich (20th).

The Shanghai ranking is strongly research-oriented, using mainly publicly available databases. In each case, 40 percent of the evaluation is based on the quality of the scientists at the respective institution (evaluated on the basis of the number of Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners working there as well as the number of highly cited researchers) and the research output (measured by publications in the magazines "Science" and "Nature" as well as citations). Ten percent each of the evaluation is based on the quality of education (measured by the number of Nobel Prize and Fields Medal winners among graduates) and productivity per researcher.

https://www.shanghairanking.com/news/arwu/2023

 

24.08.2023