Wageningen University: WUR remains best Dutch university in international ranking
The Times Higher Education World Universities Ranking is considered a leading ranking and includes over 1500 universities from across the globe. The THE ranks world-renowned universities in five categories that each carry a different weight in the total: education (30%), research (30%) citations (30%), international perspective (7.5%) and industry income (2.5%).
Besides WUR at 53, the Netherlands is represented in the top 100 by Amsterdam University (65), Utrecht University (69), Leiden University (71), Erasmus University Rotterdam (72), Delft University (75) and Groningen University (80).
Universiteit 2022 ranking 2021 ranking 2020 ranking
Wageningen 53 62 59
UvA Amsterdam 65 66 62
Universiteit Utrecht 69 75 75
Universiteit Leiden 71 70 67
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam 72 72 69
TU Delft 75 78 67
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 80 80 73
VU Amsterdam 115 116 138
Maastricht University 127 121 127
Radboud University Nijmegen 132 136 128
TU Eindhoven 201-250 187 186
Tilburg University 201-250 201-250 201-250
University of Twente 201-250 201-250 201-250
Oxford University maintains its number one position, as it has done for many years, followed this year by California Institute of Technology and Harvard University.