Lodz University of Technology (TUL) ranked 1007th worldwide, 294th in Europe and 18th among Polish universities in the scientific impact category. In the areas of collaboration and open ac-cess, the University ranked 1213th worldwide, 394th in Europe and 24th nationally.
This year's edition covers more than 3,000 universities from around the world. The ranking is led by two Chinese universities – Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Sichuan University – fol-lowed by Harvard University. In the Polish national ranking, Jagiellonian University (289th), AGH University of Krakow (332nd) and the University of Warsaw (510th) took the top positions.
In the subject-specific rankings, Lodz University of Technology achieved its highest position in Physical Sciences and Engineering, ranking 505th worldwide. The University was also included in the rankings for Mathematics and Computer Science, Life and Earth Sciences, and Biomedi-cal and Health Sciences, confirming its research activity across a broad range of academic disciplines.
The CWTS Leiden Ranking is based exclusively on universities' research performance and uses bibliometric indicators to assess the impact of publications, the extent of scientific collabora-tion and the level of open access. Drawing on OpenAlex data, the ranking allows users to se-lect the indicators they are interested in and analyse the results of individual universities.