A total of 49 German universities made their way into the rankings, including 8 in the top 100. Compared with its German peers, the University of Bonn performed best in the “Research Environment,” “Teaching” and “Research Quality” categories, where it came 7th, 7th and 8th respectively. By far the University’s best score in a global comparison came in the “Research Quality” category, which is calculated based on four bibliometric sub-indicators.
“Various sets of rankings have now placed the University of Bonn firmly in the top 100 in the world,” says Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Hoch, Rector of the University of Bonn. “These very good results make it clear that our efforts to secure and retain high-caliber researchers for the University of Bonn and give them an attractive environment for their research are having a visible impact regardless of the assessment criteria.”
This year’s THE WUR covers 1,904 participating universities from 108 countries. All four of the new countries that have been added are in Europe (Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Armenia). Seventeen indicators are used to compare the universities in five categories focusing on their research, teaching, internationalization and links with industry. The addition of four new indicators this year caused many German universities to slip down the rankings, whereas the University of Bonn has largely managed to retain its placings year on year.