The University of Barcelona is one of the worldʼs top 100 universities in two prestigious international rankings

In the American ranking Best Global Universities, the University of Barcelona is listed as 26th in Europe. It is the second time that the classification assesses the quality of universities abroad. Data show that the University has improved the position it got in 2014: it has climbed 3 and 6 points, at European and global levels, respectively.

The ranking BGU analyses ten indicators: global research reputation, regional research reputation, publications, total citations, normalized citation impact, number and percentage of highly cited papers, international collaboration, number of PhDs awarded, and number of PhDs awarded per academic staff member.

Concerning subjects, the University of Barcelona stands out in Neuroscience and Behaviour, where it ranks 56th worldwide; Plant and Animal Science, 60th; Chemistry, 65th, and Clinical Medicine, 44th. It occupies position 40 in Agricultural Sciences, position 78 in Biology and Biochemistry, position 67 in Ecology, position 60 in Immunology, position 54 in Molecular Biology and Genetics, position 36 in Pharmacology and Toxicology, 48 in Psychiatry and Psychology, 74 in Social Sciences and Public Health, and 67 in Space Science.

Other high-ranking Spanish universities are the Autonomous University of Barcelona (position 165) and the Autonomous University of Madrid (position 209).

National Taiwan University Ranking

According to the new edition of the NTU Ranking, published on 10 October, the University of Barcelona continues amongst top 100 universities worldwide. Although it has dropped five positions since 2014 edition, it ranks 76th. At the European level, the University of Barcelona is located at position 24.

In the ranking by subjects the University of Barcelona is one of the top 200 universities worldwide in the six fields analysed in the classification: Agriculture; Clinical Medicine; Engineering; Life Sciences, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences. The University performs particularly well in Medicine (position 58), Life Sciences (89) and Agriculture (88). Concerning subjects, its best positions are in Pharmacology and Toxicology (53), Chemistry (64), Agricultural Sciences (70) and Plant and Animal Science (86).

In Spain, the University of Barcelona is followed by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (position 165) and the University of Valencia (220).

Very prestigious rankings

The Best Global Universities is a ranking developed by the consultancy US News & World Report, a firm that has wide experience in elaborating rankings of US universities. In 2014, it first published a ranking that evaluated universities abroad. The BGU is about to become one of the most important international rankings, together with ARWU (Shanghai), QS-WUR and THE.

The NTU Ranking is released by the National Taiwan University, and it is also known as Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities. The name of the ranking system was also changed from HEEACT —the acronym of the educational council that elaborates it— to its popular name “Taiwan Ranking”. It is one of the first international rankings that used indicators to assess a universityʼs overall scientific paper performance: research productivity, research impact and research excellence.

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