University ranking: Technical University of Munich places first among German universities

Gold for TUM in the International Shanghai Ranking

The "Academic Ranking of World Universities", which was developed by scientists at Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, rates the research efforts of universities worldwide. It especially takes into account the volume of publications in important journals such as Nature and Science, researchers’ citation rates and the number of scientists and alumni who have been awarded Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals – one of the highest honors in the field of mathematics.

TUM once again placed third among the technical universities in Europe. Only two institutions are ranked higher on the list: ETH Zurich (19th place) and Imperial College London (22nd place). The next-ranked European technical university is the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne, which took 92nd place.

TUM is especially strong in the category of most cited researchers internationally. Eight TUM scientists belong to one percent of the most cited top researchers in their fields. TUM also achieved a very good result for the alumni indicator, which measures the quality of education by the number of Nobel Prize winners among the alumni and other factors.