Hungarian universities in the top 100!
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Compiled by Times Higher Education and measuring the impact of higher education institutions in 17 categories, the list features six Hungarian universities in total.
According to hellomagyar.hu, the rankings, which were recently published for the 3rd time, are based on the research activity of the institutions in relation to the sustainable development goals of the UN. Some examples are no poverty, good health and well-being, sustainable cities and communities, and climate action. The full list includes a total of 1,115 universities from 94 countries.
In terms of overall performance, the University of Pécs reached the highest position, ranked somewhere between 201st and 300th, the same category as the Sorbonne in Paris or the University of Massachusetts.
“Naturally, we are very happy about the results, but we still have a long way to go. Future development is possible with the help of our excellent teachers and students and increasingly better research background, thanks to the funding we have received both from local organisations and the EU,” said Attila Miseta, rector of the University of Pécs, in an interview with BAMA.hu.
It was not the only non-Budapest institution to do well: the University of Debrecen and the University of Szeged both made it into the next division (301-400), while the highest-ranking university of the capital, Semmelweis University, only got as far as 401-500. However, that is not to say that Semmelweis is not an excellent university, rather, that it is a specialised one, only offering medicine-related degrees.
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