Semmelweis University has improved its position from the 70th rank since last year and is now ranked 33rd among higher education institutes, according to the Times Higher Education (THE) Emerging Economies Rankings.

The Times Higher Education Emerging University Ranking use 13 calibrated performance indicators to reflect the characteristics of the emerging economy universities. Semmelweis University has once again climbed the ranking and became the best educational institute in Hungary, moving from 70th to the 33rd place of the world’s top universities.

Among the other Hungarian universities on the list, Eötvös Loránd University was ranked 150th, University of Debrecen 191st. As for other universities it looks as follows: University of Pécs and University of Szeged (201-250th). Óbuda University, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences were ranked 401-500th. University of Miskolc finished 501+ on the list.

China continues to dominate the Emerging Economies rankings occupying the top three positions (Beijing University, Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University) of the table.

Ádám Szabó
Photo: Attila Kovács – Semmelweis University (illustration)
Translation: Norbert Lukács