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Ranked 381 out of 1501 universities in QS World University Rankings 2026

The University of Luxembourg is ranked in position 381 worldwide (out of 1501 universities that qualified for the ranking). This position constitutes a slight decrease compared to the previous year (where the University ranked 355 worldwide). The University of Luxembourg is now among the top 26% worldwide (in comparison to top 24% in the previous ranking edition). In the 2026 ranking edition, 8467 institutions were evaluated in the ranking (in comparison to 5663 evaluated institutions than in the previous year) and 112 new universities entered the ranking.

The University of Luxembourg has been improving its performance in the last two years with regard to two indicators:

Faculty-student ratio (rank 118 in the 2026 ranking compared to rank 128 In the 2025 ranking)
Citations per faculty (rank 479 in the 2026 ranking compared to rank 495 in the 2025 ranking)

Regarding the remaining indicators for the QS World University ranking:

International faculty: the University ranks in position 19 in the 2026 ranking (fall of 3 positions in comparison to the previous ranking); the indicator measures the proportion of faculty members who are international
International students: the University ranks in position 33 (compared to position 26 in the previous ranking); the indicator measures the proportion of students who are international
Employment outcomes: the University ranks in position 277 (compared to position 240 in the previous ranking); the indicator measures employability of graduates and satisfaction of employers with graduates of the given university based on submitted employment data and a survey of employers conducted by the QS
International research network: the University ranks in position 566 (compared to rank 495 in the previous ranking). The score of this indicator is based on an index that considers the count of international partners (i.e. higher education institutions) and the count of international locations represented by them, based on the publications (as per Elsevier Scopus). The score of the indicator reflects the diversity of locations in the publications of a university.

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Among the top 24% in QS World University Rankings 2025

The University of Luxembourg has been named as one of the world’s top universities in the much-referred QS World University Rankings 2025. Out of more than 1,500 universities across 104 locations that qualify for the ranking this year, the University occupies position 355 worldwide. Overall, this places the University among the top 24% worldwide.

QS World University Rankings evaluates institutions according to nine indicators, each score is calculated with a maximum of 100 points:

Regarding the international character, the University performs excellently, scoring 100 points for both International Faculty Ratio and International Student Ratio.
Considering the ratio of academic staff to students, the University performs very well with a score of 81 of 100.
The University achieves a score of 70 for its International Research Network, which represents at the same time the distinct count of higher education partner institutions and the distinct locations represented by these.
With regards to graduate employment, the University achieves a score of 53. QS ranking uses two indicators to calculate the graduate employment score: data provided by a university and global listings such as Forbes 30 under 30.
With regards to citations per faculty per academic staff, the University obtains a positive score of 25. The score is based on Scopus Elsevier count of citation and publications.
The score for academic and employer reputation is based on data from global surveys in which respondents provide their opinions about the best universities. Despite its youth, the University, which celebrated its 20th birthday in 2023, already notes respectable scores here as well.
For the first time, the University also submitted data on sustainability, obtaining a score of 3.

Among the top 27% in Europe (Position 182) in 2024

The University of Luxembourg has been named as one of the top universities in Europe, according to the first edition of the QS World University Rankings: Europe. Out of 690 institutions across 42 locations, the University was ranked in position 182 and among the top 27% in Europe. Here are the results for the University of Luxembourg:

International Faculty: 2^nd in Europe, reflecting the ratio of foreign nationals in the academic staff and that most staff members (88% foreign nationals) and academics have an international background.
International Students: 7^th in Europe, representing the foreign nationals in the student population (60% of students are international students at the University).
Outbound Exchange Students: 7^th in Europe, based the ratio of foreign nationals among the students. The University developed mobility programmes with over 100 universities around the globe.
Inbound Exchange Students: 47^th in Europe, taking into account the inbound exchange students within the total student population.
Faculty Student Ratio: 57^th in Europe, calculated by the proportion of academic staff compared to the number of students.
Other indicators included the Employment Outcomes, Citations per Paper, Papers per Faculty, as well as International Research Network and two reputation scores that are based on opinions’ surveys, Academic Reputation and Employer Reputation. The University has not been assessed in the Sustainability indicator.
The University is listed for the first time in subjects of Psychology and Education.
The University maintained its position in subjects Economics and econometrics and Biological sciences.