The University of Foggia has entered the rankings of some of the major international ranking agencies, alongside the Italian Censis report which has certified its constantly growing trend on the national scene in recent years.
The rankings take into consideration a series of indicators, such as academic performance, programmes, and opinions of the scientific community, assigning a score which allows for comparative evaluations with other universities around the world.
THE (Times Higher Education) World University Ranking by subject is the ranking by the British agency which compares 1,904 universities across 83 countries and 13,138 university programmes every year. Entering these rankings means positioning in the top 4-7% worldwide.
2024
The University of Foggia has been ranked well in the 2024 ranking, with a leap forward of 200 positions in the world ranking compared to last year. It has thus entered the middle of the ranking among all the Italian universities ranked (currently 57).
The best performances have been scored in the following fields:
- International Outlook: 30.3
- Teaching: 24.3
- Research Quality: 65.5
- Research Enviroment: 24.7
2023
Best results: "Research" and "Citations".
- Teaching: 17.9
- Research: 21.3
- Citations: 55.7
- Industry Income: 38.8
- International Outlook: 26.3
Impact 2023
The University of Foggia is in the sustainability ranking of THE (Times Higher Education) Impact in 2023 too. This Ranking assesses universities against the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
SDG1 Indicator: NO POVERTY - OVERALL SCORE 70.6 out of 100
The University of Foggia ranked 78 out of 876 eligible institutions, statistically well over the third quartile, i.e. over 75% of the institutions ranked received a lower rating.
Other results:
SDG9 Indicator: INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE; OVERALL SCORE: 66.6
RANK: 201–300 out of 873 institutions.
SDG16 Indicator: PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS; OVERALL SCORE: 69.8
RANK: 201–300 out of 910 institutions.
The University of Foggia entered the QS World University Rankings by Subject for the first time in 2022. This is an international and independent ranking that compares the performance of more than 15,200 university degree programmes across 51 academic subjects at 1,543 universities in 88 countries worldwide. It is part of the QS World University Rankings.
The University of Foggia records an excellent performance for the rate of outgoing (5th in Italy and 25th in Europe!) and incoming (5th in Italy and 59th in Europe) international students in the QS Europe University Rankings 2024.
Anche per il 2024 l'Unifg è inclusa nel prestigioso QS World University Rankings by Subject nelle sezioni:
- Agriculture & Forestry - fascia 401-450
- Medicine - fascia 651-700.
Alcuni dati del QS Ranking Subjects:
- Subjects Published: 55
- Locations Covered: 149
- Institutions Analysed: 4,989
- Institutions Published: 1,636
149 paesi, 4989 istituzioni analizzate e solo 1636 istituzioni pubblicate.
Pagina risultati: QS World University Rankings by Subject
L’Università di Foggia si classifica nella QS World University Rankings: Europe 2025.
Nello specifico, sono state analizzate 651 Università Europee, di cui solo 51 localizzate in Italia (delle circa 100).
L’Ateneo, di medie dimensioni, si distingue in due aree: Ricerca e Internazionalizzazione.
Particolare attenzione è mostrata nei confronti degli studenti in entrata ed uscita, evidenziando la notevole capacità dell’Ateneo foggiano di Internazionalizzazione. Infatti, gli studenti in entrata ed in uscita ottengono uno score molto elevato.
Anche l’attività di ricerca dei dipartimenti è elevata, come evidenziato dal valore dell’indice di produzione di articoli scientifici e dalle citazioni per ogni paper. Rispetto agli altri Atenei Italiani, l’Università di Foggia si classifica in Top 10 per almeno 4 indicatori, legati all’Internazionalizzazione ed al numero di studenti per Dipartimento.
Ulteriore confronto è con i dati a livello regionale. Valori estremamente positivi sono raggiunti dall’Ateneo foggiano negli indicatori di citazioni per paper, nel numero di paper per Dipartimento e nel numero di studenti di scambio in entrata ed uscita, superando (in alcuni casi) di gran lunga la media regionale. Inoltre, dal punto di vista della ricerca, nel periodo di pubblicazione 2018-2022 quasi il 67% delle pubblicazioni (indicizzate in Scopus) appartengono all’area Medica e di Scienze della Vita (3570 su 5346 pubblicazioni analizzate), seguite dal 12% circa di pubblicazioni legate all’Ingegneria/Tecnologia ed alle Scienze Sociali/Economiche.
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) publishes the largest academic rankings of global universities. The rankings are unique in that:
- Objective indicators are used for all four key pillars underlying the methodology of the ranking (education, employability, staff, and research) with no reliance on surveys and university data submissions
- Equal emphasis is put on student-related and staff-related indicators
- 62 million outcome-based data points are used for this year’s rankings
- 20,531 universities are ranked according to their academic performance
In 2023, University of Foggia ranks as follows:
World Rank: 1346 out of 20531
Percentile: Top 6.6% in the world
Regional Rank (Europe): 477
National Rank: 58
Research Rank: 1292
Overall Score: 68.6
The Censis Ranking of Italian Universities was created to provide guidance for the choices of all students ready to embark on university studies. It is a detailed analysis of the Italian university system (state and non-state universities, divided into homogeneous categories by size), based on the assessment of the facilities available, the services provided, the level of internationalisation, use of 2.0 communication and employability.
2023-2024 Ranking
TEACHING
SECOND-CYCLE DEGREE PROGRAMMES
- 1st in Italy for Education and Training
- 3rd in Italy (1st in Southern Italy) for Agriculture/Forestry and Law
- 4th in Italy (1st in Southern Italy) for Medicine/Healthcare
- 1st in Southern Italy for Economics
SINGLE-CYCLE DEGREE PROGRAMMES
- 4th in Italy (1st in Southern Italy) for Dentistry and Orthodontics
- 1st in Southern Italy for Law
FIRST-CYCLE DEGREE PROGRAMMES
- 6th in Italy (1st in Southern Italy) for Education and Training
- 6th in Italy (1st in Southern Italy) for Sports Sciences
- 7th in Italy (1st in Southern Italy) for Agriculture/Forestry
- 1st in Southern Italy for Economics
- 1st in Southern Italy for Medicine/Healthcare
OVERALL RANKING (medium-sized Universities, 10.000 to 20.000 students enrolled):
overall average score of 81.8
Relevant data:
COMMUNICATION AND DIGITAL SERVICES
Last year's excellent performance is confirmed by the same score this year: 93 out of 100.
INTERNATIONALISATION
Excellent result for this indicator with a score of 87.00 out of 100 (82 last year), 4th best score overall and 1st best score for Southern Italy.
All data for 2023-2024
FACILITIES
The score has improved from 81 (last year) to 85 out of 100 this year.
The UI GreenMetric World University Ranking was launched in 2010 and includes information on university’s environmental sustainability. The UI GreenMetric ranking has seen a dramatic increase of participants from 95 universities across 35 countries in 2010 to 912 universities across 84 countries in 2020. The aim of this ranking is to provide an assessment system on the current situation and policies related to Green Campus and Sustainability in universities all over the world. 39 indicators and 6 criteria are taken into consideration, i.e.: Setting and Infrastructure (SI), Energy & Climate Change (CE), Waste (WS), Water (WR), Transportation (TR) and Education (ED).