Radboud University is ranked among the top 1% in the world. This university offers 38 bachelor’s programs and 59 Master’s programs including 5 programs of the Radboud Docenten Academie, 8 research master's programs, and 4 post-initial master's programs with the enrollment of 14,717 students for bachelor’s and 8,259 students for Master’s.
According to the Dutch university information guide, Keuzegids Universiteiten 2020 for Bachelors program Radboud university is the best traditional, general university in the Netherlands.
Radboud University World Rankings
| Agency | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QS Rankings | 190 | 204 | 204 | 217 | 214 |
| THE Rankings | 121 | 122 | 123 | 128 | 136 |
| CWUR Rankings | 108 | 130 | 144 | 154 | TBA |
Radboud University rankings as per Times Higher Education
THE World Ranking, 2021
Times Higher Education(THE) is a university ranking agency which ranks universities on the basis of several factors such as teaching quality, a number of citations, type of research conducted, industry income, and international outlook.
Radboud University is Ranked #136 in World University Rankings released by Times Higher Education, 2021.
THE Impact Ranking, 2020
THE also releases Impact Ranking of Universities across the world on the basis of their contribution towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
As per THE Impact Rankings, Radboud University Ranked between #201-300 of 766 participating universities with a score of 72.8 out of 100 points in 2020 resulting in an above-average score.
THE World Reputation Ranking, 2020
Times Higher Education releases World reputation ranking which explores the reputation of the world's leading universities, based on the largest invitation-only academic opinion survey.
As per THE World Reputation Rankings 2020, Radboud University has been Ranked between #176-200th
Radboud University Rankings as per QS Rankings
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) is a ranking agency that ranks various Universities on the basis of six matrics Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Faculty/Student Ratio, Citations per faculty, International Faculty Ratio, International Student Ratio.
| Ranking Criteria | Ranks |
|---|---|
| Academic Reputation | 31.8 |
| Employer Reputation | 16.7 |
| Faculty Student | 40.2 |
| Citations per Faculty | 70.2 |
| International Faculty | 59 |
| International Students | 23.2 |
| Overall Score | 40.8 |
Radboud University is ranked #214 as per QS Global World Rankings.
Radboud University rankings as per CWUR
Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) publishes the global University rankings on the basis of factors like Quality of Education, Alumni Employment, Quality of Faculty, and Research Performance.
As per CWUR Radboud University ranked as #154 among the world university rankings (2020-21). Given below is the score breakdown for Radboud University CWUR rankings:
| Institution Name | Radboud University |
| World Rank | #154 |
| Quality of Education Rank | 434 |
| Alumni Employment Rank | 651 |
| Quality of Faculty Rank | - |
| Research Performance Rank | 96 |
Radboud University rankings as per US News
As per US News Rankings (2021), Radboud University Ranks #103 in Best Global Universities in World, #38 in Best Global Universities in Europe, and #8 in Best Global Universities in the Netherlands.
Following are the indicators used by US News to calculate Global Rankings of Universities:
| Ranking Indicators | Ranks | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Global research reputation | #281 | 12.5% |
| Regional research reputation | #157 | 12.5% |
| Publications | #118 | 10% |
| Books | #168 | 2.5% |
| Conferences | #585 | 2.5% |
| Normalized citation impact | #114 | 10% |
| Total citations | #84 | 7.5% |
| Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited | #91 | 12.5% |
| Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited | #115 | 10% |
| International collaboration - relative to the country | #756 | 5% |
| International collaboration | #205 | 5% |
| Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited | #82 | 5% |
| Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited | #162 | 5% |
Radboud University National Ranking
After World Rankings now coming on to National Rankings of Radboud University. According to various Ranking, Agencies Radboud University has been Ranked under Top leading Universities of Netherland.
As per the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), Radboud University has been ranked as #7 in the top-10 Universities of the Netherlands. On the other hand, According to US News and World Report Radboud University has been placed at #8 in the best global Universities of the Netherlands.
Radboud University Subject wise Ranking
Every year, QS publishes a ranking of universities by subject based on the QS World University Rankings two subject areas Linguistics and Dentistry of Radboud University score within the top 50 of their field worldwide while Theology and Psychology at Radboud University score within the top 100 worldwide.
According to US News Subject-wise Rankings 2021, a total of 22 subjects were placed under top-200 with 13 subjects in top-100 and 6 in top-50.
Radiology, Nuclear medicine, and Medical imagining acquired a global rank #5.
Here is the list of top-100 subjects in the World as per US News and World Report Ranking 2021.
| Subjects | US News Rankings, 2021 |
|---|---|
| Radiology, Nuclear medicine, and Medical imagining | #5 |
| Infectious Diseases | #30 |
| Space Science | #34 |
| Neuroscience and Behaviour | #41 |
| Psychiatry/Psychology | #46 |
| Arts and Humanities | #48 |
| Immunology | #70 |
| Molecular biology and Genetics | #72 |
| Oncology | #75 |
| Microbiology | #81 |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | #84 |
| Physics | #95 |
| Cell Biology | #99 |
Some of the other courses that ranked in the top-200, according to US News Ranking of 2021 are Clinical Medicine, Surgery, Biology and Biochemistry, Endocrine and Metabolism, Social science and Public health, Environment/Ecology, Biotechnology, and Applied Microbiology, Cardiac and Cardiovascular system and Public, Environmental and Occupational health.
