FAU in the top 100 worldwide in four subjects
Shanghai subject ranking 2024 has been published
FAU is listed among the 100 most prestigious universities in the world in four subjects. In Germany, FAU even managed to jump into the top 10 in seventeen subjects. A total of more than 5000 universities all over the world were evaluated in the ranking.
In Telecommunication Engineering, FAU came in the top 50 worldwide. With Energy Science and Engineering, Dentistry and Oral Science and Human Biological Sciences, a further three subjects at FAU are in the top 100.
At a national level, FAU made it into the top 10 with seventeen subjects, which is five more than last year: Telecommunications Engineering is at the top of the list, as has been the case for the last four years, Electrical and Electronic Engineering is ranked second, also like last year, and Materials Science and Engineering also came in second place, up from fifth place last year. Energy Science and Engineering achieved fourth place, Automation and Control, Biomedical Engineering and Dentistry and Oral Science achieved fifth place. Business Administration, Chemistry and Geography all came in sixth place. Metallurgical Engineering and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology rank seventh, Physics took eighth place, while Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering, Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering all came in ninth place.
About the ranking
The Shanghai subject ranking, officially known as the “Global Ranking of Academic Subjects”, has been published on an annual basis by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University since 2003. A total of 55 individual subjects were assessed from the fields of natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences and social sciences on the basis of various indicators. The ranking focuses on research. Indicators taken into consideration include research publications, citations, Nobel prizes and Fields medals. More than 5000 universities throughout the world were assessed for the ranking in 2024.
The entire ranking and further information is available on the Shanghai ranking website.
Further information:
Jens Kämmler
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