ARWU Ranking: Università Cattolica achieves its best performance

International rankings are an important tool to help determine the university's reputation and assist students with choosing the right career path. Among the existing rankings, the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) - also known as ShanghaiRanking - released by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy is regarded as one of the most influential and long-standing university rankings in the world. ShanghaiRanking is highly recognised for its methodology, based on well-defined quantitative parameters.

In the 2022 edition of the ShanghaiRanking, published in August, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore recorded its best-ever result for the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Università Cattolica significantly improves its performance, ranking between 301-400, moving up one bracket compared to the 401-500 range from the previous year.

Furthermore, Università Cattolica is also present in the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects with 15 subjects and is confirmed among the first 75 universities in the world for the subject Food Science & Technology and the top 150 for Medical Technology, an improvement from the 201-300 range of last year. Both the Human Biological Sciences and Psychology subjects rise from the 401-500 to the 201-300 range.

Additionally, the Highly Cited Researchers included in the Ranking Criteria, formed annually by Clarivate, increases this year from three to four Università Cattolica Professors. They are Professors Antonio Gasbarrini, Francesco Landi and Luca Richeldi from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, together with Professor Marco Squassina from the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences.