NTU Ranking:
University of Hohenheim once again No. 1 in Agricultural Research and Food Sciences  [10.10.16]

Defending champion in Germany and climbing on the international scale: the National Taiwan University ranks the best research universities in the world every year.

The three most important international research ranking institutes all agree: the University of Hohenheim is Germany’s No. 1 in Agricultural Research and Food Sciences.

The current ranking of the National Taiwan University confirmed this impressively last night. For the ranking, which is highly acclaimed worldwide, the NTU evaluates all international academic publications each year and weights them according to academic productivity, excellence and academic influence. Only the 300 best universities make it to the list.

Ascent to 5th place on the international scale – also thanks to Food Sciences

The University of Hohenheim was able to once again improve its position in the Europe-wide comparison. The NTU currently sees it as No. 5 in Europe (previous year: No. 7) and No. 16 in the world (previous year: No. 21).

Because the National Taiwan University includes the research work done by Food Sciences at the University of Hohenheim in the Agricultural Sciences, this department also makes an important contribution to these impressive results.


All three renowned world rankings confirm 1st place

The classification as Germany’s No. 1 is currently confirmed by all the well-known international rankings:

• The influential QS World University Ranking published its latest ranking by subject in March 2016. The analysis done by Quacquarelli Symons, a British provider of specialist higher education and careers information and solutions, annually ranks the best universities according to research, academic reputation, and publications. It sees Agricultural Research including Food Sciences at the University of Hohenheim in 1st place in Germany, 9th place in Europe and 41st place worldwide.
• The latest Best Global Universities ranking dated from October 2015: the ranking by subject done by U.S. News & World Report is based on the Thomson Reuters’ Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) analysis of academic publications and international reputation. It sees Agricultural Research including Food Sciences at the University of Hohenheim in 1st place in Germany, 4th place in Europe and 10th place in the world.
• The current global ranking list of the Highly Cited Researchers was updated in December 2015: The Thomson Reuters Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) ranking publishes the 128 top-rated academics from all over the world in the category of Agricultural Sciences including Food Sciences. Of these, 10 are from Germany – and two from the University of Hohenheim: Prof. Dr. Klaus Becker (Agricultural Sciences) and Prof. Dr. Jochen Weiss (Food Sciences).

Europe’s frontrunners work together in close cooperation

The President of the University of Hohenheim, Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert, was also very happy to see in what good company the University of Hohenheim is with the best five in Agricultural Research. They include the Universities of Wageningen (Netherlands), Ghent (Belgium), Copenhagen and Aarhus (both Denmark).

The University of Hohenheim has already been closely connected with Wageningen and Copenhagen, both as the best in their respective countries, through the Euroleague of Life Sciences for many years. This network focuses on common study programs and the lively exchange of students and teachers. President Prof. Dr. Dabbert also sees the results of this ranking as very positive confirmation.


Top Five in Agricultural Research and Food Sciences in Germany, Europe and the world (source: NTU ranking)

Germany
1.    University of Hohenheim
2.    Technical University of Munich
3.    University of Bonn
4.    University of Göttingen
5.    University of Kiel
Europe
1.    University of Wageningen (Netherlands)
2.    University of Ghent (Belgium)
3.    University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
4.    University of Aarhus (Denmark)
5.    University of Hohenheim (Germany)
World
1.    University of Wageningen (Netherlands)
2.    University of California – Davis (USA)
3.    Cornell University (USA)
4.    China Agricultural University
5.    University of Ghent (Belgium)
…
16.    University of Hohenheim

Links
Strongest agricultural research (acc. to NTU ranking)

• in Germany: http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/countries.aspx?query=Agricultural&country=Germany&y=2016
• in Europe: http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/continents.aspx?query=Agricultural&continent=Europe&y=2016
• worldwide http://nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/DataPage/TOP300.aspx?query=Agricultural&y=2016

Methodology:
nturanking.lis.ntu.edu.tw/BackgroundMethodology/Methodology-enus.aspx

Text: Klebs

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