The best universities in New Europe

Times Higher Education ranking reveals top universities from across the 13 latest European Union member states

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April 25, 2018

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April 25, 2018

Ellie Bothwell

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The University of Tartu in Estonia has topped a new 51�Թ� table of the best research-intensive universities in “New Europe” – the 13 nations that have joined the European Union since 2004.

As well as taking the overall number one spot in the THE New Europe ranking, Tartu ranks top in the region for its research environment.

The overall top three is completed by Cyprus University of Technology, which ranks first for citation impact, and the University of Cyprus, which leads on the industry income and international outlook measures.

Charles University in Prague is ranked fourth and comes top for teaching environment.

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The table includes 53 institutions in total and uses the same methodology as the flagship THE World University Rankings.

Institutions from across 12 of the 13��newest EU member states make the list; only Malta does not. The Czech Republic is the most represented country, with 13 institutions, while Poland claims 12 of the places, Hungary takes seven, and Romania has five.

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The ranking was launched at �ձᷡ’s Research Excellence: New Europe Summit, which is being held this week in partnership with the Czech Republic’s��Palacký University Olomouc to explore the current centres of excellence and rising higher education stars in central and southern Europe.

ellie.bothwell@timeshighereducation.com

�ճ��51�Թ��New Europe ranking��

Rank	World University Rank 2018	Institution	Country	Teaching score	Research score	Citation score	Industry score	International score	Overall score
1	301–350	University of Tartu	Estonia	24.5	25.3	83.6	33.5	50.4	44.6
2	351–400	Cyprus University of Technology	Cyprus	17.8	13.8	88.6	33	69.9	42.1
3	401–500	University of Cyprus	Cyprus	20.8	25	63.1	48.1	76.8	39.6
4	401–500	Charles University in Prague	Czech Republic	29	22	56.3	32.1	55.6	37.2
5	401–500	Semmelweis University	Hungary	22.6	11.9	61.5	34.4	73.8	35.2
6	501–600	University of Warsaw	Poland	25.9	18.3	47.1	32.4	44.6	31.5
7	501–600	Masaryk University	Czech Republic	22.2	22.7	42.8	33.7	56.3	31.4
8	501–600	University of Split	Croatia	16.8	12.5	60.3	33.5	41.7	30.9
9	601–800	University of Maribor	Slovenia	18.9	15.3	49	39.2	36.7	28.7
10	601–800	Palacký University Olomouc	Czech Republic	19.3	12.2	45	32.5	54.6	27.9
=11	601–800	University of Ljubljana	Slovenia	25.7	16.1	35.8	35.6	38.5	27.1
=11	601–800	Eötvös Loránd University	Hungary	21.1	12.6	42.2	32.4	47	27.1
=13	601–800	Jagiellonian University	Poland	23.1	14.2	37.9	32.7	34.3	26
=13	601–800	University of Pécs	Hungary	19.4	10.1	39.3	46.9	55.3	26
15	601–800	Vilnius University	Lithuania	20.1	13.5	35.6	40	47.9	25.3
16	601–800	Warsaw University of Technology	Poland	19.9	9.8	44.1	36.2	23.4	24.8
17	601–800	Babeş-Bolyai University	Romania	24.8	11.3	32.9	32.2	40.8	24.5
18	601–800	Tallinn University of Technology	Estonia	17.9	11.8	34.9	45.5	50.7	24.3
18	601–800	University of Szeged	Hungary	20.4	10.8	34	35.4	51.7	24.3
20	601–800	Czech Technical University in Prague	Czech Republic	20.2	17.3	28.5	39.3	45.3	24.2
21	601–800	University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague	Czech Republic	24.8	13.8	20.9	39.2	49.4	22.5
=22	601–800	AGH University of Science and Technology	Poland	18.6	12.3	35.6	35.7	20.3	22.4
=22	601–800	Comenius University in Bratislava	Slovakia	22.6	11.9	25.3	31.8	49.1	22.4
24	801–1,000	Brno University of Technology	Czech Republic	19.1	13.6	24	40.1	43.7	21.3
25	801–1,000	Budapest University of Technology and��Economics	Hungary	17.7	12.8	29	45.3	29.7	21.2
26	801–1,000	University of Wrocław	Poland	20.1	10.9	25.8	33.8	32.5	20.3
=27	801–1,000	University of Debrecen	Hungary	18.8	3.4	27.5	40.4	50.1	19.7
=27	801–1,000	Technical University of Košice	Slovakia	21.4	12.4	23.5	41.9	19.5	19.7
29	801–1,000	West University of Timişoara	Romania	20.1	7.8	26.3	31.8	30.7	19.3
30	801–1,000	University of Ostrava	Czech Republic	16	11.4	24.1	31.9	39.4	19.2
31–40	801–1,000	Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CULS)	Czech Republic	18.7	12.1	12.1	47.7	66.9	16.8–19.1
31–40	801–1,000	Adam Mickiewicz University	Poland	18.7	11.6	22.8	32.3	30.5	16.8–19.1
31–40	801–1,000	University of Zagreb	Croatia	21	11.1	20.3	41.6	28.5	16.8–19.1
31–40	801–1,000	Gdańsk University of Technology	Poland	16.6	9.5	28.6	37.4	19.1	16.8–19.1
31–40	801–1,000	University of Latvia	Latvia	18.8	9.3	20	32.3	40.1	16.8–19.1
31–40	801–1,000	Alexandru Ioan Cuza University	Romania	22	9.3	17.2	31.8	36.7	16.8–19.1
31–40	801–1,000	University of Bucharest	Romania	22.7	6.5	17.1	31.8	39.5	16.8–19.1
31–40	801–1,000	Corvinus University of Budapest	Hungary	16.9	9.5	18	32	43.7	16.8–19.1
31–40	801–1,000	Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń	Poland	19.2	8.9	20.9	32.9	24.2	16.8–19.1
31–40	801–1,000	Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava	Slovakia	21.6	13.2	11.5	34.7	26.5	16.8–19.1
41+	801–1,000	Riga Technical University	Latvia	18.3	11.3	14.8	39	32.7	12.6–16.7
41+	801–1,000	Tomas Bata University in Zlín	Czech Republic	17.9	13	13.4	33.6	33.6	12.6–16.7
41+	801–1,000	VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava	Czech Republic	18.6	13.1	12.8	39.5	30.4	12.6–16.7
41+	801–1,000	University of Silesia in Katowice	Poland	18.5	7.8	20.4	31.8	22.9	12.6–16.7
41+	801–1,000	University of Pardubice	Czech Republic	18.4	13.4	14.2	32.4	23.9	12.6–16.7
41+	801–1,000	University of West Bohemia	Czech Republic	18.5	11.8	13.6	35.7	26.4	12.6–16.7
41+	801–1,000	Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and��Pharmacy	Romania	20.1	7.1	9.9	32	51.2	12.6–16.7
41+	1,001+	University of Gdańsk	Poland	17.5	9.3	14.8	32.2	28.8	12.6–16.7
41+	1,001+	Sofia University	Bulgaria	19.6	8.6	9	33	39.2	12.6–16.7
41+	1,001+	University of Łódź	Poland	17.4	9.5	13.8	31.9	23	12.6–16.7
41+	1,001+	Łodz University of Technology	Poland	17	10.4	12.8	36.4	19.4	12.6–16.7
41+	1,001+	Technical University of Liberec	Czech Republic	18.5	10.2	4.7	37.1	30.9	12.6–16.7
41+	1,001+	Kaunas University of Technology	Lithuania	18.1	11.7	3.3	35.7	23.7	12.6–16.7

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