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University of Vienna: Best-ranked university in Austria despite downward ranking!
The University of Vienna is ranked 152nd in the QS World University Rankings in 2025 and remains the best Austrian university.
University of Vienna: Best-ranked university in Austria despite downward ranking!
A look at the university landscape shows that the University of Vienna is currently QS World University Rankings was ranked 152nd. Compared to the previous year, when it was ranked 137th, this is a certain step backwards, but the University of Vienna remains the best-ranked university in the country.
What is consistently positive is the progress in various areas: The factors forInternational students,International Research Network,Faculty/Student Ratioas well as Academic reputationhave improved. On the other hand there were in the categoriesEmployer reputationandCitations per facultysome deductions.
The fact that the University of Vienna is among the top 100 in 17 disciplines in this year's QS subject ranking shows that there is a lot of potential here. The subject is particularly outstandingCommunication & Media Studies, which is ranked 15th despite being ranked 10th last year. This discipline is among the best 5% worldwide.
In an international context
The QS rankings are widely recognized. The current edition has a total of 1,500 institutions from 106 higher education systems as the object of evaluation. What is pleasing for international universities is that sustainability has been included as a core metric in the assessment for the first time. When asked what currently distinguishes the best universities, the top 10 rankings show a strong dominance European and American institutions:
| rank | university |
|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| 2 | University of Cambridge |
| 3 | University of Oxford |
| 4 | Harvard University |
| 5 | Stanford University |
| 6 | Imperial College London |
| 7 | ETH Zurich |
| 8 | National University of Singapore (NUS) |
| 9 | University College London (UCL) |
| 10 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
It is clear that universities in the USA are particularly represented, followed by institutions from the United Kingdom and China. What is striking is that NUS is the only Asian university in the top 10.
Austria in comparison
How does Austria compare? There are eight ranked universities throughout the country, including the Vienna University of Technology in 190th place and the University of Innsbruck in 309th place. Germany, on the other hand, has an impressive 48 ranked universities - but the international competition for talent is considered the greatest challenge. 73% of universities located in Germany have experienced changes in recent years, especially with regard to further international challenges in the higher education sector. QS highlights that Switzerland plays a leading role in research with four universities in the top 100, while Austria is attractive for international students.
In view of these developments, the University of Vienna is well positioned, even if its ranking has fallen slightly. It is clear that there is still a lot of potential for future improvements and rankings. The challenges should not be underestimated, but with a good knack for focusing on international cooperation and promoting talent, the University of Vienna can certainly gain further ground.