Number One in Austria, 23rd in Europe, and 79th in the world

TU Wien Informatics continues to strengthen its stature as a leading faculty in Computer Science, standing at 79th on the global scale and 23rd in Europe! From over 1100 universities across 83 countries, TU Wien Informatics rose 5 ranks from the previous year, solidifying its place in the global top 10%. TU Wien Informatics saw improvements in the core pillars Teaching, Research environment, and International outlook.

On the national front, TU Wien Informatics consistently holds its position at 1st place, heading the THE Computer Science Subject Ranking among Austrian institutions. In the German-speaking region, the faculty is currently ranked in 9th place.

About the THE Subject Ranking for Computer Science

THE (Times Higher Education) World University Rankings provide a list of the world’s best universities, with an emphasis on the research mission. It is the only global university league table to judge research-intensive universities across all of their core missions: Teaching (the learning environment); Research environment (volume, income, and reputation); Research quality (research influence); Industry (knowledge transfer), and International outlook (staff, students and research). It uses 18 performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons. The overall list is accompanied by 11 subject-specific rankings. The subject rankings employ a methodology carefully recalibrated for each subject, with the weightings changed to suit the individual fields. The weightings for the computer science ranking are: Teaching 28%, Research environment 29%, Research quality 27.5%, International outlook 9%, Industry income 8%.

Find out more about the THE Subject Ranking for Computer Science and Methodology.

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