Széchenyi István University strengthens its position among the best in QS World University Rankings

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Széchenyi István University has once again secured its place among the top institutions in the latest world rankings published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a leading higher education rating organization. This achievement is attributed to the University’s excellent corporate and academic reputation and its student-to-teacher ratio reflecting the high-quality education.

QS, one of the two largest international university ranking organizations, releases its current world rankings every summer. The latest rankings, published on 4 June, once again have listed Széchenyi István University in the 1001-1200 range. Among Hungarian universities, it ranks as the sixth best, following the three major provincial universities with medical faculties and the two traditional universities in the capital (University of Szeged, University of Debrecen, University of Pécs, Eötvös Loránd University, and Budapest University of Technology and Economics), all of which have several centuries of history.

The significance of this position is underscored by the fact that Széchenyi István University succeeded in a competition involving over 25,000 higher education institutions worldwide, with nearly 5,700 evaluated and 1,503 making it to the list. The prestige of the ranking is highlighted by the presence of renowned universities at the top, such as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States, and Imperial College London and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom.

Dr Eszter Lukács, Vice President for International Affairs and Strategic Relations, emphasized the University’s strengths by analysing the detailed data, noting that Széchenyi István University is among the world’s top 300 for corporate reputation and in the top 600 for student-to-teacher ratio, which indicates the quality of education. Additionally, the University ranks in the top 700 based on academic reputation.