UMCS in the world ranking of the Centre for World University Rankings 2021-2022

UMCS in the world ranking of the Centre for World University Rankings 2021-2022

We are pleased to announce that Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin was included globally, ranking CWUR - Centre for World University Rankings 2021-2022. Nearly 20,000 universities from all over the world were included in the classification, from among which CWUR selected the best 2,000. In this year's classification, UMCS was ranked 1496, taking 25th place among Polish universities with the highest score among universities in Eastern Poland.

The CWUR compilation takes into account the following indicators:

  • quality of education – measured by the number of university graduates who obtained important academic distinctions about the size of the university (25%);
  • employment of graduates – measured by the number of university graduates who held managerial positions in leading global companies about the size of the university (25%);
  • faculty quality – measured by the number of research workers who obtained significant academic distinctions (10%);
  • findings:
    • research results – measured by the total number of scientific articles (10%),
    • high-quality publications – measured by the number of scientific articles published in top-ranking journals (10%),
    • impact – measured by the number of scientific articles appearing in highly influential journals (10%),
    • citations – measured by the number of highly cited scientific articles (10%)

The top ten of this year’s ranking included: Harvard University (USA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), Stanford University (USA), University of Cambridge (UK), University of Oxford (UK), Princeton University (USA), Columbia University (USA), University of Chicago (USA), University of Pennsylvania (USA), Yale University (USA).

The Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR) is a leading consulting organization providing policy advice, strategic analysis and consulting services to governments and universities to improve teaching and research outcomes. CWUR publishes authoritative global university rankings, known for their objectivity, transparency and consistency.

Full results of The Centre for World University Rankings 2021-2022 available on https://cwur.org/2021-22.php