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The University of Athens Ranks 1st in Southeastern Europe in the Webometrics Ranking Web of Universities

The University of Athens Ranks 1st in Southeastern Europe in the Webometrics Ranking Web of Universities
25.08.2025 - 12.32

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) earned yet another important distinction: Released in July 2025, the results of Webometrics Ranking Web of Universities showed that NKUA placed 237th overall out of 32,000 Universities and 1st out of all 105 Greek and Cypriot Universities and other Higher Education providers included in the ranking.

As was previously mentioned, Webometrics’ Ranking Web of Universities gave the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens the top national ranking. Following that are Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (249th place worldwide) and the National Technical University of Athens (378th place worldwide). The University of Patras (524th place worldwide) and the University of Crete (573rd place worldwide) round out the national top 5. The first Cypriot University to appear in the ranking is the University of Cyprus, a public Higher Educational Institution, which holds the 619th place worldwide (see Table 1).

Table 1: The ranking of Greek and Cypriot Universities and other Higher Education providers according to Webometrics’ Ranking Web of Universities (second edition of 2025) 

Greece- Cyprus Rank World Rank University Country Impact Rank Openness Rank Excellence Rank
1 237 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece 476 85 208
2 249 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece 322 263 342
3 378 National Technical University of Athens Greece 437 423 589
4 524 University of Patras (incl University of Western Greece) Greece 835 393 772
5 573 University of Crete Greece 847 434 891
6 619 University of Cyprus Cyprus 920 607 903
7 635 University of Thessaly Greece 1246 485 780
8 662 University of Ioannina Greece 1347 511 883
9 860 Democritus University of Thrace Greece 1853 711 1149
10 901 University of the Aegean Greece 1397 994 1500
11 961 University of Nicosia Cyprus 1884 1541 1523
12 1059 Agricultural University of Athens Greece 3590 911 1478
13 1140 Technical University of Crete Greece 2216 1054 1926
14 1154 Cyprus University of Technology Cyprus 3132 1077 1584
15 1168 University of Western Macedonia Greece 1750 1451 2117
16 1183 Hellenic Open University Greece 2714 2187 2147
17 1200 University of Piraeus Greece 2100 1270 2191
18 1204 Athens University of Economics and Business Greece 1387 1029 2601
19 1234 University of West Attica Greece 4403 941 1546
20 1252 International Helenic University Greece 4286 1654 1575
21 1280 University of Macedonia Greece 2008 3488 2415
22 1286 Harokopio University of Athens Greece 2866 1587 2277
23 1366 European University Cyprus Cyprus 4740 1650 1981
24 1413 University of Peloponnese Greece 3187 1488 2407
25 1550 Hellenic Mediterranean University Greece 6729 1405 1929
26 1601 Cyprus Institute Cyprus 5174 2642 31195
27 1637 Ionian University Greece 3058 2167 3100
28 1842 Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences Greece 3238 2242 3914
29 1916 Open University of Cyprus Cyprus 6294 4182 3371
30 1959 American College of Greece (Deree College / Alba Business School) Greece 3603 3184 4046
31 2108 Frederick University Cyprus 5298 2986 4076
32 2126 School of Pedagogical and Technological Education Greece 8353 4923 3187
33 2337 Neapolis University of Pafos Cyprus 7905 4545 4339
34 2558 Cyprus Institute of Neurology & Genetics Cyprus School of Molecular Medicine Cyprus 12082 3697 4231
35 2844 Research Academic Computer Technology Institute Greece 3803 13705 6300
36 3187 Hellenic Army Academy Greece 12355 22935 6088
37 3417 Athens School of Fine Arts Greece 6501 20932 6664
38 3425 American School of Classical Studies at Athens Greece 2562 23141 22571
39 3512 Hellenic Naval Academy Greece 15861 30091 6108
40 3581 Hellenic Air Force Academy Greece 16799 22218 6086
41 3852 University of Central Lancashire Cyprus Cyprus 8095 13442 12192
42 3895 Aegean Omiros College (University of Essex Campus) Greece 5036 17757 16853
43 3901 American College of Thessaloniki (Campus of The Open University UK) Greece 6346 8499 6657
44 4036 Metropolitan College (Campus of the following Universities: Queen Margaret University, The University of Keele, University of East London) Greece 9807 5372 17730
45 4167 American Farm School Thessaloniki Greece 10381 22551 21928
46 4328 Cyprus College Cyprus 12258 26166 25772
47 4410 CIM-Cyprus Business School Cyprus 14955 25243 24741
48 4425 Hellenic American University Greece 14463 19417 18602
49 4445 American College Cyprus Cyprus 13988 29612 29450
50 4449 Intercollege Cyprus 16441 29831 29683
51 4679 Higher Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessalonica Greece 16756 29251 29055
52 4699 CTL Eurocollege Cyprus Cyprus 16210 14251 13058
53 4712 Mediterranean College (University of Derby Campus) Greece 11253 25763 25346
54 4724 College Year in Athens Greece 10575 25177 24721
55 4758 CITY College University of York Europe Campus Greece 14690 7598 22570
56 4765 City Unity College (London Metropolitan University Campus) Greece 15408 27457 7084
57 4784 Cyprus International Institute of Management Cyprus 11365 7615 30457
58 4807 Higher Ecclesiastic Academy of Athens Greece 21229 22181 21546
59 4811 New York College (University of Greater  Manchester Campus) Greece 11388 31333 31290
60 4896 Alexander College Cyprus Cyprus 16088 12942 11662
61 4900 College of Tourism & Hotel Management Cyprus 20914 26610 26245
62 4929 BCA Business Studies  (The University of West London Campus) Greece 13842 16771 15786
63 4966 Akto Art & Design Greece 13513 23342 22779
64 4982 Vakalo Art & Design College Greece 16440 28532 28276
65 5009 Hellenic American Education Center Greece 14162 20240 19479
66 5043 Independent Science & Technology Studies Greece 14346 15804 14772
67 5078 KES College Cyprus 22389 12419 11124
68 5215 C D A College Cyprus 21681 24277 23717
69 5224 Global College Cyprus Cyprus 23575 19239 18346
70 5260 Frederick Institute of Technology Cyprus 17234 28980 28783
71 5290 Institution d΄Etudes Francophones Greece 19641 29019 28794
72 5300 ICBS Business School Greece 19067 29845 29684
73 5301 Cyprus College of Art Cyprus 22033 22720 22056
74 5323 Casa College Cyprus 19928 10876 9467
75 5334 P A College Cyprus 19242 31704 31691
76 5336 Mediterranean Institute of Management Cyprus 24107 26021 25608
77 5339 British Hellenic College Greece 19662 9585 8094
78 5412 City Unity College Cyprus Cyprus 21013 22963 22313
79 5418 State Conservatory of Thessaloniki / Κρατικό Ωδείο Θεσσαλονίκης Greece 21334 23468 22929
80 5430 DEI College (Associate Campus of the University of Sunderland) Greece 22329 25279 24828
81 5447 Conservatoire of Northern Greece Greece 20233 19447 18631
82 5464 Postgraduate Research Institute of Science Technology Environment and Medicine Cyprus 28938 27013 6559
83 5489 Swiss Business School for International Hotel & Tourism Management Education (Alpine Center) Greece 21894 19781 18978
84 5524 Larnaca College Cyprus 23654 9841 8355
85-86 5531 Greek Bible College Greece 22425 18693 17835
85-86 5531 InterNapa College Cyprus 23072 11573 10217
87 5537 Athens School of Management Greece 22004 15375 14267
88 5566 Philips College Nicosia Cyprus 23263 16475 15422
89 5573 René Descartes College Greece 23534 12180 10862
90 5588 Mesoyios College Cyprus 23659 10403 8986
91 5597 Atlantis College Cyprus 24281 28040 27767
92 5606 American University of Athens Greece 24462 29093 28883
93 5614 AAS College Applied Arts Studies Greece 23814 12762 11487
94 5621 Ledra College Cyprus 24423 23091 22450
95 5639 MBS College College of Crete Heraklion Greece 23483 26600 26237
96 5649 Patriarchal University Ecclesiastical Academy of Crete Greece 25476 20962 20243
97 5672 Higher Ecclesiastical Academy of Vella Greece 24860 31799 31794
98 5704 Limassol College Cyprus Cyprus 25278 19409 18521
99 5720 ARTE Music Academy Cyprus Cyprus 28600 19161 18265
100 5773 Merchant Marine Academy of Syros Cyclades Greece 27149 11546 10194
101-102 5805 Merchant Marine Academy of Macedonia Greece Greece 29442 21184 20465
101-102 5805 MKC City College Cyprus 28380 20720 19928
103 5813 College of Professional Journalism Greece 28695 28595 28347
104 5848 Merchant Marine Academy of Chios Greece 29091 16994 16021
105 5881 Higher Hotel Institute of Cyprus Cyprus 31652 24021 23454

Source: Webometrics’ website

Webometrics’ Ranking Web of Universities is regarded as one of the most authoritative global University rankings because it relies on data that can be verified directly on the Web rather than indicators that heavily depend on interviews, questionnaires, and opinion polls, which can occasionally be biased or subjective. The fundamental principle of this ranking is that it considers how crucial it is for academic Institutions to have a strong online presence in the modern world. The ranking, now in its 23rd consecutive year since 2004, is updated twice annually in January and July and is based on three criteria:

1. Visibility, 50%: The popularity of the content, i.e., the number of external networks (subnets) linking to the Institution’s web pages (which is normalized before the average value is chosen), is used to assess its quality. The popularity of the content is considered a measure of the value of an Institution, its academic performance, the value and usefulness of the information published by it, or the service it offers.

2. Transparency (or Openness), 10%: This indicator assesses the involvement of an Institution in the World Wide Web’s open science standards by counting the number of papers indexed in Google Scholar and the number of citations received by them. In practice, the analysis of citations is deemed the most accurate metric for evaluating a University’s scientific/research output. Their number, and therefore each University’s score, is calculated by adding the citations of its top 310 authors minus the top 20 outliers.

3. Excellence (or Scholar), 40%: This indicator measures the proportion of an Institution’s papers among the top 10% most cited in each of the database’s disciplines. Scopus and SCImago are the sources for this indicator, which uses data for the five years 2019-2023 in 27 distinct scientific fields.

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