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Institutional Rank 2025

KU Leuven

Belgium Rector: Severine Vermeire

Key Metrics at a Glance - Ranking 2025

97.2
Institutional Score
90.2
Research
77.6
Innovation
94.7
Internationalization

History

Subject Area 202320242025 Trend
Institutional Ranking 3 3 3
Chemical Engineering 3= 1= 1=
Civil Engineering 3= 5 5=
Electrical, Electronic, Information Engineering 11= 10= 12=
Environmental Engineering 19= 16= 12=
Materials Engineering 4= 2= 3
Mechanical Engineering 5= 4= 7=
Medical Engineering 1 1 1=

Comprehensive Rankings Analysis

Detailed breakdown of KU Leuven's performance across all evaluation criteria

Chemical engineering 1=

Overall score 99.32
Publications - 16% 84.12
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 68.35
Citations - 16% 67.59
Change of Impact - 16% 56.64
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 50.64
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 85.67
Accreditations - 10% 25.00

Civil engineering 5=

Overall score 91.34
Publications - 15% 60.86
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 72.53
Citations - 15% 66.33
Change of Impact - 15% 55.15
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 47.77
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 77.06
Accreditations - 10% 37.50
SDG - 5% 46.68

Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering 12=

Overall score 85.93
Publications - 16% 79.06
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 50.75
Citations - 16% 63.40
Change of Impact - 16% 56.91
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 55.22
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 92.92
Accreditations - 10% 50.00

Environmental engineering 12=

Overall score 81.79
Publications - 15% 62.34
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 76.03
Citations - 15% 70.52
Change of Impact - 15% 57.46
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 30.91
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 79.24
Accreditations - 10% 0.00
SDG - 5% 60.05

Materials engineering 3

Overall score 96.72
Publications - 16% 88.33
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 82.46
Citations - 16% 74.22
Change of Impact - 16% 69.84
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 42.23
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 98.92
Accreditations - 10% 25.00

Mechanical engineering 7=

Overall score 96.43
Publications - 16% 72.93
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 78.02
Citations - 16% 62.44
Change of Impact - 16% 54.84
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 64.84
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 77.91
Accreditations - 10% 12.50

Medical engineering 1=

Overall score 100
Publications - 15% 88.72
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 69.44
Citations - 15% 78.03
Change of Impact - 15% 71.34
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 62.27
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 88.80
Accreditations - 10% 40.00
SDG - 5% 99.78

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