The media company U.S. News & World Report has published the results of its latest ranking of the world’s best universities. The Jagiellonian University once again took the top position among Polish institutions, ahead of the University of Warsaw and the AGH University of Krakow. Globally, the oldest Polish higher education institution ranked 394th, moving up 10 places compared to last year.
The U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings compare universities worldwide based on academic research performance and international reputation, helping applicants evaluate higher education institutions in their country, region and around the world. The ranking includes 2,250 universities from 105 countries. The institutions are ranked based on thirteen indicators: global research reputation, regional research reputation, publications, books, conferences, normalised citation impact (NCI), total citations, number of publications that are among the 10% most cited, percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited, international collaboration, international collaboration relative to country, number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited in their respective field, and percentage of total publications that are among the top 1% most highly cited papers.
As in previous year, the ranking was topped by American universities: Harvard University, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Stanford University. The Jagiellonian University maintained its top position in Poland, taking 394th place globally, improving its position by 33 places compared to the last year. The second and third place in Poland were respectively taken by the University of Warsaw (435th place globally) and AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków (817th place globally). Altogether, the list included 42 universities from Poland.
The Jagiellonian University was classified in the following fields:
- Mathematics – #138
- Arts and Humanities – #140
- Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems – #143
- Clinical Medicine – #181
- Plant and Animal Science – #211
- Pharmacology and Toxicology – #227
- Endocrinology and Metabolism – #242
- Psychiatry/Psychology – #280
- Biology and Biochemistry - #302
- Chemistry – #310
- Oncology – #319
- Molecular Biology and Genetics – #327
- Public, Environmental and Occupational Health – #329
- Physics – #362
- Geosciences – #386
- Agricultural Sciences – #388
- Social Sciences and Public Health – #397
- Neuroscience and Behavior – #484
- Physical Chemistry – #498
- Environment/Ecology – #604
- Materials Science – #778
- Computer Science – #941
- Engineering – #1495
The full ranking list is available on its official website.
