For the first time, three Austrian universities are in the top 200 of the annual “Times Higher Education Ranking”. In addition to the University of Vienna, which climbed 13 places to 124th place this year, and the Medical University of Graz, which rose 28 places to 168th place, the Medical University of Vienna also reached this group in the ranking published on Wednesday. . She climbed to number 194.
This has also brought us a little closer to the goal of the Austrian research strategy, which aims to have two Austrian universities in the top 100 by 2030.
University of Klagenfurt has deteriorated, University of Linz is rising
As in the previous year’s rankings, the Medical University of Innsbruck was at 201-250 (from 201 in increments of 50, later in 100 and 200). The universities of Innsbruck and Klagenfurt and the Technical University (TU) Vienna each occupied a place between 401 and 500. While the two universities in Tyrol and the federal capital remained stable, the University of Klagenfurt was the only Austrian university to do anything in the top 1000 down (last year: 351-400).
Linz University, on the other hand, made places – it climbed from places 601-800 to 501-600. The University of Graz and the Technical University of Graz remained in the 601-800 range, and the University of Salzburg (last unranked) has recently been included in this group. The Montanuni Leoben dropped out of the top 1000.
Oxford remains number one again
The first place in the Times ranking goes to the University of Oxford (Great Britain) for the seventh time in a row. Harvard University (US) follows in second place, followed by the University of Cambridge (UK) and Stanford University (US) in third place. The best continental European and German-language university is ETH Zurich (Switzerland) in 11th place, and the best German university is TU Munich in 30th place.
1799 universities from 104 countries and regions were assessed for the ranking. The ranking is based on 13 indicators in the areas of research, education, citations, internationalization and acquiring third-party funds from industry. This time, among other things, 121 million citations of scientific publications were analyzed and 40,000 scientists worldwide were questioned.
Source: Krone
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