University of Sopron Climbs in QS Rankings Again, Secures a Spot Among the Best!

The University of Sopron has improved its position from last year and is now ranked 11th in Hungary in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Europe 2025 regional ranking.
The university is one of 15 Hungarian higher education institutions included in the European list, which now has a total of 684 participants. There are 133 universities represented from the Eastern European region, among which the University of Sopron is ranked 80th.
ETH Zurich is the best university in Europe, ahead of Imperial College London and the University of Oxford, which are ranked second and third, respectively. The TOP 10 also includes the University of Cambridge, UCL, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Manchester, King's College London, Université PSL and EPFL - École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne.
The QS ranking system takes into account academic and employer reputation, student numbers, role in international research networks, number of scientific publications and citations, number of international students, proportion of incoming and outgoing exchange students, sustainability and graduate employability with different weights.
Within the evaluation criteria, the University of Sopron achieved the highest score in citations to scientific publications, ranking second in Hungary, but positioning itself in the European TOP 50% for all criteria! This is a particularly outstanding result for a so-called "small" university with less than 5,000 students.
In addition to the QS ranking, the University of Sopron also places a strong emphasis on sustainability world rankings, where it is among the best, such as the UI GreenMetric or THE Impact Rankings list.
According to Prof. Dr. Attila Fábián, Rector of the University of Sopron, the results of this year's European university competition also reflect the innovative and outstanding work carried out at the University of Sopron, which is why it is considered one of the institutions striving for continuous development and excellence at the world level. The University of Sopron aims to become a Central European innovation centre for ecotechnology, as one of the most sustainable universities in the world.