Rankings
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University rankings have become an important parameter in the global competition between universities to attract the most talented researchers and students.
A number of international university rankings are published each year. The method and indicators of the rankings vary and include bibliometrics, reputation, teaching, and international outlook.
Below is an overview of DTU’s current rank in various international rankings as well as an overview of the indicators and weights used.
| World | Europe | Nordic Region | |
| Leiden Ranking Proportion of Publications in Top 10% | 214 | 76 | 3 |
| Leiden Ranking Proportion of Publications with Industry | 25 | 7 | 2 |
| QS World University Rankings | 107 | 42 | 5 |
| Best Global Universities U.S. News | 178 | 64 | 10 |
| THE World University Rankings | 121 | 47 | 8 |
| Academic Ranking of World Universities Shanghai Ranking | 151-200 | 49-73 | 9-11 |
| EngiRank Europe | - | 1 | 1 |
Graphic presentation of DTU's ranking (pdf)\
Learn more about the individual rankings:
Leiden Ranking
Leiden Ranking is produced by a team of researchers at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS), Leiden University, Netherlands.
The two indicators:
*Impact indicator: Proportion of Publications in Top 10%*The proportion of publications of a university that - compared with similar publications - belong in the top 10% most frequently cited.
Leiden Ranking 2025 - impact top 10%
Under the headline "Indicators", choose:
- Type of indicators: Scientific impact
- Indicators: P, P(top 10%), PP(top 10%)
- Order by: PP(top 10%)
Collaboration indicator: Proportion of Publications with Industry\ The proportion of publications of a university that has been co-authored with industry.
Leiden Ranking 2025 - collaboration with industry
Under the headline "Indicators", choose:
- Type of indicators: Collaboration
- Indicators: P, P(industry), PP(industry)
- Order by: PP(industry)
Data is published for the 1,594 largest universities in the world based on the number of Web of Science publications.
Leiden Ranking
QS World University Rankings
QS World University Rankings is produced by the international career and education network, QS (Quacquarelli Symonds).\ \ The ranking is based on nine indicators:
- Academic Reputation
- Citations per Faculty
- Employer Reputation
- Faculty Student Ratio
- Employment Outcomes
- International Faculty Ratio
- International Research Network
- International Student Ratio
- Sustainability
The bibliometric indicators are based on Scopus/SciVal. Data is published for the top 1,500 universities.
QS-World-University-Rankings
Best Global Universities
Best Global Universities is produced by the digital media company U.S. News.
The ranking is based on 13 indicators:
- Global research reputation
- Regional research reputation
- Publications
- Books
- Conferences
- Normalized citation impact
- Total citations
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited
- International collaboration - relative to country
- International collaboration
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited in their respective field
- Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1 percent most highly cited papers.
The bibliometric indicators are based on Web of Science/InCites. Data is published for the top 2,250 universities.
Best-Global-Universities
THE World University Rankings
Times Higher Education (THE) provides data, rankings, and consulting services on higher education.
THE World University Rankings is based on 17 indicators covering five areas:
- Teaching
- Research Environment
- Research Quality
- Industry
- International Outlook.
The bibliometric indicators are based on Scopus/SciVal. Data is published for the top 2.191 universities.
THE World University Rankings 2026
THE World University Rankings
Academic Ranking of World Universities
Academic Ranking of World Universities, better known as Shanghai Ranking, is developed by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy.
The ranking is based on six indicators:
- Alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals
- Staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals
- Highly cited researchers in 21 fields
- Papers published in Nature and Science
- Papers indexed in Science Citation Index-expanded and Social Science Citation Index
- Per capita academic performance of an institution
The bibliometric indicators are based on Web of Science/InCites. Data is published for the top 1,000 universities.\ \ Academic Ranking of World Universities 2025
Academic Ranking of World Universities
EngiRank
EngiRank has been prepared by the Perspektywy Education Foundation, which has a long history of Polish university rankings, and the Foundation for the Development of the Education System.
The ranking is based on 13 indicators covering five areas:
- Research
- Innovation
- SDG 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- Internationalisation
- Interdisciplinarity
The bibliometric indicators are based on Scopus/SciVal. Data is published for 239 higher education institutions from Europe.
EngiRank