In Germany Bonn ranks fourth behind Munich’s two universities and the University of Heidelberg. These four Universities of Excellence are the only German universities in the world’s top 100.
Bonn is among Germany’s top eight universities in all six indicator categories, ranking in the top five in three of these. Bonn’s most significant gains have come in the categories of total number of publications and research output, and the university is the German leader by a wide margin in number of researchers with Nobel Prizes or Fields Medals.
"The Ranking shows clearly that the University of Bonn is one of the world’s top-performing universities," explains Rector Michael Hoch. "In particular we are gratified at having gained substantial ground since last year against such high-powered international competition. This achievement is not least in part due to the systematic implementation of our Excellence Strategy, which we intend to stick to in the years ahead."
The Shanghai Ranking, which has now been published every year since way back in 2003, focuses on research. Six indicators are applied for the Ranking, including academic publications and citations and high-profile awards like the Nobel Prize and Fields Medal, to gauge the relative performance of 1,000 universities. Fifty-one German universities made it onto this year’s overall list.
