idw – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
In the latest edition of the Shanghai Rankings, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is rated as the best university in Germany. In the recently published subject rankings, it already placed among the world’s top 25 universities in five areas and among the top 50 in two other subjects.
The annual Academic Ranking of World Universities, prepared by the Shanghai Rankings, assesses the research achievements of universities based on the number of scientific papers published in important journals such as Nature and Science, the citation frequency of the researchers, and the number of Nobel laureates and Fields Medal winners.
TUM came 56th in the worldwide rankings and was thus the new number one in Germany ahead of LMU Munich (57th) and the University of Heidelberg (70th). In the European Union it is number 7.
TUM was also rated number one in Germany in this year’s QS World University Rankings (49th worldwide and third in the EU). With TUM’s number 38 placement in the THE World University Ranking, the two top rankings in the European Union are held by LMU Munich and TUM.
In the Global Rankings of Academic Subjects recently published by the Shanghai Rankings, TUM is among the 25 best universities in the world in the following subjects:
• Remote Sensing: 4th (in Germany: 1)
• Medical Technology: 10th (in Germany: 1)
• Environmental Science & Engineering: 16th (in Germany: 1)
• Aerospace Engineering: 21st (in Germany: 1)
• Electrical & Electronic Engineering: 22nd (in Germany: 1)
In two other subjects, TUM is among the top 50:
• Agricultural Sciences: 37th (in Germany: 2nd)
• Biotechnology: 40th (in Germany: 1)
http://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities 2022
http://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/gras/2022 Global Rankings of Academic Subjects 2022
http://www.tum.de/en/about-tum/our-university/rankings TUM in rankings
Criteria of this press release:
Business and commerce, Journalists, Scientists and scholars, Students, Teachers and pupils, all interested persons
interdisciplinary
transregional, national
Contests / awards
English
You can combine search terms with and, or and/or not, e.g. Philo not logy.
You can use brackets to separate combinations from each other, e.g. (Philo not logy) or (Psycho and logy).
Coherent groups of words will be located as complete phrases if you put them into quotation marks, e.g. “Federal Republic of Germany”.
You can also use the advanced search without entering search terms. It will then follow the criteria you have selected (e.g. country or subject area).
If you have not selected any criteria in a given category, the entire category will be searched (e.g. all subject areas or all countries).
