In this year’s Shanghai Ranking, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is ranked 48th. This makes it one of only two German universities among the top 50. Once again, TUM is the only technical university in Germany listed among the world’s best 100 universities.
The Shanghai Ranking assesses the research output of universities around the world. Oficially known as the Academic Ranking of World Universities , it was developed at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Among the criteria a university’s rank is based on are papers published in Nature and Science, the citation frequency of their researchers, and the number of staff and alumni who have won Nobel Prizes or a Fields Medal (one of the highest honors awarded in mathematics). ...
