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UAB among the top Spanish universities in the Shanghai ranking

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The UAB has held on to second place among Spanish universities on the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), better known as the Shanghai ranking. It has been placed in the 201-300 segment of the best universities. The highest placed Spanish university on this index is the UB.

27/08/2015

The UAB maintains second place among Spanish universities on the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), better known as the Shanghai ranking, the latest edition of which was announced a few days ago.

The UAB appears in the 201-300 segment of the best universities, along with Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and the Complutense University of Madrid (UC). The University of Barcelona (UB) is the best placed Spanish university: in the 151-200 segment.

The Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) is ranked in the 401-500 segment.
A total of 13 Spanish universities appear among the best 500 universities in the world.

8 of the top 10 universities on this prestigious ranking are from the USA, headed by Harvard, Stanford, MIT and University of California, Berkeley The highest placed European university is the University of Cambridge.