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NKUA climbs to the highest place ever achieved by a Greek University in US News Best Global Universities Rankings 2024-2025

NKUA climbs to the highest place ever achieved by a Greek University in US News Best Global Universities Rankings 2024-2025
09.07.2024 - 12.19

A significant rise in the individual subjects: 38th place worldwide in Cardiology

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/greece

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US News & World Report Media Company has recently published the results of its Best Global Universities Rankings for 2024-2025. Best Global Universities have dominated University rankings in the US for years and are currently in the top 7 of rankings internationally. In this 10th consecutive annual edition of the US News Best Global Universities Rankings, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens placed 215th out of 2,250 Universities. Our University has climbed 35 places from last year to the highest place ever achieved by a Greek Higher Educational Institution in all the editions of the US News Best Global Universities Rankings.

At the same time, NKUA ranked 1st among the 12 Greek Universities in the table. Other Greek Universities ranked in the top 3 nationwide are Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (394th position overall) and the National Technical University of Athens (508th position overall). On a European level, NKUA ranked 81st among the 715 European Universities in the table.

At this point, we should mention that in the latest edition of the Best Global Universities Rankings, NKUA placed high globally in 25 subjects as opposed to 22 in 2023-2024. More specifically, in Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, and Infectious Diseases, our University entered the top 100 worldwide.

The 25 subjects in which NKUA achieved significant distinctions in the 2024-25 Ranking are as follows:

  1. Cardiology (Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems, #38).
  2. Infectious Diseases (#56).
  3. Gastroenterology and Hepatology (#82).
  4. Clinical Medicine (#109).
  5. Oncology (#111).
  6. Public, Environmental, and Occupational Health (#113).
  7. Immunology (#114).
  8. Endocrinology and Metabolism (#125).
  9. Surgery (#130).
  10. Neuroscience and Behavior (#141).
  11. Pharmacology and Toxicology (#146).
  12. Molecular Biology and Genetics (#201).
  13. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine, and Medical Imaging (#202).
  14. Cell Biology (#202).
  15. Psychiatry/Psychology (#235).
  16. Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#245).
  17. Physics (#254).
  18. Biology and Biochemistry (#329).
  19. Geosciences (#332).
  20.  Mathematics (#415).
  21. Social Sciences and Public Health (#459).
  22. Environment/Ecology (#630).
  23. Computer Science (#652).
  24. Chemistry (#823).
  25. Engineering (#949).

The Rector of NKUA, Professor of Cardiology Gerasimos Siasos, stated accordingly: ‘This distinction undoubtedly confirms the international recognition and acclaim of our University, and the value, quality and high impact of its academic and research work. It is our Institution’s academic staff who—sometimes under adverse conditions—achieve all these extraordinary distinctions. We will continue our efforts towards internationalization, extroversion, and high quality to ensure that NKUA remains always at the top.’

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