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06/09/2018 - 14:21

Latest Shanghai Ranking emphasises the University's overall strength

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The University of Iceland is currently ranked in 7th place in the field of remote sensing and among the hundred best in the field of earth sciences according to the renowned Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects. The results for 2018 were recently published.

The University of Iceland made the Shanghai Ranking for the first time last year. The list is formally called the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), and has been released annually since 2003. It is based on the thorough and independent assessment of more than 1,500 universities worldwide conducted by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. The assessment is based on six objective indicators, including the number of articles published in renowned scientific journals, the number of times research conducted at the university has been cited by other research scientists, the university's performance based on the number of employees as well as the number of employees receiving scientific awards for their contributions to individual fields of study.

ShanghaiRanking Consultancy publishes, furthermore, an annual list of the best universities worldwide by 50 different fields of study. The University of Iceland is, according to the list, the seventh best university in the field of remote sensing; which involves, for example, taking digital images from planes and satellites and using these to extract data regarding the Earth's surface.  The University is ranked in 76-100 place in the field of earth sciences and in 101-150 place in the fields of bioscience, geography, and nursing, in 151-200 place in tourism studies, 201 - 200 place in public health sciences and clinical medicine, and seat 301-400 place among the best universities worldwide in human biological sciences and political sciences.

The Shanghai Ranking is one of two highly prestigious and influential rankings regarding the world's best academic institutions, the other being the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The University of Iceland has been ranked on the latter since the centennial of the University in 2011. The university ranked in 201-250 place last year on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and in 17th place amongst the Scandinavian countries.

The list ShanghaiRanking Consultancy over fields of study, Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, and information on the evaluation parameter can be found on the website ShanghaiRanking Consultancy.
 

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