Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects: UGA in the top group of French universities

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On July 10, 2020

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Ranked 19 times in the top 100, including 6 times in the top 50 of the 2020 Global Rankings of Academic Subjects of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and 1st French university in 7 subjects, Université Grenoble Alpes is one of the leading French universities. This ranking acknowledges the quality of the research carried out in UGA's laboratories, and also recognizes the effectiveness of the university clustering strategy implemented in Grenoble and at the national level, with 18 French universities making it into the world's top 50 this year.

The 2020 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects classifies institutions according to 5 fields - Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Medical Sciences and Social Sciences – which are divided into 54 subjects.

ARWU uses six objective indicators to rank world universities, including the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, number of highly cited researchers selected, number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science, number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index - Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, and per capita performance of a university.

The UGA is the 1st French university in 7 subjects

Metallurgical Engineering: 18, 1st in France
Computer Science & Engineering: 51-75, 1st in France
Geography: 51-75, 1st in France
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: 76-100, 1st ex-aequo in France
Water Resources: 51-75, 1st ex-aequo in France
Civil Engineering: 151-200, 1st in France
Hospitality and tourism management: 201-300, 1st ex-aequo in France

Out of the 54 subjects that were evaluated, the UGA is ranked 38 times: it appears 6 times in the top 50, 13 times in the top 100, 10 times in the top 200 and 7 times in the top 300.

The UGA is in the top 50 in 6 subjects

Earth Sciences: 25, 4th in France
Remote Sensing: 34, 2nd in France
Metallurgical Engineering: 18, 1st in France
Mining and mineral engineering: 48, 3rd in France
Physics: 39, 6th in France
Clinical Medicine: 45, 3rd in France

UGA is in the top 100 in 13 subjects

Computer Science & Engineering: 51-75, 1st in France
Geography: 51-75, 1st in France
Atmospheric Science: 51-75, 3rd in France
Mathematics: 51-75, 9th in France
Ecology: 51-75, 7th in France
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: 76-100, 1st ex-aequo in France
Water Resources: 51-75, 1st ex-aequo in France
Oceanography: 76-100, 6th ex-aequo in France
Electrical & Electronic Engineering: 76-100, 2nd in France
Automation & Control - 76-100, 3rd ex-aequo in France
Chemistry: 76-100, 3rd ex-aequo in France
Environmental science and engineering: 76-100, 2nd ex-aequo in France
Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences: 76-100, 3rd ex-aequo in France

UGA is in the top 200 in 10 subjects

Energy science and engineering: 101-150, 2nd in France
Materials science and Engineering: 101-150, 3-5 ex-aequo in France
Agricultural sciences: 101-150, tied for 8th in France
Civil Engineering: 151-200, 1st in France
Instrument science and technology: 151-200, 2nd ex-aequo in France
Biomedical Engineering: 151-200, 3rd ex-aequo in France
Biological sciences: 151-200, 6th ex-aequo in France
Medical technology: 151-200, 7th ex-aequo in France
Statistics: 151-200, 8th ex-aequo in France
Mechanical engineering: 151-200, 11th ex-aequo in France

UGA is in the top 300 in 7 subjects

Hospitality and tourism management: 201-300, 1st ex-aequo in France
Telecommunication engineering: 201-300, 4th ex-aequo in France
Chemical engineering: 201-300, 5th ex-aequo in France
Human biological sciences: 201-300, tied for 12th in France
Public health: 201-300, 5th ex-aequo in France
Psychology: 201-300, 4th ex-aequo in France
Management: 201-300, 7th ex-aequo in France

Find the full 2020 Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects on the website
www.shanghairanking.com

Published on July 21, 2020
Updated on June 8, 2022

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