CWUR World University Ranking 2020-21:
University of Hohenheim in the top 4.2 percent worldwide  [09.06.20]

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) lists the University of Hohenheim in 832nd place out of a total of 20,000 universities.

The ranking is not based on information provided by the universities to be evaluated, but on 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.

In a worldwide comparison, the universities in Baden-Württemberg did particularly well: All nine made it into the top 1,000.


Best ratings in other leading rankings, as well

The University of Hohenheim has also placed highly in other renowned international rankings:

• The University of Hohenheim is among the top 20 percent in the worldwide THE World University Ranking 2020. The British magazine “Times Higher Education” (THE) publishes this ranking each year, evaluating 1,400 top universities worldwide. It assesses the university as a whole with a particular emphasis on teaching, which has the greatest influence on the overall assessment.
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The University of Hohenheim occupies top positions in leading subject rankings, particularly in the areas of agricultural research and food sciences:

• In the area of Life Sciences, the University made it into the top 250 universities in the world in the THE Ranking by Subject 2019 of the magazine "Times Higher Education" (THE). With the group placement #201-250, the University of Hohenheim is in the top third of the 751 life sciences universities ranked. According to THE-Ranking, the life sciences include agricultural sciences, biology, veterinary medicine, and sports science. It was published in November 2019.
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• The current Best Global Universities Ranking 2020 places the University of Hohenheim’s agricultural research including food and nutrition science 1st in Germany, 7th in Europe, and 27th in the world. The subject ranking of the U.S. News & World Report magazine is based on the analysis of Clarivate Analytics InCites and takes into account research performance and international reputation. It was published in October 2019.
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• The renowned research ranking of the National Taiwan University (NTU Ranking) listed the university as no. 1 in Germany, no. 6 in Europe, and no. 20 in the world in 2019. 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 June 2019.
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• In its subject ranking, the influential QS World University Ranking lists the University of Hohenheim’s agricultural research including food science 1st in Germany, 8th 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 NTU ranking was published in February 2019.
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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).

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