This year’s edition includes 3,776 universities worldwide, among them 53 institutions from Poland. The top three positions were occupied by Harvard University (USA), Zhejiang University (China), and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China).
Among Polish higher education institutions, Jagiellonian University achieved the highest position, ranking 389th worldwide. It was followed by the University of Warsaw (519th place) and the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow (690th place).
Lodz University of Technology (TUL) was ranked 1,207th in the world and 23rd in Poland.
The URAP 2025-2026 World Ranking is based on 6 academic performance indicators. Publications constitute the basis of the ranking methodology. Both quality and quantity of publications and international research collaboration performance are used as indicators.