QS World University Ranking
The QS World University Ranking compares 1,500 universities. Four major areas of interest for prospective students are assessed: Research, teaching, employability and international orientation. These four key areas are assessed on the basis of nine indicators, each with different weights.
The QS World University Ranking 2024 was published in 2023 and analysis data from the time period 2017 - 2022. The University of Cologne was able to improve by 67 places in the current QS World University Ranking and is among the top 18 percent worldwide. With the 268th place, the university achieves its best result of the past ten years. Weblink
In addition, the QS rankings publishes rankings for 54 subjects in five broad subject areas.
QS World University Ranking by subject
The current QS World University Ranking by Subject 2023 was published in 2022 and refers to data from 2016-2021. It is based on five indicators*:
- Academic reputation (50%),
- employer reputation (30%),
- researcher citations per paper (7,5%),
- H-index (7,5%) and
- international reseach network (5%).
In the "QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023 - Social Sciences and Management" the WiSo Faculty of the University of Cologne is the 9th best Faculty in Germany: Weblink
QS Business Master's Rankings - Management
The QS "Business Master's Ranking: Management" highlights the best Master's in Management programmes worldwide. A total of 13 criteria form the basis for the five key indicators: "Employability", "Entrepreneurship and Alumni Outcomes", "Return on Investment", "Thought Leadership" and "Class and Faculty Diversity".
The Master in International Management (CEMS MIM) of the global CEMS alliance of leading business schools, multinational companies and NGOs is ranked 11th out of 201 in the current QS 2024 Masters in Management (MiM) ranking and thus belongs to the best 5.4% worldwide: Weblink
*The weights vary depending on the subject, the ones given here belong to the subject social science and management.