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Institutional Rank 2023

KU Leuven

Belgium Rector: Severine Vermeire

Key Metrics at a Glance - Ranking 2023

94.7
Institutional Score
90.3
Research
97.9
Innovation
88.0
Internationalization

History

Subject Area 202320242025 Trend
Institutional Ranking 3 3 3
Chemical Engineering 3= 1= 1=
Civil Engineering 3= 5 5=
Electrical, Electronic, Information Engineering 11= 10= 12=
Environmental Engineering 19= 16= 12=
Materials Engineering 4= 2= 3
Mechanical Engineering 5= 4= 7=
Medical Engineering 1 1 1=

Comprehensive Rankings Analysis

Detailed breakdown of KU Leuven's performance across all evaluation criteria

Chemical engineering 3=

Overall score 93.92
Publications - 16% 85.44
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 58.18
Citations - 16% 70.91
Change of Impact - 16% 50.61
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 43.08
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 98.89
Accreditations - 10% 25.00

Civil engineering 3=

Overall score 91.25
Publications - 15% 60.00
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 54.38
Citations - 15% 75.39
Change of Impact - 15% 43.46
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 53.27
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 68.84
Accreditations - 10% 50.00
SDG - 5% 48.16

Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering 11=

Overall score 89.09
Publications - 16% 75.55
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 40.30
Citations - 16% 72.76
Change of Impact - 16% 54.58
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 54.62
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 89.71
Accreditations - 10% 33.33

Environmental engineering 19=

Overall score 76.74
Publications - 15% 64.05
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 50.58
Citations - 15% 88.20
Change of Impact - 15% 39.01
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 41.23
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 70.21
Accreditations - 10% 0.00
SDG - 5% 55.47

Materials engineering 4=

Overall score 97.24
Publications - 16% 84.13
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 63.40
Citations - 16% 73.90
Change of Impact - 16% 68.16
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 40.13
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 91.81
Accreditations - 10% 25.00

Mechanical engineering 5=

Overall score 95.14
Publications - 16% 69.31
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 73.22
Citations - 16% 73.49
Change of Impact - 16% 54.52
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 62.00
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 82.37
Accreditations - 10% 20.00

Medical engineering 1

Overall score 100
Publications - 15% 100
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 54.68
Citations - 15% 82.99
Change of Impact - 15% 79.94
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 65.85
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 96.64
Accreditations - 10% 50.00
SDG - 5% 100

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