TU Delft in University Rankings
TU Delft has strong research profile with the main focus on engineering and applied sciences. Therefore university scores highly in any engineering school ranking. Below a table describing a position of TU Delft in various university rankings is presented. The list include THE-QS World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities, Leiden Ranking and Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities and Research Performance Index. Markers indicating a raise or fall in the ranking are shown for ease of comparison. Empty spaces mean that no ranking was performed for a given year.
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THES-QS Rankings (2003-2009) QS Rankings (2011-) (World) | 103 | 108 | 83 | 78 | 63 | 86 | 53 | 78 | |
| THES-QS Rankings (2003-2009) QS Rankings (2010-) (Europe) | 29 | 14 | 24 | ||||||
| THES-QS Rankings (2003-2009) QS Rankings (2010-) (World - Technology) | 18 | 15 | 17 (—) | 17 | 13 | 15 | 24 | ||
| Times Higher Education World University Rankings | 151 | ||||||||
| Times Higher Education World University Rankings (Technology) | 33 | ||||||||
| Academic Ranking of World Universities (World) | 152-200 (—) | 152-200 (—) | 152-200 (—) | 151-202 (—) | 151-200 (—) | 203-300 | 202-301 | 201-250 | |
| Academic Ranking of World Universities (Europe) | 57-74 | 59-79 (—) | 57-79 (—) | 57-80 (—) | 57-78 | 80-123 | 80-125 | 77-99 | |
| Academic Ranking of World Universities (Engineering - World) | 76-100 (—) | 78-100 (—) | 76-107 (—) | 77-106 | |||||
| Leiden Ranking (Green Indicator - Europe) | 20 | 11 | |||||||
| Leiden Ranking (Green Indicator - World) | 92 | 86 | |||||||
| Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities (Engineering - World) | 42 | 30 | |||||||
| Research Performance Index (World) | 205 | ||||||||
| Research Performance Index (Engineering - World) | 32 |
Note, that since 2010 THES-QS University Rankings no longer exists. Since then two separate rankings are produced: QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings, with QS World University Rankings continuing using the same methodology as THES-QS University Rankings.
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