High Ranking of Nordic Universities in Physis

by Valentina Giangreco M. Puletti 31 Dec 2013 Research Evaluations, Education Evaluations
Published in the "Nordic News" section of Nordita News issue 4, 2013

The 2013-2014 Times Higher Education World University Rankings has been recently released. Under the category "Physical Sciences" we find Nordic universities among the top 100 world class universities. Indeed, Stockholm University has been ranked 48, Lund University has been ranked 57, and University of Helsinki 63.

There are 13 parameters used for the rankings, grouped into five areas:

• Teaching: the learning environment (worth 30% of the overall ranking score)
• Research: volume, income and reputation (worth 30%)
• Citations: research influence (worth 30%)
• Industry income: innovation (worth 2.5%)
• International outlook: staff, students and research (worth 7.5%)

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