Times Higher Education World University Rankings
World University Ranking
The University of Passau attained a place in the 201–250 group out of 1,258 assessed universities, making it one of the best 20%. In the Germany-wide comparison, the University was placed 26th of 47 participating universities.
The University of Oxford (UK) continues to lead the ranking, followed by Cambridge (UK) and Stanford (USA) in second and third place respectively.
Passau's computer science was placed in the 151–175 group of 684 of computer science departments, making it one of the best 25% worldwide.
The University of Passau attained a place in the 201–251 group out of 1,103 assessed universities, making it one of the best 25%. In the German comparison, the University was placed 21st of 46 participating universities.
The computer science department was able to place itself in the 151–175 group out of a total of 301 participating faculties/departments worldwide.
In THE Computer Science Subject Ranking, the University of Passau was ranked in the 151–175 group among the 684 participating departments.
The THE Subject Ranking for Computer Science subjects uses the same range of 13 performance indicators as THE World University Ranking. However, the calculation methodology is slightly adapted to take into account the characteristics of each sub-discipline individually (in this case computer science).
In its second participation in the THE Young University Ranking, the University of Passau was able to improve from 27th to 16th place among the best 351 'young' universities (50 years and younger). Our University ranks among the 'Top 20 Young Universities' worldwide and second in Germany.
THE Young University Ranking is based on the same 13 performance indicators as THE World University Ranking, which is 'age-independent' and open to all international universities. However, the weightings of the 13 indicators are slightly adjusted to reflect the performance characteristics of younger universities more specifically.
As a newcomer in THE Young University Ranking, the University of Passau was able to secure 27th place among the best 250 young universities (50 years and younger) straight away.
THE Young University Ranking is based on the same 13 performance indicators as THE World University Ranking, which is 'age-independent' and open to all international universities. However, the weightings of the 13 indicators are slightly adjusted to reflect the performance characteristics of younger universities more specifically.
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In the THE University Impact Ranking, which was conducted for the first time this year, the University of Passau attained a place in the 101–200 group in the overall ranking and thus belongs to the top third of all participating universities worldwide.
The Impact Ranking evaluates the efforts with regard to the UN goals for sustainable development. The indicators of this ranking draw attention to the so-called third mission, which describes a university's cooperation with business and societal actors as well as its role-model function for good working conditions, compliance with equality and diversity standards and ecologically oriented action.
In the Quality Education area, the University of Passau achieved a particularly strong result, coming in 43rd place out of 453 ranked universities, and is thus among the top 10 percent of the world's universities in this area.
Subject Ranking 2020: Social Sciences
Subject Ranking 2020: social sciences
For the first time, the University of Passau was able to place itself in THE Subject Ranking for Social Sciences, gaining a place in the 401–500 group with 720 participating faculties. Apart from the University of Passau, only the LMU and the University of Bayreuth qualified for this subject ranking in Bavaria. Across Germany, only 24 universities have the necessary publication volume to appear in the Social Sciences Subject Ranking.
The THE Subject Ranking for Social Sciences uses the same range of 13 performance indicators as THE World University Ranking. However, the calculation methodology is slightly adapted to take into account the characteristics of each sub-discipline (in this case the social sciences) individually.
Europe Teaching Rankings 2019
Europe Teaching Ranking 2019
The University of Passau was able to position itself in the THE Europe Teaching Ranking 2019 among the 258 participating universities in the 151–200 group, rising to the next higher ranking group compared to the previous year.
The University of Passau is ranked 14th in Germany and 5th in Bavaria, with the universities of Oxford and Cambridge continuing to lead the ranking. A total of 20 universities from the UK occupy the top 25 places.
The Europe Teaching Ranking deals with the teaching and learning environments of higher education institutions. The placements predominantly reflect the results of the so-called THE European Student Survey, in which 125,000 students from 18 countries participated this year. In addition, the results also take into account student-teacher ratios and degree success rates, among other things.
In the THE Europe Teaching Ranking, conducted for the first time this year, the University of Passau is placed in the +201 rank group (among 242 participating universities). The ranking is led by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.
The Europe Teaching Ranking deals with the teaching and learning environments of higher education institutions. The placements predominantly reflect the results of the so-called THE European Student Survey, in which more than 30,000 students from 8 countries participated this year. In addition, the results also take into account, among other things, student-teacher ratios and degree success rates.
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