University of Gothenburg

Sweden
1891
PO Box 100

Introduction

Academic Ranking of World Universities(ARWU)
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151-200
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first published in June 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities (CWCU), Graduate School of Education (formerly the Institute of Higher Education) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and updated on an annual basis. Since 2009 the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) has been published and copyrighted by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. ShanghaiRanking Consultancy is a fully independent organization on higher education intelligence and not legally subordinated to any universities or government agencies. ARWU uses six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers selected by Clarivate, number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index in the Web of Science, and per capita performance of a university. More than 2500 universities are actually ranked by ARWU every year and the best 1000 are published. (Read full Methodology)
University of Gothenburg ranks #151-200 in the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities. Decode Your University's Ranking Data
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Total Score
Score on Alumni
Number of the alumni of an institution winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals. Alumni are defined as those who obtain bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees from the institution. Different weights are set according to the periods of obtaining degrees. The weight is 100% for alumni obtaining degrees after 2011, 90% for alumni obtaining degrees in 2001-2010, 80% for alumni obtaining degrees in 1991-2000, and so on, and finally 10% for alumni obtaining degrees in 1921-1930. If a person obtains more than one degree from an institution, the institution is considered once only. (Read full Methodology)
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Score on Award
Number of the staff of an institution winning Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Medicine and Economics and Fields Medal in Mathematics. Staff is defined as those who work at an institution at the time of winning the prize. Different weights are set according to the periods of winning the prizes. The weight is 100% for winners after 2021, 90% for winners in 2011-2020, 80% for winners in 2001-2010, 70% for winners in 1991-2000, and so on, and finally 10% for winners in 1931-1940. If a winner is affiliated with more than one institution, each institution is assigned the reciprocal of the number of institutions. For Nobel prizes, if a prize is shared by more than one person, weights are set for winners according to their proportion of the prize. (Read full Methodology)
13.8
Score on HiCi
Number of Highly Cited Researchers selected by the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate. The Highly Cited Researchers list issued in November 2024 was used for the calculation of HiCi indicator in ARWU 2025. If a Highly Cited Researcher receives recognition in more than one ESI fields, each field is counted separately. Only the primary affiliations of Highly Cited Researchers are considered. (Read full Methodology)
23.7
Score on N&S
Number of research articles published in Nature and Science between 2020 and 2024. To distinguish the order of author affiliation, a weight of 100% is assigned for corresponding author affiliation, 50% for first author affiliation (second author affiliation if the first author affiliation is the same as corresponding author affiliation), 25% for the next author affiliation, and 10% for other author affiliations. When there are more than one corresponding author addresses, we consider the first corresponding author address as the corresponding author address and consider other corresponding author addresses as first author address, second author address etc. following the order of the author addresses. Only publications of 'Article' type are considered. (Read full Methodology)
17.5
Score on PUB
Number of papers indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded and Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science) in 2024. Only publications of 'Article' type are considered. When calculating the total number of papers of an institution, a special weight of two was introduced for papers indexed in Social Science Citation Index. (Read full Methodology)
43.7
Score on PCP
Weighted scores of the above five indicators divided by the number of full-time equivalent academic staff. If the number of academic staff for institutions of a country cannot be obtained, the average number of academic staff for world top 1000 universities will be used for all institutions in this country. For ARWU 2025, the numbers of full-time equivalent academic staff are obtained for institutions in USA, UK, China, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Italy, Australia, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, South Korea, Czechia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Austria, Norway, Poland, Israel etc. (Read full Methodology)
22.5
Global Ranking of Academic Subjects(GRAS)
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Best Ranked Subjects
Subject Rank
Public Administration
26
Political Sciences
39
Oceanography
41
Dentistry & Oral Sciences
43
Atmospheric Science
50
Biological Sciences
51-75
Medical Technology
51-75
Communication
51-75
Total Score
134.3
Score on World-Class Faculty
The World-Class Faculty category comprises four indicators: International Academic Award Laureates (Laureate), Highly Cited Researchers (HCR), Chief Editors of International Academic Journals (Editor), and International Academic Organization Leadership (Leadership). (Read full Methodology)
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Score on World-Class Output
The World-Class Output category includes Top Journal Papers (TJ) and International Academic Awards (Award). (Read full Methodology)
48.9
Score on High Quality Research
The High-Quality Research category includes Q1 Journal Papers (Q1). The number of influential journal publications (Q1) is an important measure of an institution’s research output in the corresponding subject. Q1 refers to the number of papers published by an institution in an Academic Subject within journals ranked in Q1 based on the Journal Impact Factor during the period of 2020-2024. Only publications classified as “Article” or “Review” are considered. Data is collected from Web of Science and InCites. Publications from different Web of Science categories are grouped into relevant Academic Subjects. (Read full Methodology)
63.7
Score on Research Impact
The Research Impact category includes Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCI). Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCI) is the ratio of the citations received by an institution's published papers to the average citations of papers in the same category, year, and type of journal publication within an Academic Subject during the period of 2020-2024. A CNCI value of 1 represents world-average performance. A CNCI below 1 indicates that the citation times of this group publications are lower than the average level, while a CNCI above 1 signifies that the paper’s citation performance exceeds the average level. Only publications classified as “Article” or “Review” are considered. Data is collected from InCites database. (Read full Methodology)
15.6
Score on International Collaboration
The international Collaboration category includes International Collaborated Papers (IC). International collaboration (IC) is an indicator used to evaluate the level of international collaboration in the respective subject between institutions. The ratio of the number of publications that have been found in at least two different countries in addresses of the authors to the total number of publications in the respective subject for an institution during the period of 2020-2024. Only publications classified as “Article” or “Review” are considered. Data is collected from InCites database. (Read full Methodology)
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University Posters
Key Statistics
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Total Enrollment
13.0%
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International Students
Programs
Undergraduate Programs
Audiology
Biomedical Laboratory Science
Business and Economics
Cell and Molecular Biology
Ceramic Art
Chemistry
Conservation
Cultural Heritage
Culture
Dental Hygiene
Dental Surgery
Dental Technology
Design
Diagnostic Radiography Nursing
Diet and Health Programme
Dietetics
Earth Sciences
Environmental Social Science
Fine Arts
Food Service Management Programme
Global Studies
Independent Filmmaking, Directing and Producing
International Language Programme
Iron and Steel – Public Space
Journalism and Mass Communication
Liberal Arts
Logistic Management
Marine Ecology
Master of Laws(Ends Within the Second Cycle with A Llm)
Mathematical Sciences
Medical Physics
Medicine
Midwifery
Music
Musical Theatreopera
Nursing
Occupational Therapy
Pharmacy
Photography
Physics
Physiotherapy
Plant and Environmental Sciences
Poetry and Proseteacher Training (Visual Arts, Music, Creative Activity For Early Ages)
Political Science
Psychology
Public Administration
Public Health Science
Restaurant Management Programme
Social Work
Sociology
Software Engineering and Management
Special Education Programme
Special Education Teacher Programme
Specialist Nursing
Speech and Language Pathology
Sports Coaching Programme
Swedish Language Consultancy Programme
Teacher Education Programme, Limited Parts
Textile - Garment - Design,
Textile Art
The Religious Studies Programme
Theatre with A Specialisation in Acting
Theology Programme
Wood-Orientated Furniture Design
Zoology
Graduate Programs
Arkeological Practice Och Theory
Atmospheric Science
Biodiversity and Systematics
Biology
Chemistry
Complex Adaptive Systems
Computer Science
Cultural Inheritance and Modernity: Material and Immaterial Culture During 1000 Years
Deutsche Gegenwartsliteratur: Rezeption, Vermittlung Und Kontext
Earth Sciences
Ecotoxicology
Environmental Sciences
European Studies
Food and Nutrition, Food Service Management, Home Economics and Crafts
Genomics and Systems Biology
Global Studies
Human Rights
Human Rights Practice
International Administration and Global Governance
International Museum Studies
Management and Labour Relations
Marine Sciences
Master Degree in Public Health Science with Health Economics
Master in Communication
Master in Language Technology
Master of Science in Accounting
Master of Science in Finance
Master of Science in Innovation and Industrial Management
Master of Science in International Business and Trade
Master of Science in Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship
Master of Science in Logistics and Transport Management
Master of Science in Management
Master of Science in Marketing and Consumption
Master Programme in Business Creation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedicine
Master Programme in Swedish As A Second Language
Master’S Degree Programme C:Art:Media
Master’S Degree Programme in Applied Art and Design
Master’S Degree Programme in Crafts
Master’S Degree Programme in Design
Master’S Degree Programme in Design with A Specialisation in Child Culture Design
Master’S Degree Programme in Film with the Specialisation Curatorial Studies For Film and Video
Master’S Degree Programme in Fine Arts
Master’S Degree Programme in Independent Filmmaking - Directing and Producing
Master’S Degree Programme in Music
Master’S Degree Programme in Music Drama
Master’S Degree Programme in Photography
Master’S Degree Programme with A Specialisation in Business & Design
Mathematics
Molecular Biology
Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
Pedagogy, Different Specializations
Physical Oceanography
Physics
Physics of Materials and Biological Systems
Professional Translation
Public Administration
Social Work
Social Work and Human Rights
Sociology
Software Engineering
Strategic Human Resource
Theology Master’S Programme
Work Science