Leuphana consolidates its position among the world's 500 best universities
2025-10-09 Lüneburg/London. The British science magazine “Times Higher Education” (THE) has now published its World University Ranking 2026. It is one of the most important international university comparisons. Leuphana University of Lüneburg continues to rank among the top 25 percent of the nearly 2,200 best universities worldwide considered for the ranking, placing between 401 and 500. In Lower Saxony, it ranks third among the universities represented in the ranking.
Leuphana performs particularly well in the assessment of the quality and impact of its research. With 83.2 out of a possible 100 points, it ranks among the top 20% of universities worldwide, placing it 16th in Germany and 2nd in Lower Saxony after the University of Göttingen.
The World University Ranking takes into account a total of 18 performance indicators, which are divided into five areas: teaching, research, citations, international orientation, and third-party funding from industry. The evaluation was based on data from around 175 million citations from 18.7 million research publications, surveys of more than 100,000 scientists from around the world on the reputation of universities in research and teaching, and statistical surveys provided by the universities. The ranking took into account 2,191 research-intensive universities from 115 countries.
As in previous years, the current international ranking list is led by the University of Oxford in the UK. The best German university in the international comparison is the Technical University of Munich, ranked 27th worldwide.
Further information
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking