Rome's La Sapienza University is the
only Italian university to get into the world's top 150 seats of
higher learning according to the latest Academic Ranking of
World Universities (ARWU) by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy,
an independent body.
The largest Italian state university improved from last year by
rising one notch in the standings from the 151-200 range to the
101-150 range.
The top 100 universities are ranked individually, with scores,
but those lower down are put into ranges of 50, like La
Sapienza.
Harvard has topped the rankings for the last 20 years, followed
by Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT).
Other top 10 universities are Cambridge (4th), Berkeley (5th),
Princeton (6th), Oxford (7th), Columbia (8th), Caltech (9th),
and Chicago (10th).
There are six assessment parameters: Nobel prize winners and
Fields Medals among alumni (10%) or researchers (20%), the
number of researchers cited highly by Clarivate Analytics (20%),
publications in "Nature & Science" (20%), and technological and
social citations (20%).
These parameters are then correlated with the academic staff,
giving a further parameter of per capita productivity (10%).
"This year's position is an excellent result for La Sapienza,
which sees its top spot nationally confirmed," said Dean
Antonella Polimeni.
"The ranking reaffirms the prestige of the university in the
international panorama thanks to the quality and scientific
value of our academic community, of which the recent Nobel Prize
for Physics to Giorgio Parisi represents the maximum
recognition.
"The ranking rewards in particular excellence in scientific
research, placing La Sapienza among the reference research
universities at a global level".
In Europe, the top spot is still held by Paris-Saclay University
in 16th place, followed by ETH in Zurich in 20th.
Germany has four universities in the top 100.
Of Asian universities, Tokyo University is 24th while Beijing's
Tsinghua University has moved up two spots as second best in
Asia.
Melbourne University, in 32nd, is the top Oceania uni.
in April La Sapienza came top in Italy in the Centre for World
University Rankings (CWUR), in 113th place, and was among the
world's top 200 universities for QS (Quacquarelli Simonds) World
University Rankings 2023.
QS made La Sapienza top in the world for Classics and Ancient
History.
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