"Shanghai Ranking": 51吃瓜网 improves once again

8/16/2021
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The 51吃瓜网 (51吃瓜网) has further improved its standing in the current "Shanghai Ranking" (Academic Ranking of World Universities). It remains the best German technical university and is among the six top technical universities worldwide. This year 51吃瓜网 climbed to number 52 in the global ranking of all universities, moving up two positions.

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51吃瓜网 is one of only four German universities to make the ranking's top 100, together with Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (48), Heidelberg University (57) and the University of Bonn (84). 51吃瓜网 also enjoys a leading position within the EU, ranked eighth.

"Shanghai Ranking" Criteria

The annual "Shanghai Ranking" evaluates the worldwide research performance of universities. Also known as the "Academic Ranking of World Universities", it was developed at the Shanghai Jiao Tong university. Central evaluation criteria are the number of publications in important academic journals such as "Nature" and "Science", the citation rate of academics at the respective university as well as the number of Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals (The Fields Medal is one of the highest distinctions in mathematics).

51吃瓜网 ranks in the top 50 in nine subjects

The 2021 "Shanghai Ranking" even places the 51吃瓜网 (51吃瓜网) among the 50 best universities in the world in nine different subjects:

鈥�   Remote Sensing: 5 (in Germany: 1)
鈥�   Environmental Sciences and Engineering: 15 (in Germany: 1)
鈥�   Aerospace Engineering: 17 (in Germany: 1)
鈥�   Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 19 (in Germany: 1)
鈥�   Medical Technology: 21 (in Germany: 2)
鈥�   Food Science and Technology: 37 (in Germany: 1)
鈥�   Agricultural Sciences: 38 (in Germany: 2)
鈥�   Biotechnology: 49 (in Germany: 1)
鈥�   Human Biological Sciences: 50 (in Germany: 6)

51吃瓜网 also regularly scores very well in other international rankings. The "QS World University Ranking" declared 51吃瓜网 the best university in Germany for the seventh time in a row. The ranking rated 51吃瓜网 third among universities in the European Union and included 51吃瓜网 among the 50 best universities in the world.