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23SEP 2025
Rankings
Top-cited scientists: FAU reseachers amongst the top 2 percent
New “Stanford List” has been published According to the Stanford List 2025, 236 scientists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) are among the top two percent of the most cited researchers worldwide. Eight FAU researchers are ranked among the top 50 in their field. This year’s ranking takes into account a total of 236,313 researchers, with 10,665 […]
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18AUG 2025
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University rankings: the battle for the top places
The importance of university rankings Universities strive to gain one of the top places in international and national rankings. There are a number of different rankings: Shanghai-Ranking, THE-Ranking, QS-Ranking. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is included in each of these three prestigious university rankings. But what do they actually indicate? And what impact do they have? We […]The importance of university rankings Universities strive to gain one of the top places in international and national rankings. There are a number of different rankings: Shanghai-Ranking, THE-Ranking, QS-Ranking. Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is included in each of these three prestigious university rankings. But what do they actually indicate? And what impact do they have? We […]
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18AUG 2025
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Shanghai Ranking 2025: success for FAU on a national and an international scale
Renewed success in the current Shanghai Ranking 2025: FAU has advanced a total of four places in the international comparison, landing on place 242. Compared to other universities in Germany, FAU has advanced one place to rank 17th overall. In the category “per capita performance”, FAU is ranked 95th, once more among the top one […]
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23JUN 2025
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THE Impact Ranking once more confirms FAU’s strength in innovation
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has retained its position as one of the most innovative universities not only in Germany, but worldwide. Furthermore, FAU has also been ranked as one of the world leaders in the area of sustainable consumption and affordable and clean energy in recognition of our efforts in this field. These are the findings […]
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20JUN 2025
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Among the top 20 percent of all universities
FAU again among the best universities in the 2026 QS World University Ranking Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) belongs to the top 20 percent of universities worldwide according to the latest QS World University Ranking. FAU thus stays at the same level as last year and ranks at place 232 of 1501 universities. FAU in an international […]
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12MAY 2025
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CHE Ranking 2025: Top places for electrical engineering and psychology
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg has received top scores in the latest Center for Higher Education (CHE) ranking, the most comprehensive university ranking in German-speaking countries. All eleven subjects rated at FAU were given top scores with the subjects electrical engineering/information technology and psychology achieving top results. This year, a total of eleven subjects were included in the […]Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg has received top scores in the latest Center for Higher Education (CHE) ranking, the most comprehensive university ranking in German-speaking countries. All eleven subjects rated at FAU were given top scores with the subjects electrical engineering/information technology and psychology achieving top results. This year, a total of eleven subjects were included in the […]
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14MAR 2025
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QS subject ranking: FAU among the top 200 universities in the world
Five subjects at FAU ranked among the top 10 in Germany In this year’s QS subject ranking, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) achieved a place in a total of 20 subjects. FAU is represented in all five subject areas of the university ranking conducted by education information service provider Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). FAU in the top 200 […]
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24FEB 2025
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THE World Reputation Ranking: FAU among the top 200
FAU included in the list of the most prestigious universities in the world for the first time A great achievement! Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) is one of the universities with the best reputations in the world. In the recently published Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Ranking, FAU was included in the ranking between places 151 […]
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06MAY 2024
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Students give FAU top scores in CHE ranking
New CHE Ranking – Geography in top position Students at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg have given their university top scores in the new Center for Higher Education (CHE) ranking, the most comprehensive university ranking in German-speaking countries. All eleven subjects rated at FAU were given top scores with the subjects geography, physics and mathematics achieving top results. […]New CHE Ranking – Geography in top position Students at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg have given their university top scores in the new Center for Higher Education (CHE) ranking, the most comprehensive university ranking in German-speaking countries. All eleven subjects rated at FAU were given top scores with the subjects geography, physics and mathematics achieving top results. […]
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18APR 2024
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FAU included in QS subject ranking
16 subjects among the top 20 in Germany Four subjects from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have been included in this year’s QS subject ranking for the first time: Geology, Law, Psychology and Archeology. After one year’s break, Pharmacy has once more returned to the ranking. A total of 21 subjects from FAU are listed, with our […]
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30OCT 2023
Rankings
FAU improves in THE subject ranking
For the second year running, FAU is included in the THE subject ranking for all eleven subjects that were investigated. Worldwide, it made it into the top 200 for eight subject groups, and within Germany even into the top 20 with all subjects. In the eight subject groups Arts and Humanities, Clinical and Health, Computer […]
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30OCT 2023
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FAU in the top 100 worldwide in five subjects
According to the Shanghai subject ranking 2023, FAU is among the top 100 universities in the world in five subjects. In Germany, FAU even managed to jump into the top 10 in twelve subjects. A total of more than 1900 universities from 104 countries were evaluated. FAU jumped into the top 100 worldwide for the […]
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