The Round University Rankings (RUR) evaluates the performance of the world's leading higher education institutions across six academic fields: humanities, life sciences, medical sciences, natural sciences, engineering and technology, and social sciences. All universities are assessed using the same 20 indicators and based on four key activity areas from the RUR World Rankings: teaching (40%), research (40%), international diversity (10%), and financial sustainability (10%). This year's ranking evaluated more than 1,000 universities.
On a global scale, University of Sopron (UoS) achieved its best performance in the humanities (ranked 453rd in the world, a 140-place improvement compared to 2023), followed by life sciences (604th globally, a 53-place improvement), engineering and technology (677th globally, a 188-place improvement), and social sciences (766th globally, a 204-place improvement).
Domestically, UoS is the 6th best university in the life sciences and humanities subject rankings. It ranks 8th in engineering and technology, and 9th among higher education institutions in the social sciences. UoS earned its highest scores in the key area of teaching. In the teaching dimension, it ranks 1st in engineering and technology (global top 33%), 3rd in humanities and life sciences (global top 18% and 39%, respectively), and 4th in social sciences (global top 46%). In the key area of financial sustainability, UoS ranks 2nd in humanities (global top 5%) and 5th in life sciences (global top 17%).
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