Ghent and Leuven universities in top 50 world subject rankings
Universities in Ghent and Leuven have once again made the QS World University Rankings by Subject, with KU Leuven pulling down 11 places in the top 50
Plaudits for dentistry and veterinary sciences
A top 50 was drawn up for each discipline. The programmes are judged on academic reputation, impact of research and reputation as an employer. The expert opinion of 76,798 academics and 44,426 employers informed the results, along with an analysis of 28.5 million research papers and more than 113 million citations sourced from a bibliometric database.
The University of Leuven (KU Leuven) is the strongest university in Flanders at the subject level, responsible for 11 of the region’s 14 finishes in the top 50. Its dentistry programme (pictured) made it into the top 10, at seventh place. The three other Flemish top rankings were taken by programmes at Ghent University. The best scoring there was veterinary sciences, in 20th place.
The result is an improvement compared to last year, when Flanders had 11 top 50 rankings: eight for the KU Leuven and three for UGent.
On a global level, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – both in the US –dominate, each taking 12 leading positions.
Photo courtesy KU Leuven
University of Leuven
staff members in 2013
students in 2014-2015 academic year
million euros in annual research budget
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- KU Leuven Association
- Study in Flanders
