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WUR ranks number 64 in the THE World University Ranking

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October 4, 2023

Wageningen University & Research has dropped from the 59th to the 64th spot on the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. A total of 1904 universities were included in the ranking this year, up 5.5 per cent from last year.

The Netherlands is represented in the top 100 by Delft University (48), the University of Amsterdam (61), Leiden University (77), Groningen University (79) and Erasmus University Rotterdam (99).

The Times Higher Education World Universities Ranking is an authoritative ranking with over 1900 universities on all continents. The changed ranking method has influenced the position of universities this year. The original method was simple and based on just five performance indicators. The new THE WUR 3.0 methodology, which was introduced this year, has eighteen performance indicators distributed over five pillars.

University 2024 ranking 2023 ranking 2022 ranking 2021 ranking 2020 ranking
TU Delft 48 70 75 78 67
UvA Amsterdam 61 60 65 66 62
Wageningen 64 59 53 62 59
Utrecht University 66 69 75 75
Leiden University 77 77 71 70 67
Groningen University 79 75 80 80 73
Erasmus University Rotterdam 99 80 72 72 69
VU Amsterdam 125 121 115 116 138
Maastricht University 138 145 127 121 127
Radboud University Nijmegen 140 139 132 136 128
TU Eindhoven 168 201-250 201-250 187 186
University of Twente 184 251-300 201-250 201-250 201-250
Tilburg University 201-250 251-300 201-250 201-250 201-250