For the first time, Semmelweis University was included in the U.S. News’ latest ranking of higher education institutions. The list is based on the academic reputation of the universities. All together there are 750 universities on this list where the first place is taken by Harvard University, second is Massachusetts Institute of Technology followed by the University of California, Berkeley. Universities of almost 60 countries were compared in the ranking, Semmelweis University taking the 736th place.
In making the list, the main factors were the results of Thomson Reuters’ global reputation survey, the number of research results and the articles published by the universities, and the number of students who have PHD degree.
Last year, out of the Hungarian higher education institutions, merely Eötvös Lorand University was included in the list, but now there are four other Hungarian universities. Eötvös Loránt University ranked 465th, University of Debrecen is 585th, Budapest University of Technology and Economics is 722nd, Semmelweis University is 736th, University of Szeged is 745th. From the Europe, two British universities belong to the best ten institutions, the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge.
The National Taiwan University also published its new world higher education institutions ranking. In the field of clinical medicine only one Hungarian university is listed, Semmelweis University ranking 289th and it. Our university also took the 192nd place in the list, which compares Pharmacology and Toxicology programmes. To create this world ranking, the National Taiwan University examined three aspects of scientific publications in: productivity research, impact and excellence.
Szilvia Tóth-Szabó, Pálma Dobozi
Photo: Attila Kovács, Semmelweis University
Translated by: Kata Sáray
