CWUR World University Ranking 2026:
University of Hohenheim among the top 4.3 percent worldwide [16.07.26]
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) lists the University of Hohenheim in 906th place out of a total of 21,291 universities worldwide.
Its strength is primarily research: The University of Hohenheim is one of the best 4.3 percent of universities worldwide. That was the result of the CWUR World University Ranking for 2026, which has been published today. In a global comparison, it lists the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart in 906th place out of more than 21,000 universities. Details of the CWUR World University Ranking 2026: cwur.org/2026.php
The evaluation criteria for the CWUR Ranking include research performance, the quality of teaching, the academic excellence of the faculties, and the academic and professional success of alumni. It is based on objective criteria rather than on surveys or information provided by the universities themselves.
The criteria were evaluated on a scale of 0 to 100. The University of Hohenheim achieved 71.2 points.
The top three universities in the current CWUR ranking are the same as last year: Harvard University, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Stanford University (all in the USA).
Best ratings in other leading rankings too
The University of Hohenheim has also placed highly in other renowned international rankings:
- THE World University Ranking 2026 places the University of Hohenheim among the top 16 percent in the world. The British magazine “Times Higher Education” (THE) publishes this ranking each year, evaluating 2,191 top universities worldwide and assessing the university as a whole. The outstanding research conducted at the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart is particularly significant for its placement also in terms of this ranking.
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The University of Hohenheim ranks highly in leading subject rankings, particularly in the fields of agricultural research and food sciences, but also in business and economic sciences:
- The influential QS World University Ranking by Subject lists the University of Hohenheim’s agricultural research including food science 1st in Germany, 6th in Europe, and 17th worldwide. The analysis by QS Quacquarelli Symonds, a British education provider, annually ranks the best universities primarily by research strength and examines factors such as academic reputation, publications, and citations of individual publications. The most recent subject ranking was published in March 2026.
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- The renowned research ranking of the National Taiwan University (NTU Ranking) listed the university as no. 2 in Germany, no. 18 in Europe, and no. 61 in the world. Each year, the NTU evaluates all international scientific publications for the globally respected ranking, assessing their number and quality. The latest issue was published in September 2025.
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- In the latest Best Global Universities Ranking for 2025–2026, the University of Hohenheim’s Food Science and Technology program ranks second and its agricultural research ranks third in Germany. The subject ranking of the U.S. News & World Report journal is based on the analysis of Clarivate and takes into account research performance and international reputation. It was published in June 2025.
To the ranking: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings
- In the 2026 THE Subject Rankings published by Times Higher Education (THE), the University of Hohenheim performs well in two subject areas: In the field of life sciences, it ranks among the top 201–250 of 1,211 universities worldwide; in the field of business and economics, it ranks among the top 251–300 of 1,067 universities. The latest ranking was published in January 2026.
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BACKGROUND: CWUR World University Ranking
The Center for World University Rankings CWUR in the United Arab Emirates has been publishing academic rankings since 2012. The World University Ranking evaluates universities on the basis of seven indicators. The quality of teaching accounts for 25 percent of the ranking and is measured based on the academic success of alumni – relative to the size of the university. Equally important (25 percent) is the graduates’ professional standing. The faculty's academic quality is weighted at 10 percent, based on the number of lecturers who have received prestigious academic awards.
Research performance is evaluated according to four different criteria and counts for a total of 40 percent (total number of publications, number of publications in high-ranking journals, number of publications in particularly influential journals, number of citations). A total of 21,291 universities were evaluated in the current 2026 ranking.
Text: Elsner
