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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 in the top 100 worldwide in 4 subjects

Category: News July 21, 2022
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Energy Science and Engineering (40), Telecommunication Engineering (64), Metallurgical Engineering (73) and Medical Technology (88) – these are the subjects in which FAU has once again ranked among the top 100 best universities worldwide in the recently published Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. Energy Science and Engineering has moved up six places compared to the previous year.

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FAU performs well in international ranking

Category: News May 2, 2022
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What is required if everyone is to benefit from a better future? This is the central question behind the UN’s sustainable development goals. Bearing this in mind, the British educational magazine Times Higher Education has launched a new ranking measuring the contribution made by universities across the globe to these goals. We are pleased to report that FAU has done well in the areas of good health and well-being and energy.

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FAU scores in CHE Master’s ranking 2021

Category: News December 6, 2021
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Computer science at FAU has done particularly well in the CHE Master’s ranking 2021. It is ranked among the top contenders in five categories: overall study situation, courses offered, support for new students, publications per researcher and doctoral degrees per professor.

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FAU retains its strong position in THE subject ranking

Category: News October 15, 2021
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FAU once more shows what it can do in the second and third subject groups in the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking. The second ranking group focuses on engineering and computer science, and the third on subjects including social sciences.

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FAU retains its position as one of the top 200 in the world

Category: News September 2, 2021
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In the international Times Higher Education World University Rankings, FAU was again listed among the top 200 universities worldwide for 2022.

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Shanghai Ranking 2021: FAU one of the top 20 universities in Germany

Category: News August 25, 2021
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The new Shanghai university ranking has been released. In comparison to other German universities, FAU has moved up one place to number 15. On the international level, it has come in at place 248, an improvement of five places.

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FAU in the top ten

Category: News June 1, 2021
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FAU is ranked 8th in Germany in the Nature Index 2021, making it one of the top ten institutes of higher education in Germany. On an international level, FAU has moved up 15 places, reaching place 127 in the global 500. The ranking also acknowledges publications in individual subjects. In Germany, FAU reached 8th place in chemistry (place 96 internationally).

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FAU offers a great start for new students

Category: News May 5, 2021
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität again achieves top scores for its services for new students in the CHE Ranking for 2021.

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FAU ahead in Materials Science and Chemistry

Category: News March 5, 2021
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FAU has once again performed excellently in the QS World University Ranking by Subject 2021: Materials Science and Chemistry remain among the top 150, and Materials Science has even made it into the top 100. Several subjects are included among the best 100 in the categories based on citations and pu...

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THE World University Ranking by Subject – FAU performs well in national and international competition

Category: News October 30, 2020
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has performed well in the international subject ranking published by Times Higher Education by maintaining its excellent positions and gaining ground in Medicine and Psychology.

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