The University of Jyväskylä improved its ranking in the prestigious Shanghai University Ranking 2026
The University of Jyväskylä was again included in the Shanghai Ranking (Academic Ranking of World Universities, ARWU) in which it was ranked 617th in the world. The university’s ranking improved significantly on last year’s (729th place). Of the universities in Finland, JYU was seventh.
Published
17.8.2026
This year, the ranking included 2,500 institutions from around the world, and the published list includes the best 1,000 universities.
The Shanghai Ranking mostly focuses on research. The comparison is based on, for example, Nobel prize-winning alumni, highly cited researchers and articles published in renowned scientific journals. Seven Finnish universities were included in the list.
According to the ranking, the most valued university is again Harvard and it is followed by Stanford and MIT. The global top 20 included 14 universities from the USA.
