Austria's university world: dramatic loss of space in the new QS ranking!
Austria's university world: dramatic loss of space in the new QS ranking!
Vienna, Österreich - On June 19, 2025, the QS World University Rankings 2026 were released. This year, almost all Austrian universities have lost positions compared to the previous year, such as Vienna.at . The University of Vienna asserts itself as the best Austrian university in 152nd place, but has fallen back significantly compared to the previous year (137th). The Technical University of Vienna follows in 197th, which also means a decline in seven places. The University of Innsbruck now ranks 350, a minus of 41 places.
The Technical University of Graz and the University of Linz also perform worse: they are now in 427 (413 in the previous year) and 473 (472 in the previous year). The University of Salzburg has experienced the greatest devaluation and is now in 650th place after it was classified between 601 and 610 in the previous year. In contrast, the University of Graz had an upward movement and is now in 668 (671-680 in the previous year). The University of Klagenfurt completes the ranking of the Austrian universities in the 697th place, a significant decline in its previous place (611-620).
reasons for the declines
The causes of these troubling developments are complex. Common factors are the poorer values in the employer survey and the employment results, where six of the eight tanked universities had to accept significant losses. The devaluation in the area of citation, an important indicator of academic reputation, is particularly striking. These negative trends show the pressure under which the Austrian universities are, especially at a time when global comparisons are becoming increasingly important.
In international comparison, the top ten of the ranking dominate by universities from the USA and Great Britain. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (with) takes first place, followed by Imperial College London in second place and Stanford University. The best continental European university is the ETH Zurich, which occupies the 7th place.
methodical changes and global context
A remarkable aspect of this year's ranking is the introduction of new evaluation features. For the first time, factors such as employment and sustainability flow into the methodology, which further increases the demands on the universities, so . A total of 1,500 universities from 106 countries and areas were assessed, which shows how important international comparability has become in university formation.
Global university formation has developed rapidly, especially in countries such as China and India. These countries show the greatest progress in the number of institutions that could improve their ranking position. At the same time, Canadian universities have achieved outstanding results in the "Sustainability" category, whereby the University of Toronto is considered the most sustainable institutions worldwide.
the Austrian university formation at an overview of
The Austrian university system is diverse and includes public and private universities, universities of applied sciences, universities of teacher and theological universities. The statistics show that public universities make up almost 80 percent of students in Austria, which underlines the importance of these institutions. The university statistics, which has developed continuously since 1955, also becomes relevant in the context of the current rankings, because it provides information about students, degrees and staff at Austrian universities, such as wko.at documented.
Overall, the publication of QS World University Rankings 2026 shows how challenging the situation for Austrian universities is. In order to become more competitive again in the future, you will have to react to the identified weaknesses and specifically improve your international reputation.
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