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For the fourth time, our university was awarded the title Most Entrepreneurial University in the Netherlands in 2020. The Times Higher Education (THE) ranks us among the top 250 universities worldwide. We have also acclaimed the Best technical University in the Netherlands for our bachelor's programmes. Below is an overview of leading rankings that include UT.
QS world university rankings
The QS World University Rankings currently follows about 1,600 universities worldwide. In the ranking of 2021, University of Twente is positioned in the range of the first 17%. Part of the ranking is based on hard data (faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, proportion of international students by faculty). Another important part is based on data obtained from two large global surveys – one among academics and another among employers (academic reputation, employer reputation).
Overall ranking University of Twente in 2021: 197
Times higher education rankings (THE)
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE) are powered by Thomson Reuters. They are the only global university performance tables to judge world universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
Overall ranking University of Twente in 2020: 201-250
ARWU Shanghai Ranking
ARWU uses six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers selected by Clarivate Analytics, number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index - Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, and per capita performance of a university.
Overall ranking University of Twente in 2020: 401-500
CWTS Leiden ranking
The CWTS Leiden Ranking measures the scientific performance of 500 major universities worldwide. Using a sophisticated set of bibliometric indicators, the ranking aims to provide highly accurate measurements of the scientific impact of universities and of the involvement of universities in scientific collaboration. Compared with other university rankings, the Leiden Ranking offers more advanced indicators of scientific impact and collaboration and uses a more transparent methodology. The Leiden Ranking does not rely on subjective data obtained from reputational surveys or on data provided by universities themselves.
Overall ranking University of Twente in 2020: 442
Most entrepreneurial university
For the fourth time in a row, University of Twente (UT) has been named 'Most entrepreneurial university in the Netherlands' by ScienceWorks, in 2020. The title underlines the pioneering nature of the university and demonstrates the innovative power of the Twente system and the region. Next to this title, ScienceWorks also proclaimed UT the university with the most societal impact. The ranking for this category is based on four themes: the most entrepreneurial university, best cooperating university, best-communicating university and most civic engaging university. UT's high score on the first one contributes greatly to this title. UT also came first in the previous ranking (2017).
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