In spite of its young age – it was founded as late as 2003 – the University of Luxembourg has once again been ranked in the position 201-250 by the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2021. The ranking, which was published on 2 September 2020, covers the 1,527 top universities in the world. An additional 131 institutions were included compared to last year’s edition.
The University of Luxembourg receives its highest scores in the category International Outlook, ranking #3 worldwide (compared to #1 in 2019). It also ranks among the top 25% of universities in the categories Teaching, Research and Citations.
The THE World University Rankings are one of the most important rankings worldwide. It evaluates the strengths of higher education institutions in the categories Teaching, Research, International Outlook, Industry Income and Citations based on 13 performance indicators. Luxembourg has been included in the THE rankings since 2016.