Academic Ranking of World Universities - ARWU - colloquially known as the Shanghai list of the best universities in the world has announced the ranking for 2024. The University of Zagreb, as the only Croatian university represented on the list, was placed among the top five hundred this time, more precisely between the 401st and 500th places. This is a repeated success from 2022 and 2023.
When broken down by research fields, this time University of Zagreb ranked between 101st and 150th place in the field of mathematics, which is a significant improvement compared to the previous ranking and a record high ranking!
This success is dominantly due to the research output of the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science.
Last year’s mathematics was placed between 301st and 400th place, which was also an excellent result in the ranking of the best universities in the world.
The Shanghai list is considered one of the most prestigious rankings of world universities. Its criteria, such as scientific publications, research citations, awards won and global academic influence, provide an objective measure of academic excellence.
We are pleased to see that our continuous effort in improving the profession and academic and scientific excellence is positioning the mathematics of the University of Zagreb higher and higher according to these objective standards, and we congratulate everyone who contributed to this with their work.
You can see more about this year's Shanghai list here.