The UT has dropped down thirteen places compared to last year when it held the 75th spot on the list. With its current position, the UT is the eighth out of nine Dutch universities on the Reuters list. Leiden University is at the 14th place, ranked as the best in the Netherlands. The KU Leuven (Belgium) is the overall number one, topping the list for the fourth year in the row.
Dutch universities in the Reuters Top 100 of Europe:
16 Delft University of Technology
25 Utrecht University
29 Eindhoven University of Technology
36 Erasmus University Rotterdam
54 University of Groningen
58 University of Amsterdam
88 University of Twente
89 Maastricht University
According to Reuters, ‘all 100 of the institutions included in the Top 100 produce original research, create useful technology and stimulate the global economy’. The ranking is based on proprietary analysis of numerous indicators including patent filings and research paper citations.