Rankings
| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| Global | |
| ARWU | 89 |
| Times | 124 |
| QS | 165 |
Ghent University is consistently ranked among the best universities in Belgium (top 3) and worldwide (top 200). In the 2009 THE–QS World University Rankings (From 2010 two separate rankings will be produced by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings)list of the top 200 universities in the world, Ghent University was ranked in 136th place. In the Times Top 50 Life Sciences Universities 2011-2012, Ghent ranked 36th. In the 2010 QS World University Rankings it was ranked 192nd, whereas the 2011 rankings placed it at 165th. In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2010, it was ranked 124nd. An overview of the last years:
| Year | Rank (Change) |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 218 |
| 2006 | 141 ( 77) |
| 2007 | 124 ( 20) |
| 2008 | 136 ( 12) |
| 2009 | 136 |
| 2010 | 192 ( 56) |
| 2011 | 165 ( 27) |
| 2012 | 106( 59) |
| 2013 | 90( 16) |
Ghent University was ranked 89th among world universities by the Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2012. The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), commonly known as the Shanghai ranking, is a publication that was founded and compiled by the Shanghai Jiaotong University.The rankings have been conducted since 2003 and then updated annually. An overview of the last years:
| Year | Rank (Change) |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 99 |
| 2004 | 101–152 |
| 2005 | 101–152 |
| 2006 | 102–150 |
| 2007 | 102–150 |
| 2008 | 101–152 |
| 2009 | 101–152 |
| 2010 | 90 |
| 2011 | 89 |
| 2012 | 89 |
Ghent was also placed among top 95 universities in the world according to the Russian based Global University Ranking.
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