NOVA among the 10 best young European universities in different rankings

NOVA is a recent European University, founded in 1973. Universities are places build since the XI century to think about the future of societies. Universities’ main asset is their reputation, based on their tradition on the future.

Old universities live on their tradition, while young universities build their reputation through their modern and flexible approach in reaching social impact. This is why young and old institutions rank and compare differently. NOVA is proud to be consistently among the top 10 of European young Universities.

There are about 30,000 Universities worldwide, but 90% of these are young, of which only 5% attain the academic quality to be ranked. For example, measures such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals became critical in evaluating universities, not only through research but also by example and practice.

NOVA University and its Schools consistently classify among the European top 10 of young universities (founded after the ’60s) across most of the significant rankings just published:

• Financial Times, School of Business and Economics and its Masters, notably the recent ranking for the International Master in Finance;
• The QS, in all 5 evaluated areas of knowledge;
• The EDUNIVERSAL rankings of Management Masters in 6 different Schools;
• In the MULTIRANK that measures different dimensions and strengths of the complex academic activity.
• In at least two Sustainable Development Goals in the Times Higher Education Impact ranking;
• In the Leiden Ranking, being the 6th university in Europe with better gender balance in scientific publications.
• In September 2021, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa was considered the best Portuguese public university according to the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2022. This assessment by the English magazine “Times Higher Education”, specialized in education, is based on the areas of Teaching, Research, Transfer of Knowledge, Citations in Scientific Publications and Internationalization. NOVA was also placed in the top 30 of the best European universities under 50, taking the 66th position in the world (the best national result). The ranking, published on September 2, reveals a significant increase, compared to the previous edition, in four of the five parameters evaluated: Teaching, Research, Internationalization and Knowledge Transfer. In all areas, NOVA is above the world average.

In all these rankings, NOVA stands in the European TOP 10 among young Universities.

The latest data from QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021 places NOVA among the best young European universities founded less than 50 years ago. Thus, in Natural Sciences, NOVA occupies the second position, being classified in fourth place in the area of Engineering & Technology.

This outstanding performance of European excellence, and more significantly, its consistency across these rankings, reflects the effort and the pride of NOVA University to contribute to a more sustainable society providing flexibility, creativity, and the formal rigor of high-quality academic practice.