The Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń has once again been included in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject – one of the most prestigious international rankings of higher education institutions. In the latest ranking, UMK was recognised in seven areas.
THE World University Ranking is one of the three most respected and widely discussed international university rankings, alongside the Academic Ranking of World Universities (the so-called Shanghai ranking) and the QS World University Rankings. In addition to the annual ranking of the world’s best universities, Times Higher Education also prepares more detailed rankings, including subject rankings. The methodology involves assessing universities in 11 subject areas, using 18 indicators in five main pillars: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry and international outlook. This comprehensive picture of academic and research excellence allows prospective students to identify which universities are worth considering when choosing a field of study.
Each ranking takes into account subject areas that are assessed through the analysis of narrower disciplines, but this year’s list does not include detailed results. The positions of individual universities can therefore be determined on the basis of a general category (e.g. social sciences), without the possibility of checking their level in individual disciplines (for social sciences, these are: media and communication studies, politics and international relations, sociology and geography).
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń was classified in seven categories. In Arts and Humanities, UMK ranked between 501-600 and was among the top five universities in Poland in this area. Six Polish universities ranked between 301 and 400 in the Law category. Apart from Nicolaus Copernicus University, Adam Mickiewicz University, University of Gdańsk, University of Łódź, University of Silesia in Katowice and University of Wrocław tied for third place in Poland. UMK ranked between 801 and 1000 in four categories: Business and Economics, Medical and Health Sciences, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences, maintaining its position from last year. Our university also maintained its result from the previous edition of the ranking in the Physical Sciences category, where it was ranked between 1001 and 1250 out of nearly 1500 listed schools.
The top places in the ranking are mainly occupied by American universities (MIT, Harvard University, Stanford University and California Institute of Technology). In three categories, the leaders are universities from the United Kingdom: Oxford University and Cambridge University.
Source: NCU Information Portal