At the top of the league
FAU is consistently ranked highly in both national and international rankings. The University has performed particularly well in the THE Ranking, the QS World University Ranking by Subject, the DFG Funding Atlas and the Reuters Top 100 World’s Most Innovative Universities ranking.
Current ranking results
- FAU among the top 200 universities in the worldAugust 28, 2017
FAU has maintained its position as one of the best 200 universities worldwide. It ranks 180th in the recently published Academic Ranking of World Universities,…
- FAU publications again the most widely cited in GermanyJune 13, 2017
For the third year in succession, FAU is ranked as the academic institution that has produced the most widely cited publications in Germany. This is…
- Success in the 2017 CWTS Leiden RankingMay 23, 2017
Researchers’ reputations are often measured by how often their publications are cited. The CWTS Leiden Ranking shows that FAU researchers are among the most frequently…
- FAU among the most innovative universities in EuropeMay 17, 2017
FAU is synonymous with innovation: In Reuters latest ranking of Europe’s most innovative universities, FAU is ranked at number 6. This is in line with…
- FAU among the 50 most innovative universities in the worldOctober 18, 2016
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has once again won second place among the most innovative universities in Germany. The University came in at place 49 in the…
- FAU at the top againOctober 11, 2016
FAU has performed excellently in another ranking. After top placements in the THE and Shanghai rankings, the University has now obtained excellent results in the…
- FAU publications most frequently cited in GermanySeptember 12, 2016
Continued success for FAU: after the excellent results in the Shanghai Ranking, which rated FAU among the top 200 universities in the world for the…
- Excellent results in the Shanghai RankingSeptember 8, 2016
A great success for FAU: in the current Academic Ranking of World Universities, also known as the Shanghai Ranking, the University is ranked at number…
- Success continues: FAU also performs excellently in the Shanghai subject rankingSeptember 8, 2016
FAU has performed excellently in the recently published Shanghai subject ranking: the natural sciences appear in the top 100 in the world for the first…
- FAU's natural scientists among world's top 100 for publicationsJuly 28, 2016
Further proof that FAU’s reputation as an innovative research university is well deserved can be seen in the Nature Index 2016 Rising Stars Supplement. The…