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The QS World University Ranking has released its results. Umeå University has climbed 55 places and is thus one of three Swedish universities that have increased compared to last year. There has been a particularly strong increase in sustainability.
“It is very positive that we are increasing, but at the same time we obviously have some work left to do,” says Tora Holmberg, Vice-Chancellor of Umeå University.
QS World University Rankings ranks in several indicators, ranging from sustainability to education, research, academic reputation, citations and employability. On 19 June, this year's results were released and show that Umeå University is ranked 401, which is an improvement of 55 places compared to last year. In total, 1501 universities in the world are ranked in this year's edition.
Umeå University is ranked eighth out of all eight participating Swedish universities, the same as last year. But Umeå University is also one of the few Swedish universities to have risen, the others being Uppsala University (up ten places) and Lund University (up three places), while the rest have dropped places in this year's ranking.
Decreased and increased
Compared to the partner universities in the European Campus of City-Universities, EC2U, participating in the ranking, Umeå University is in the middle, below University of Coimbra (Portugal) and University of Turku (Finland), but higher than Università degli Studi di Pavia (Italy) and Universität Jena (Germany).
The indicators where Umeå University lost positions are:
International research network,
Academic reputation.
International Students.
Citations per Faculty.
As of this year, the university is ranked in more reputation indicators, where it is not so high. Umeå University also ranks low in the new International Student Diversity indicator.
It is very positive that we have increased so much in sustainability and that we are climbing in the ranking at all.
Umeå University has, however, increased its score and ranking on the indicators:
Faculty Student Ratio.
International Faculty.
Sustainability.
The sustainability indicator is particularly strong as Umeå University has increased 265 places – from position 478 last year to position 213 this year.
"It is very positive that we have increased so much in sustainability and that we are climbing in the ranking at all. But we also realise that we have a lot to work on, including reputation. Not least because we know that it weighs heavily in rankings like these and is a measure that increases awareness and makes Umeå University's research and education more visible in our surroundings," says Tora Holmberg, Vice-chancellor at Umeå University.
