Hungarian Universities achieve better QS rankings in 2022 than in previous year
Corvinus University, Budapest. Simon Ly / Pexels
Hungarian universities rank better than in the previous year in all categories on the British Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Rankings, which evaluates 1,543 higher education institutions worldwide in five broad subject areas and 51 specific subjects.
Improved rankings in broad subject areas
In the ranking of 2022, the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) moved from 377th place to 351st place last year in Arts and Humanities.
In the field of Engineering and Technology, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) is advancing from last year's 273rd place, jumping more than sixty places, to 211.
In the field of Life Sciences and Medicine, the University of Semmelweis (SE), improving ten places, reached the 262nd place, the University of Debrecen (DE), similarly to the previous year, is in the 401-450 range, as well as the University of Szeged (SZTE), which improved its ranking by fifty places compared to 2021.
In Natural Sciences, ELTE jumped to the 287th place from last year's 309, BME to 401-450 from 451-500 in 2021, while DE is among the top 500 institutions.
In Social Sciences and Management, Corvinus University of Budapest (BCE) was ranked 338th, while last year it was ranked 401-450, and ELTE jumped to 383rd from 451-500.
Specific subjects
Eötvös Loránd University is ranked in 13 of the 51 specific subjects, with the best results - ranking at 101st place together with other institutions - in Linguistics.
SE was also tied for 101st place in Anatomy and Physiology. In Agriculture and Forestry, the University of Debrecen and Szent István University were ranked in the 201-250 range.
In Civil and Structural Engineering, as well as Mechanical, Aeronautical, and Production Technology Engineering, BME ranks among 151-200 in the list - in the latter category the University of Miskolc is ranked 401-450.
In the field of Biological Sciences, SZTE, ELTE, and DE also ranked 451st on the list.
How are the Quacquarelli Symonds specific subjects lists compiled
The QS Specific Subjects lists are compiled based on five indicators. The first two of these are based on the organization's own surveys, which examine the reputation and recognition of institutions among researchers and employers around the world.
The third indicator measures the citation index of scientific publications and the fourth measures the Hirsch index (or h-index), which evaluates citation and the number of highly reputable articles together. The fifth indicator examines the institution's international research collaborations.
QS takes the five indicators with different weightings for each field, but the indicator of international relations is used only in the evaluation of the five broad subject areas.
Via MTI
