Among the best universities worldwide in teaching and research

In the latest university ranking by Times Higher Education (THE)External link, Friedrich Schiller University Jena has moved up one place to 21^st place among German universities. In the area of teaching, it ranks among the top 20 in Germany and among the top 12 per cent worldwide. In the category of research quality, the University of Jena improved from 81.8 to 83 points, putting it in 18^th place among German universities. Worldwide, the overall ranking was maintained in the 201-250 group.

Important success for the Friedrich Schiller University

"I am delighted that we are performing so well in teaching and research and have even been able to improve the quality of our research. And this despite the fact that even more universities took part in the ranking than in previous years. This is an important success for the Friedrich Schiller University, as international university rankings are one of the most important instruments for attracting students and researchers," said University President Prof. Andreas Marx.

The "World University Ranking" is published once a year by Times Higher Education. It is one of the most internationally recognised rankings in the higher education sector. Internationally, the University of Oxford leads the rankings, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University. The methodology of the ranking comprises 18 indicators that assess teaching, research and internationalisation, among other things.

For the Ranking 2025, 2,100 universities from 99 countries were assessed. This was based on parameters from the areas of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and internationalisation. More than 157 million citations from research publications, surveys of around 22,000 academics from all over the world and statistical surveys provided by the universities served as the data basis.