KTH is ranked among world's top 100 universities

"Reaching among the hundred best is something that we have worked toward consciously," says KTH Peter Gudmundson. "The placement is proof that KTH's research and education is visible and recognized worldwide. This is obviously very gratifying."

That QS introduced a new way to measure citations per faculty and researchers among five different disciplines has apparently helped KTH along.

The different disciplines are Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences & Management.

This takes into account differences in citation frequency between the different subject areas, something that has benefited the university significantly," says Per-Anders Östling, KTH's ranking expert. "Thanks to this result, as well as the successes of the QS Rankings by Subject 2015, KTH international competitiveness is strengthened considerably."

Östling notes that development, for KTH's part, has translated into higher placement.

"Yes, there will be good spirals where better reputation provides higher placement, and vice versa."

KTH has also gotten somewhat better values ​​in the indicator that measures the reputation of teachers and researchers, where the university is ranked 167 in the world. KTH's reputation among international employers has declined slightly, but remains high at 81st place.

A slight decline can be noted in terms of percentage of international students and number of teachers/researchers per student. The effects of tuition fees are clearly visible in the reported facts (based on data from 2014). The proportion of international students at KTH is still relatively high, at over 13 percent.

Here are the results for each indicator, with comparisons to previous years' rankings:

Academic reputation, weighted 40 percent (based on a survey of more than 80,000 replies): 167/2015, 171/2014, 166/2013, 180/2012

Employers reputation, weighted 10 percent (based on survey of more than 40,000 replies): 81/2015, 73/2014, 92/2013, 150/2012

Number of teachers/researchers per student, weighted 20 percent: 196/2015, 160/2014, 167/2013, 168/2012

Number of citations per teacher/researcher, weighted 20 percent (taken from Scopus): 101/2015, 226/2014, 270/2013, 294/2012

Percentage of international lecturers/researchers, weighted 5 per cent,: 143/2015, 161/2014, 118/2013, 153/2012

Percentage of international students, weighted five per cent, location: 315/2015, 229/2014, 136/2013, 64/2012

In the QS Rankings by Faculty, KTH is ranked 36th best in Engineering & Technology, 93rd in Natural Sciences.

Jill Klackenberg

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The leading international rankings, such as QS, aim to measure excellence in research, education and collaboration. The importance of rankings has grown in recent year, having a great impact on the recruitment of international students and researchers, alumni employability, opportunities for cooperation with other world-leading universities and multinational companies, as well as to assert themselves in the international competition for external research and investment in excellence .

In several countries substantial resources are invested in any university that is among the 500 highest ranking in the world. A total of 800 universities participated in the QS rankings.