An important victory for Greek universities – and especially for the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. The Kapodistrian University of Athens topped the list in Southeastern Europe, the ranking of the “Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities” (ARWU), by the independent non-profit organization Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, which ranked it among the 400 best institutions worldwide.
According to the ranking results, a total of six Greek universities are among the 1000 best in the world, including the University of Cyprus, which was placed among the best 800 educational institutions.
Important positions for the National Academy of Sciences of Greece – Successes for other Greek universities
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (301-400 places) has again been ranked as the top university in South-Eastern Europe.
The National University of Athens is also in the following positions in the ranking:
- 1st place in Greece among the six Universities in the top 1000, and even scoring the highest grade in all the individual criteria in which Greek Universities received a grade.
- In 1st place among the Universities of the Balkan Peninsula and Cyprus in all the criteria in which the Greek Universities received the highest scores in all of the Greek universities.
- In the top 25 of the Mediterranean Universities, outperforming important Universities from countries such as Italy, France and Spain
- In the top 1.3% of the world’s best universities, considering that there are 32,000 universities worldwide.
They are followed in positions 501-600 by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in positions 801-900 by the National Technical University of Athens, the University of Crete, and the University of Thessaly, and in positions 901- 1000 by the University of Patras.
More specifically, in terms of the ranking by Academic Subjects, EKPA is ranked 76-100 in the fields of Clinical Medicine, and Dentistry, 101-150 in the fields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, and Nursing, and 151-200 in the fields of Physics, Public Health, and Human Biology (see Table 3):
On the occasion of the new distinction, the Rector of the University of Athens, Professor Gerasimos Siasos, stated the following:
“Another distinction for the first and largest University of Greece that fills us with pride and responsibility for the future. It is due exclusively to the academic staff of the Foundation, which despite the difficulties remains committed to producing high-quality and impactful research and scientific work. This work is recognized internationally and ranks our Institution among the most established and renowned universities worldwide. Congratulations therefore to all members of the academic staff of our University for this distinction. It is the commitment of the Foundation’s Leadership to intensify our efforts to continue to produce work that will lead us to conquer new heights.”
This ranking is considered one of the three most important in the world. It methodologically evaluates each university that it features:
- graduates and faculty members who have been awarded the Nobel Prize or other major prizes
- researchers whose articles have a high scientific impact and are systematically referred to
- researchers with published work in the major journals Nature and Science
In addition, the table includes universities with a significant number of publications in the Science-Citation Index- Expanded (SCIE) and the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI).
