Released each year by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) spotlights the world’s leading institutions through a rigorous set of performance indicators. Widely regarded as one of the most authoritative measures of academic excellence, it is a list on which the University of Szeged has long secured its place – consistently delivering results that rank it among the global elite.

In the 2025 ARWU List, the University of Szeged is recognized as Hungary’s foremost institution, holding its ground in the 401–500 bracket worldwide – a distinction unmatched by any other Hungarian university. Compiled by international experts, the ranking draws on an evaluation of more than 2,500 universities, with only the top 1,000 making the cut. Factors range from the quality of education and the global recognition of faculty, researchers, and alumni – including counts of Nobel and Fields Medal laureates – to research output, citation impact, and per-capita academic performance.

This year’s position underscores the University of Szeged’s breadth of excellence – spanning education, research, healthcare, and the arts – along with its active social role and far-reaching collaborations at home and abroad. From its campus on the banks of the Tisza River, the university sustains an extensive network of partnerships, many with fellow ARWU-ranked institutions. Within the European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH) alone, nearly every member features on the global excellence list – from those in the top 150, such as Université Paris-Saclay, LMU Munich, and Lund University, to those in the top 300, including the University of Porto and the University of Hamburg, and even in the broader top 600 and top 800, such as UiT The Arctic University of Norway and the University of Alcalá.

The upper tier of the ARWU remains dominated by U.S. and U.K. powerhouses, led once again by Harvard University, followed by Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The full 2025 global ranking can be explored in the Academic Ranking of World Universities.

SZTEinfo

Feature photo by Ádám Kovács-Jerney