WOW! Semmelweis University among the best fifty universities in Europe

According to Times Higher Education, the Hungarian Semmelweis University made an incredible success again as it has become one of the best fifty universities in Europe. Besides Semmelweis, another three Hungarian institutions are featured on the list.

Daily News Hungary reported before that Semmelweis University of Budapest was featured in the top 200 on the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, which was published for the first time. Altogether two Hungarian higher education institutions were featured on the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings: Semmelweis University and the University of Szeged. This ranking assesses universities on a global scale, comparing their achievements to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

The first edition of the THE University Impact Rankings features over 450 universities from 76 countries, and the list is led by the University of Auckland, New Zealand. The most represented countries are Japan (41 institutions), the USA (31 institutions) and Russia (30 institutions).

Forbes reported the ranking features 258 European universities, and four of them are Hungarian. Different universities across Europe are chosen by students’ opinion, educational statistics, in which 125,000 students were asked from eighteen countries. The ranking takes into consideration their opinions about the university, skills, and practices to provide an exceptional education for students, statistics about how many students get a degree each year and the educational environment.