The University of Jyväskylä keeps its position in Shanghai Ranking

The University of Jyväskylä was again included in the Shanghai Ranking (Academic Ranking of World Universities, ARWU). This year the ranking was 701–800. JYU’s ranking is the same as in the previous year. Among Finnish universities, JYU was seventh.
Published
16.8.2021

In addition to the list of top 500 universities in the world, the ranking also names universities in positions from 501 to 1,000.

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, three of them among the best 500. JYU has reached the group of top 500 in 2003–2013 and 2015.

In subject-specific comparison, JYU succeeded well: Education was ranked as high as 40. Also 12 other branches of science from JYU were included in global top 500. Communication and Mathematics placed 101–150, Psychology, Ecology, Chemistry and Hospitality and Tourism Management (at JYU Sport) ranked 201–300. Political Sciences and Computer Science  & Engineering listed 301-400, and Physics, Management, Clinical Medicine (at JYU Gerontology) and Public Health ranked 401–500.

According to the ranking, the most appreciated university is again Harvard. It is followed by Stanford and Cambridge. The top 20 included 16 universities from the USA.

Shanghai Ranking:
http://www.shanghairanking.com/

Further information:

Head of Internationalization & Higher Education Policy Anna Grönlund, tel. +358 50 313 0401, anna.gronlund@jyu.fi