In a new global ranking of higher education institutions released on October 23, 2017, German universities ranked among the world’s very best, performing particularly well in the sciences.
In the fourth annual edition of the 2018 U.S. News Best Global Universities ranking, Germany came in fifth place overall; 58 German universities made the list of a total of 1,250 institutions across 74 countries worldwide.
The U.S. placed first with 221 institutions on the list, followed by China, Japan and the UK, respectively.
But another indicator of country performance is how well it did in terms of subject rankings.
Germany did well in this area too, coming out in fourth place overall with the highest number of ranked universities in the subject specific category – 6.8 percent of the total number of ranked schools of 22 determined subjects.
In the ranking’s subject specific category, which include 6,800 institutions worldwide, the U.S. was the top-performing country (25.3 percent), followed by the UK (7.8 percent) in second place and China (7.4 percent) in third.
German universities moreover managed to get into the top five in almost all of the subjects included – 18 subjects of the 22 subjects in total.
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