Latest ranking updates for University of Cape Town
- March 2024: Scimago Institutions announced latest results of Scimago Institutions Rankings with University of Cape Town in position 364.
- January 2024: University of Cape Town ranks 55 in the latest THE World’s Most International Universities from THE Times Higher Education, UK.
- December 2023: Publication of URAP World Ranking - University Ranking by Academic Performance. Ranking position #243.
- December 2023: University of Cape Town ranks 31 in the latest Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments - ShanghaiRanking (Sport Science) from ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.
University rankings
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- #1
- #167
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THE World University Rankings
[Published 27 September, 2023]
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- #1
- #173
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QS World University Rankings
[Published 27 June, 2023]
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- #1
- #95
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QS Employability Rankings
[Published 23 September, 2021]
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- #1
- #125
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US News: Best Global Universities
[Published 24 October, 2022]
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- #1
- #201
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ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities - ShanghaiRanking
[Published 15 August, 2023]
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- #1
- #55
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THE World’s Most International Universities
[Published 25 January, 2024]
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- #2
- #16
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THE Emerging Economies University Ranking - Times Higher Education
[Published 19 October, 2021]
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- #1
- #22
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QS University Rankings BRICS
[Published 06 May, 2019]
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- #2
- #404
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CWTS Leiden Ranking
[Published 22 June, 2022]
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- #1
- #364
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Scimago Institutions Rankings
[Published 06 March, 2024]
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- #1
- #270
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CWUR Center for World University Rankings
[Published 25 April, 2022]
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- #1
- #461
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Nature Index - Academic
[Published 15 June, 2023]
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- #1
- #232
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NTU Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers
[Published 11 July, 2023]
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- #1
- #243
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URAP World Ranking - University Ranking by Academic Performance
[Published 19 December, 2023]
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- #1
- #168
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RUR World University Rankings
[Published 25 May, 2023]
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- #1
- #57
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RUR Reputation Ranking
[Published 25 May, 2023]
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- #1
- #104
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RUR Academic Rankings
[Published 25 May, 2023]
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- #3
- #30
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StuDocu World University Ranking - EMEA - Europe, the Middle East and Africa
[Published 06 September, 2021]
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- #1
- #50
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QS World University Rankings: Sustainability
[Published 05 December, 2023]
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- #1
- #237
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Webometrics Ranking Web of Universities
[Published 31 July, 2023]
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- #3
- #101
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THE World University Impact Rankings - Overall
[Published 01 June, 2023]
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- #1
- #111
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THE China Subject Ratings Overall
[Published 11 May, 2022]
Historic rankings in TOP global university rankings
Subject rankings
Agriculture
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- #3
- #160
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- Agriculture
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URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
[Published 22 July, 2023]
Computer Science
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- #4
- #501
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- Computer Science
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THE World University Rankings by Subject
[Published 19 October, 2023]
Education
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- #1
- #92
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- Education
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THE World University Rankings by Subject
[Published 19 October, 2023]
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- #1
- #151
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- Education
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
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- #2
- #239
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- Education
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URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
[Published 22 July, 2023]
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- #1
- #401
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- Education
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GRAS Global Ranking of Academic Subjects - ShanghaiRanking
[Published 27 October, 2023]
Engineering
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- #2
- #401
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- Biotechnology
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GRAS Global Ranking of Academic Subjects - ShanghaiRanking
[Published 27 October, 2023]
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- #3
- #501
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- Engineering
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THE World University Rankings by Subject
[Published 19 October, 2023]
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- #6
- #899
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- Engineering
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URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
[Published 22 July, 2023]
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- #2
- #246
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- Environmental Engineering
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URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
[Published 22 July, 2023]
Languages & Literature
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- #1
- #201
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- Linguistics
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
Law
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- #2
- #126
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- Law
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THE World University Rankings by Subject
[Published 19 October, 2023]
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- #1
- #151
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- Law
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
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- #1
- #201
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- Law
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GRAS Global Ranking of Academic Subjects - ShanghaiRanking
[Published 27 October, 2023]
Mathematics
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- #1
- #401
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- Mathematics
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
Medicine & Health
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- #1
- #94
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- Medicine
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
Natural Sciences
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- #1
- #401
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- Chemistry
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
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- #1
- #101
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- Geology
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
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- #2
- #224
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- Geology
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URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
[Published 22 July, 2023]
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- #1
- #201
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- Physics
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GRAS Global Ranking of Academic Subjects - ShanghaiRanking
[Published 27 October, 2023]
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- #1
- #351
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- Physics
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NTU Rankings by Subject
[Published 11 July, 2023]
Social Studies & Humanities
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- #2
- #26
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- Anthropology
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URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
[Published 22 July, 2023]
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- #1
- #51
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- Anthropology
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
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- #1
- #201
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- Economics
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GRAS Global Ranking of Academic Subjects - ShanghaiRanking
[Published 27 October, 2023]
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- #2
- #296
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- Economics
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URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
[Published 22 July, 2023]
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- #1
- #51
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- Geography
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
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- #1
- #76
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- Geography
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GRAS Global Ranking of Academic Subjects - ShanghaiRanking
[Published 27 October, 2023]
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- #1
- #101
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- History
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
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- #1
- #116
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- Psychology
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URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
[Published 22 July, 2023]
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- #1
- #151
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- Psychology
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
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- #1
- #201
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- Psychology
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THE World University Rankings by Subject
[Published 19 October, 2023]
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- #3
- #401
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- Psychology
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GRAS Global Ranking of Academic Subjects - ShanghaiRanking
[Published 27 October, 2023]
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- #1
- #95
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- Social Sciences
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NTU Rankings by Subject
[Published 11 July, 2023]
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- #1
- #100
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- Social Sciences
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THE World University Rankings by Subject
[Published 19 October, 2023]
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- #1
- #79
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- Sociology
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URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
[Published 22 July, 2023]
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- #1
- #201
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- Sociology
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QS World University Rankings By Subject
[Published 22 March, 2023]
Highest subject rankings for University of Cape Town
Anthropology
URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
#26
Social Studies & Humanities
Education
THE World University Rankings by Subject
#92
Education
Medicine
QS World University Rankings By Subject
#94
Medicine & Health
Geology
QS World University Rankings By Subject
#101
Natural Sciences
Law
THE World University Rankings by Subject
#126
Law
Agriculture
URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
#160
Agriculture
Linguistics
QS World University Rankings By Subject
#201
Languages & Literature
Environmental Engineering
URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field
#246
Engineering
Mathematics
QS World University Rankings By Subject
#401
Mathematics
Computer Science
THE World University Rankings by Subject
#501
Computer Science
About University of Cape Town
Key facts
- Foundation year:
- 1829
- Telephone:
- +27 21 650 9111
- Address:
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- Private Bag
- 7700, Cape Town
- South Africa
- Website:
- https://www.uct.ac.za
- Social:
Map of University of Cape Town
FAQ
University of Cape Town ranks #1 in South Africa in our meta ranking of 112 university rankings. See rankings of all 24 universities in South Africa.
University of Cape Town ranks #1 in Cape Town in our meta ranking. See rankings of all 3 universities in Cape Town.
University of Cape Town is listed in THE World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings, QS Employability Rankings, US News: Best Global Universities, ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities - ShanghaiRanking, THE World’s Most International Universities and more. See all 28 rankings of University of Cape Town.
University of Cape Town achieved #16 in THE Emerging Economies University Ranking - Times Higher Education. This is the university’s highest ranking in the 112 rankings tracked on our website. See all rankings for University of Cape Town.
University of Cape Town achieved the highest ranking for Medicine & Health. It is ranked #11 in URAP University Ranking by Academic Performance - By Field (Infectious Diseases). See all subject rankings for University of Cape Town.
A large number of university rankings include surveys among academics on reputation. In our meta ranking of 112 university rankings University of Cape Town ranks #1 among universities in Cape Town and #1 among universities in South Africa. See all rankings of University of Cape Town.
In our meta ranking University of Cape Town ranks #1 among all universities in South Africa and University of the Witwatersrand ranks #2. See all rankings of universities in Cape Town. Apart from rankings you may also want to see the ratings from students who attended the universities.
Ranking publishers
The Times and The Sunday Times
The Guardian News and Media Limited
The University League Tables
Rogers Digital Media
U-Ranking
RUY
América Economía
Perspektywy
THE Times Higher Education, UK
- Published:
- 27 September, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -THE World University Rankings:
- 30% Teaching (the Learning Environment)
- Reputation survey: 15%
- Staff-to-student ratio: 4.5%
- Doctorate-to-bachelor’s ratio: 2.25%
- Doctorates-awarded-to-academic-staff ratio: 6%
- Institutional income: 2.25%
30% Research (Volume, Income and Reputation)
- Reputation survey: 18%
- Research income: 6%
- Research productivity: 6%
30% Citations (Research Influence)
7.5% International Outlook (Staff, Students and Research)
- Proportion of international students: 2.5%
- Proportion of international staff: 2.5%
- International collaboration: 2.5%
2.5% Industry Income (Knowledge Transfer)"
- Published:
- 23 November, 2022
- Criteria used in ranking -THE Global Employability University Ranking:
- Employability (survey) 100%
- Published:
- 19 October, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -THE World University Rankings by Subject:
- 37.4% Teaching (the Learning Environment)
37.6% Research (Volume, Income and Reputation)
15% Citations (Research Influence)
7.5% International Outlook (Staff, Students and Research)
2.5% Industry Income (Knowledge Transfer)
- Published:
- 19 October, 2021
- Criteria used in ranking -THE Emerging Economies University Ranking - Times Higher Education:
- Teaching 30%
Research (volume, income and reputation) 30%
Citations 20%
International outlook (staff, students, research) 10%
Industry income (knowledge transfer) 10%
- Published:
- 25 January, 2024
- Criteria used in ranking -THE World’s Most International Universities:
- Proportion of international students 25%
Proportion of international staff 25%
Proportion of journal publications with one or more international co-authors 25%
University’s international reputation 25%
- Published:
- 03 July, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -THE Young University Rankings:
- Teaching 30%
Research (volume, income and reputation) 30%
Citations 30%
International outlook (staff, students, research) 7.5%
Industry income (knowledge transfer) 2.5%
- Published:
- 26 June, 2023
- Published:
- 01 June, 2023
- Published:
- 11 May, 2022
British Quacquarelli Symonds, UK
- Published:
- 27 June, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -QS World University Rankings:
- Academic Reputation 40%
Employer Reputation 10%
Faculty/Student Ratio 20%
Citations per faculty 20%
International Faculty Ratio 5%
International Student Ratio 5%
- Published:
- 23 September, 2021
- Criteria used in ranking -QS Employability Rankings:
- Employer reputation 30%
Alumni outcomes 25%
Partnerships with Employers per Faculty 25%
Employer/Student Connections 10%
Graduate employment rate 10%
- Published:
- 22 March, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -QS World University Rankings By Subject:
- Academic Reputation: 50%
Employer Reputation: 30%
Research Citations Per Paper: 10%
H-index: 10%
- Published:
- 24 June, 2020
- Criteria used in ranking -QS 50 under 50:
- Based on the QS World University rankings methodology, the top 50 universities that are under 50 years old.
Academic Reputation 40%
Employer Reputation 10%
Faculty/Student Ratio 20%
Citations per faculty 20%
International Faculty Ratio 5%
International Student Ratio 5%
- Published:
- 06 May, 2019
- Criteria used in ranking -QS University Rankings BRICS:
- Academic reputation 30%
Employer reputation 20%
Faculty/student ratio 20%
Staff with a PhD 10%
Papers per faculty 10%
- Published:
- 05 December, 2023
RUF
Sapiens Research
Thomson Reuters
National Institutional Ranking Framework
Careers360
Us News
- Published:
- 24 October, 2022
Urap
- Published:
- 19 December, 2023
- Published:
- 22 July, 2023
Forbes
Payscale
ShanghaiRanking Consultancy
- Published:
- 15 August, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -ARWU Academic Ranking of World Universities - ShanghaiRanking:
- **Quality of Education 10%**
- Alumni winning Nobel Prizes/Field Medals 10%
**Quality of Faculty 40%**
- Staff winning Nobel Prizes/Field Medals 20%
- Highly Cited Researchers 20%
**Research Output 40%**
- Papers published in Nature and Science 20%
- Papers indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded & Social Science Citation Index 20%
**Per Capita Performance 10%**
- Published:
- 27 October, 2023
Washington Monthly
Kiplinger
The Princeton Review
Centre for Science and Technology Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands
- Published:
- 22 June, 2022
- Criteria used in ranking -CWTS Leiden Ranking:
- Scientific Impact
Number of Publications
Collaboration
Open Access
Gender Diversity
Scimago Institutions
- Published:
- 06 March, 2024
- Criteria used in ranking -Scimago Institutions Rankings:
- Research 50%
Innovation 30%
Societal 20%
CWUR Center for World University Rankings
- Published:
- 25 April, 2022
- Criteria used in ranking -CWUR Center for World University Rankings:
- **Research Performance: 40%**
- Research Output: 10%
- High-Quality Publications: 10%
- Influence: 10%
- Citations: 10%
**Quality of Education: 25%**
**Alumni Employment: 25%**
**Quality of Faculty: 10%**
MONEY
Nature Index
- Published:
- 15 June, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -Nature Index - Academic:
- Article count (AC)
Fractional count (FC)
Weighted fractional count (WFC)
NTU ranking
- Published:
- 11 July, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -NTU Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers:
- **Research Productivity: 25%**
- \# Articles last 11 years: 10%
- \# Articles current year: 15%
**Research Impact: 35%**
- \# Citations last 11 years: 15%
- \# Citations last 2 years: 10%
- Average \# citations last 11 years: 10%
**Research Excellence: 40%**
- H-index last 2 years: 10%
- \# Highly cited papers last 11 years: 15%
- \# Articles current year in high-impact journals: 15%
- Published:
- 11 July, 2023
RUR Ranking Agency (Moscow, Russia)
- Published:
- 25 May, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -RUR World University Rankings:
- **Teaching: 40%**
- Ratio Faculty/Student: 8%
- Ratio Faculty/Bachelor Degrees Awarded: 8%
- Ratio Faculty/Doctoral Degrees Awarded: 8%
- Ratio Doctoral Degrees Awarded/Bachelor Degrees Awarded: 8%
- World Teaching Reputation: 8%
**Research: 40%**
- Citations per Academic/Research Staff: 8%
- Doctoral Degrees per Accepted PhD: 8%
- Normalized Citation Impact: 8%
- Papers per Academic/Research Staff: 8%
- World Research Reputation: 8%
**International Diversity: 10%**
- International Faculty: 2%
- International Students: 2%
- International Co-Authored Papers: 2%
- Reputation Outside Geographical Region: 2%
- International Level: 2%
**Financial Sustainability: 10%**
- Institutional Income per Faculty: 2%
- Institutional Income per Student: 2%
- Papers per Research Income: 2%
- Research Income per Academic/Research Staff: 2%
- Research Income per Institutional Income: 2%
- Published:
- 25 May, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -RUR Academic Rankings:
- Normalized citation impact (Citations of research publications from all university authors compared with world averages) 20%
Citation per papers 20%
Papers per academic and research staff 20%
International research reputation 20%
Share of research publications written in international co-authorship 20%
- Published:
- 25 May, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -RUR Reputation Ranking:
- Teaching Reputation 50%
Research Reputation 50%
StuDocu
- Published:
- 06 September, 2021
4icu
Webometrics
- Published:
- 31 July, 2023
- Criteria used in ranking -Webometrics Ranking Web of Universities:
- Visibility 50%
Excellence 35%
Transparency 10%
Presence 5%
