Strong Rankings in the “THE World University Rankings”

The University of Siegen has improved its standing in the latest subject rankings in the Times Higher Education magazine. “Engineering” in particular enjoyed a major bump in its standing.

The University of Siegen has improved its standing in the latest subject rankings in the Times Higher Education magazine. “Engineering” in particular enjoyed a major bump in its standing.

The University of Siegen has significantly improved its rankings in several disciplines in the 2024 version of the world university rankings from “Times Higher Education” (THE). The biggest jump came in the area of “Engineering & Technology,” which covers civil, mechanical and electrical engineering as well as computer science. For these fields, the University of Siegen ranks in the ‘301–400’ group, a notable rise from their placement one year ago between 501–600. In a national comparison, the University of Siegen placed 14th out of 23 assessed universities in the field of “Engineering.”

Improvements for University of Siegen programs were also observed in the “Physical Science” areas, which covers mathematics, physics, and chemistry. In this field as well, the university raised its position year-over-year, moving into the 401–500 group in an international comparison. Viewed within Germany, Siegen ranked in 35th place out of 45 assessed universities.

In terms of the indicator “Research Quality,” the University of Siegen improved its standing in the current study across all ranked subjects. Alongside “Engineering & Technology” and “Physical Science,” the university also offers programs in “Business and Economics,“ “Social Sciences” (social and media sciences, education, psychology), and “Arts and Humanities” (languages, literary studies and linguistics, history, philosophy & theology, architecture, and art).

The subject rankings are published annually as part of the grand university ranking study by “Times Higher Education” magazine, published in London. In the current THE rankings for 2024, the University of Siegen placed in the 601–800 range in an international comparison. This represents a successful rise in tier (one year ago, the university stood between 801–1,000), despite the inclusion this year of roughly 100 additional universities in the new rankings.

THE subject rankings audit universities around the globe in various subjects for indicators such as instruction, research environment, research quality, industry, and internationality. As in the THE World University Rankings, the THE subject rankings changed its methodology slightly this year, with reweighing of the indicators.

The complete rankings can be found at: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject