University of Amsterdam: UvA rises five places in Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Dutch universities are once again strongly represented in the rankings: in total, seven Dutch universities have a place in the top 100. The UvA is the second highest ranked Dutch university. As with last year, Wageningen University & Research is the highest placed Dutch institution at 59.

The top three worldwide are University of Oxford, Harvard University and University of Cambridge.

Performance indicators
Times Higher Education bases the rankings on a total of thirteen performance indicators in five different categories: Teaching (30%), Research (30%), Citations (30%), International outlook (7.5%) and Industry income (2.5%). The UvA’s strongest category, compared to all of the ranked universities, was in the Research category.