SDU moves up in recognised ranking list

QS - World University Ranking has published the latest ranking of the world's universities, and the University of Southern Denmark has been ranked number 303.

This is the university's best ever ranking on the list, and SDU stands out as the biggest high-flyer among all Universities Denmark universities.

The QS World University Rankings is an annual ranking of the world's universities. The ranking is based on factors such as academic reputation, employer rating, number of citations per researcher, staffing levels of lecturers and academic staff and international student numbers. It is widely used as a measure of universities' global reputation and research strength.

Progress on strategically important parameters

With the new strategy, the University of Southern Denmark wants to develop and strengthen the university's research through an increased degree of international sparring and collaboration. It is therefore encouraging to see that SDU is making progress on a number of parameters relating to internationalization and excellent research and educational environments.

On the parameters International Faculty, Citations per Faculty, Academic Reputation and International Students, there are positive signs from SDU International's perspective with progress compared to the latest ranking. The two parameters with International say something about how attractive the university is to foreign researchers and students, and here SDU International is ranked in the top 3 in Denmark.

This, combined with a high ranking on the International Research Network parameter, supports that the University of Southern Denmark has a strong position and that several of the strategic ambitions are moving in the right direction.

CWUR - World University Rankings - has also recently published their results, where SDU is ranked 289th among the participating universities. What makes the CWUR ranking special is that it focuses specifically on research and bibliometrics.