Rankings
Uppsala University has during recent years, with a few exceptions, ranked among the top 100 universities in the world by the three big international rankings lists, Times Higher Education (THE), QS World University Rankings and ARWU (Shanghai Ranking).
Uppsala University’s latest placements in different university rankings:
- ARWU (Shanghai): 82 (2023)
- QS: 105 (2023)
- Times Higher Education: 140 (2022)
- Leiden ranking: 183 (P top 10%, 2023)
- US News: 127 (2023)
- Webometrics: 124 (2023)
- CWRU (Centre for World University Rankings) - 77 (2023)
The Leiden ranking is a bibliometric ranking list and shows the scientific impact of a university through several indicators. It also measures the degree of international collaborations, industry collaborations etc. Webometrics is a ranking list that measures the visibility on the web.

Uppsala University's placements in the three largest international rankings since its inception in 2003.
Improved position in this year’s global THE ranking
Uppsala University has climbed eight places to 140 in the Times Higher Education's (THE) international university ranking. The Universit...

Uppsala and Lund ranked top Nordic universities
For the first time, QS has presented a separate ranking of European universities. In the new list, Uppsala University shares 22nd place with...

Uppsala University climbing in world rankings
Uppsala University has climbed seven places from 89 to 82 in the international Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as ...
