The University of Luxembourg counts among the best young universities in the world: It is ranked 14, according to the latest Times Higher Education (THE) 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016 released during the THE Young Universities Summit in Barcelona.

              Ranking page of the University of Luxembourg (14th)

The 150 Under 50 Rankings are a global list of the best universities under the age of 50. Institutions are evaluated on 13 performance indicators grouped into five categories:

• teaching;
• research;
• citations;
• international outlook;
• industry income.

The evaluation is based on the same data used to compile the THE World University Rankings 2015-2016 announced in October 2015. However, the 150 Under 50 Rankings 2016 methodology is carefully recalibrated to reflect the special characteristics of younger universities, giving less weight to subjective indicators of academic reputation.

International orientation

“We are very proud to have been listed 14th in this rankings,” says University President Rainer Klump. “This confirms once more that our clear international orientation pays off. And it is our goal to become one of the future leaders in higher education.”

The University of Luxembourg achieved particularly high average scores in terms of international outlook and citations.

The international outlook indicator takes into account the percentage of international students and international staff as well as international collaboration in terms of research. The University currently counts 115 different nationalities among its students and 83 different nationalities among its staff members. The international orientation of the University also contributes to its high performance in other indicators, facilitating the recruitment of professors, researchers and students from all over the world and thus also increasing the quality of research and teaching.

The University’s strong performance in terms of citations shows that the young institution already has a strong research capability. This indicator captures the number of instances a university’s published work is cited by scholars globally, compared to the number of citations a publication of similar type and subject is expected to have, using data drawn from 23,000 academic journals.

The University of Luxembourg and the THE Rankings

The University of Luxembourg’s result in the THE 150 Under 50 Rankings is not completely unexpected. The University achieved very good results in the THE World University Rankings 2015-2016, where it was ranked 193 out of 800 universities from 70 different countries. Taking into account only the 200 best universities in Europe, the University of Luxembourg ranked 99.

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Rankings & accreditations
Full results of the Times Higher Education (THE) 150 Under 50 rankings 2015-2016

Reactions from partner universities

• “On behalf of Kyoto University, I would like to express my most sincere congratulations to the University of Luxembourg and all of its students, faculty, and staff on a remarkable performance in the Times Higher Education 150 Under 50 Rankings,” stated Juichi Yamagiwa, President of Kyoto University, Japan. “Having recently concluded a partnership agreement between our two institutions, we look forward to a long and fruitful relationship, and to seeing the University of Luxembourg continue to grow and flourish in the future.”
• Tomáš Zima, Rector of Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, also stated: "I would like to congratulate all the representatives of the University of Luxembourg on achieving the 14th place in this prestigious Times Higher Education 150 Under 50 rankings. Even though the University of Luxembourg does not have a very long tradition, gaining this place shows that with quality concepts of both studies and science, it is possible to rank among the most respectful world universities in a very short time. Another reason, why I’m very pleased about this, is because Charles University has been successfully cooperating with the University of Luxembourg for several years, and I personally consider leading representatives of this university as our friends."

© David Laurent / University of Luxembourg 2015