Rankings and accreditations
The University of Pisa ranks highly in the most prestigious rankings, both globally and by discipline. The various ranking institutes put it between the 200th and 400th positions, thus in the top 1-2% worldwide.
Its main strength is academic performance, hence it ranks higher wherever the latter is given more emphasis (e.g., in the ARWU and NTU global rankings, as well as in QS and THE "by discipline" rankings). In the rankings by discipline, the University of Pisa often ranks in the top 100 worldwide in Physics, Mathematics, Classics, Computer Science, and among the top Italian universities in the same disciplines.
The most up-to-date data is reported below.
| Ranking | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) |
151-200 (2-4 ITA) |
151-200 (4° ITA) |
151-200 (3° ITA) |
151-200 (1-3 ITA) |
201-300 (2-8 ITA) |
| Quacquarelli-Symonds (QS) World University Rankings |
404 (7° ITA) |
383 (7°ITA) |
389 (10° ITA) |
389 (9° ITA) |
422 (9° ITA 9) |
| Times Higher Education (THE) |
401-500 (16-25 ITA) |
401-500 (14° ITA) |
351-400 (10° ITA) |
351-400 (10° ITA) |
301-350 (8-11 ITA) |
| NTU Taiwan | 268 (8° ITA) |
227 (7° ITA) |
228 (8° ITA) |
213 (7° ITA) |
201 |
QS and THE rankings are always labelled with the subsequent year to that of publication. For example, rankings published in 2019 are labled QS World University Rankings 2020 and THE World University Rankings 2020. To allow a comparison with the other rankings, the table reports the publication year.
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The classification developed by the agency QS is based on academic performance data, both structural and reputational. The QS ranking…
The classification developed by THE is based on 13 performance indicators that encompass all areas of activity of the university:…
The classification released by the National Taiwan University uses bibliometric methods (i.e, the number of scientific articles and received citations),…