CWUR World University Ranking 2024:
University of Hohenheim belongs to top 4.2 percent worldwide [13.05.24]
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) lists the University of Hohenheim in 863rd place out of a total of 20,966 universities worldwide.
It garnered high scores particularly for its research strength: The University of Hohenheim is one of the top 4.2 percent of universities worldwide. That was the result of the CWUR World University Ranking for 2024. In a global comparison, it lists the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart in 863rd place out of more than 20,000 universities. Details of the CWUR World University Ranking 2024: cwur.org/2024.php
The CWUR ranking is not based on surveys or information provided by the universities to be evaluated, but on objective indicators such as research performance, the quality of teaching and faculties, and on how many alumni are in top positions. The evaluation is calculated according to a point system from 0 to 100. The University of Hohenheim achieved 71.4 points.
The top three universities in the current CWUR ranking are the same as last year: Harvard University, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Stanford University (all in the USA).
Best ratings in other leading rankings, as well
The University of Hohenheim has also placed highly in other renowned international rankings:
In the THE World University Ranking 2024, the University of Hohenheim is among the top 16 percent in the world. The British magazine “Times Higher Education” (THE) publishes this ranking each year, evaluating 1,904 top universities worldwide and assessing the university as a whole. The outstanding research conducted at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart is particularly significant for its placement.
Press release: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/pressemitteilung?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=60187
The University of Hohenheim occupies top positions in leading subject rankings, particularly in the areas of agricultural research and food sciences but also with its business and economic sciences:
- With Business Administration and Economics as well as Life Sciences, the University of Hohenheim is among the world’s top 300 universities in the THE Ranking by Subject 2024 published by the journal "Times Higher Education" (THE). With group rankings #251-300 in both areas, the University of Hohenheim is in the upper third of the 909 (Business and Economics) and 1,059 (Life Sciences) ranked universities. The latest ranking was published in October 2023.
Press release: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/pressemitteilung?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=60525
- The current Best Global Universities Ranking 2023 places the University of Hohenheim’s agricultural research including food and nutrition science 1st in Germany, 9th in Europe, and 32nd in the world. The subject ranking of the U.S. News & World Report magazine is based on the analysis of Clarivate and takes into account research performance and international reputation. It was published in November 2022.
Press release: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/pressemitteilung?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=56939
- The renowned research ranking of the National Taiwan University (NTU Ranking) listed the university as no. 1 in Germany, no. 16 in Europe, and no. 52 in the world. Each year, the NTU evaluates all international scientific publications for the globally respected ranking, assessing their number and quality. The latest issue was published in September 2023.
Press release: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/pressemitteilung?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=60014
- The influential QS World University Ranking by Subject lists the University of Hohenheim’s agricultural research including food science 2nd in Germany, 14th in Europe, and 31st worldwide. The analysis by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a British education provider, annually ranks the best universities primarily by research strength and examines factors such as academic reputation, publications, and citations of individual publications. The most recent subject ranking was published in April 2024.
Press release: https://www.uni-hohenheim.de/pressemitteilung?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=62084
BACKGROUND: CWUR World University Ranking
The Center for World University Rankings CWUR in the United Arab Emirates has been publishing academic rankings since 2012. The World University Ranking evaluates universities on the basis of seven indicators. The quality of teaching and the question of how many alumni are in high positions are each included in the evaluation with 25 percent, the quality of the faculties with 10 percent.
Research performance is evaluated according to four different criteria and counts for a total of 40 percent (total number of publications, number of publications in high-ranking journals, number of publications in particularly influential journals, number of citations). A total of 20,966 universities were evaluated in the current ranking.
Additional information
CWUR World University Ranking 2024: https://cwur.org/2024.php
Text: Elsner
