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Institutional Rank 2024

KU Leuven

Belgium Rector: Severine Vermeire

Key Metrics at a Glance - Ranking 2024

97.0
Institutional Score
89.7
Research
100
Innovation
94.1
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

Civil engineering 5

Overall score 91.96
Publications - 15% 60.58
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 71.24
Citations - 15% 69.73
Change of Impact - 15% 63.91
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 50.79
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 79.31
Accreditations - 10% 42.86
SDG - 5% 46.32

Medical engineering 1

Overall score 100
Publications - 15% 87.60
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 73.08
Citations - 15% 78.99
Change of Impact - 15% 77.14
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 66.79
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 96.71
Accreditations - 10% 40.00
SDG - 5% 96.51

Chemical engineering 1=

Overall score 99.23
Publications - 16% 83.86
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 65.03
Citations - 16% 64.82
Change of Impact - 16% 52.48
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 49.47
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 91.71
Accreditations - 10% 25.00

Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering 10=

Overall score 85.70
Publications - 16% 76.89
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 53.70
Citations - 16% 67.56
Change of Impact - 16% 60.19
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 56.03
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 90.82
Accreditations - 10% 50.00

Environmental engineering 16=

Overall score 81.91
Publications - 15% 61.05
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 73.19
Citations - 15% 75.57
Change of Impact - 15% 58.14
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 38.33
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 81.12
Accreditations - 10% 0.00
SDG - 5% 63.46

Materials engineering 2=

Overall score 97.71
Publications - 16% 86.10
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 82.45
Citations - 16% 72.47
Change of Impact - 16% 74.06
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 41.58
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 100
Accreditations - 10% 25.00

Mechanical engineering 4=

Overall score 96.51
Publications - 16% 71.61
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 80.34
Citations - 16% 65.21
Change of Impact - 16% 55.71
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 62.46
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 79.38
Accreditations - 10% 12.50

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