A large number of top scientists

September 30, 2026

In the new Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) released by ShanghaiRanking on September 15, 2026, the University of Stuttgart has once again achieved strong results. In several disciplines, it has a large number of top scientists.

In Metallurgical Engineering, the University of Stuttgart achieved its best result on this indicator. It ranks 9th out of 300 universities worldwide and is thus among the top 3%.

In Business Administration, the University of Stuttgart also performs strongly on this indicator. It ranks 47th out of 500 universities worldwide and is thus among the top 10%. It also ranks 2nd out of 31 universities in Germany and is thus among the top 6% nationally.

In Computer Science and Engineering, 25 German universities were analyzed based on their number of top scientists. The University of Stuttgart achieved another strong result in this national comparison. It ranks 2nd and is thus among the top 8%.

About the ranking

The annual ShanghaiRanking subject ranking assesses the research performance of universities worldwide. This year, the ranking included approximately 2,000 universities from about 100 countries and regions. Key evaluation criteria are publications, publications in leading journals such as Nature and Science, citation rates of scientists, international collaboration on publications, and major scientific awards.

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