Rankings: Internationally visible
International university rankings regularly give the University of Innsbruck good marks and prove that the University of Innsbruck is an outstanding research and educational institution within the European Higher Education Area, despite the sometimes difficult conditions.
Times Higher Education Ranking
According to University ranking by Times Higher Education (THE WUR), the University of Innsbruck is among the top 17% of universities worldwide in the 2023/24 ranking year and was ranked in places 301-350 (no further breakdown).
In the "International Outlook" sub-evaluation, which measures internationality parameters at the level of a university's staff, students and journal publications, the University of Innsbruck was ranked 55th worldwide in 2023/24.
The ranking is based on a differentiated assessment system in which research, teaching and the international reputation of the universities are evaluated in particular. The University of Innsbruck performs particularly well in the area of research impact, i.e. how often research work is cited by other scientists. This confirms that the work of Innsbruck's scientists is highly recognised internationally in many areas.
In the subject rankings issued by the ranking agency, the University of Innsbruck is represented in a total of eight subjects: Arts & Humanities, Business & Economics, Computer Science, Education, Engineering & Technology, Life sciences, Physical sciences, Psychology.
QS World University Ranking
The University of Innsbruck was ranked 362nd in the 2024 edition of QS World University Ranking, which is based on comprehensive key figures on research, teaching and institutional requirements, similar to the THE Ranking, and is among the top 24% worldwide according to the ranking agency.
Leiden ranking
The Leiden ranking is based exclusively on bibliometric analyses. The number of publications in the Web of Science and citations by other scientists are taken into account. One of the most commonly used indicators (Mean Normalised Citation Score) takes into account the size of a university, the citation cultures of different scientific fields, publication years and publication types. According to the ranking agency, the University of Innsbruck is among the top 40% worldwide in this indicator.
The fact that the University of Innsbruck performs particularly well in the "Collaboration indicators" is especially pleasing. Measured by the number of publications written with foreign partners, the University of Innsbruck is listed in 34th place worldwide in 2023 and thus has an outstanding position in the global ranking in terms of networking strength.
Academic Ranking of World Universities ("Shanghai-Ranking")
In the Academic Ranking of World Universities ("Shanghai-Ranking"), which uses six primarily research-relevant indicators to rank international universities, the University of Innsbruck was able to position itself in places 301-400 in 2023, which is not broken down further, making it the third best university in Austria.
In the subject rankings issued by the ranking agency, the University of Innsbruck is represented in all five fields (Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences) and a total of 17 subjects.
U-Multirank
U-Multirank is a multidimensional ranking with almost 40 indicators from the areas of teaching, research, knowledge transfer, internationality and regionality. The ranking, which is financed by the European Commission, assesses each individual indicator according to a grading system. An overall result is not calculated. The ranking was last published in 2022 and has been working on further developing the indicators ever since. To the results of University of Innsbruck.