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The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 11th in Spain, 380th in the global 2026 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 18 research topics. The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 66,307 academic publications and 1,467,446 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 26 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#380 of 14,131 In the World
#159 of 2,785 In Europe
#11 of 75 In Spain
#2 of 3 In Valencia
#34 of 1,048 For Hydrology and Water resources management
#45 of 2,425 For Automotive Engineering
#48 of 1,015 For Game Design and Development
#1804 of 8,074 For Alumni Impact
#251 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 15 other topics

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Engineering rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 3rd for Engineering in Spain and 261st in the World with 42,011 publications made and 1,045,370 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#3 of 69 In Spain
#77 of 1,466 In Europe
#261 of 6,795 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1993 85 236
1994 142 408
1995 126 487
1996 171 732
1997 205 891
1998 240 1196
1999 288 1590
2000 352 1905
2001 342 2366
2002 658 3632
2003 693 4067
2004 723 5448
2005 920 7532
2006 998 8552
2007 1164 11071
2008 1130 13309
2009 1431 15973
2010 1613 19869
2011 1836 25160
2012 1778 29339
2013 1811 33937
2014 1958 38955
2015 1941 42997
2016 1965 47095
2017 2065 51732
2018 2270 58329
2019 2290 66561
2020 2460 79205
2021 2547 91512
2022 2226 90841
2023 2507 94958
2024 1753 88790
2025 1100 76568

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield Spain ranking Europe ranking World rank
Automotive Engineering 1 11 45
Architecture 3 21 53
Agricultural Engineering 2 12 59
Operations Research 1 14 62
Nuclear Engineering 1 19 72
Industrial Engineering 2 29 76
Construction Management 2 29 79
Engineering Management 3 21 82
Human-Computer Interaction 1 32 94
Electronic Engineering 2 29 128
Computer Engineering 2 36 131
Reliability and Quality Engineering 3 38 139
Environmental Engineering 6 33 139
Systems Engineering 2 43 140
Architectural Engineering 4 54 157
Telecommunications 2 36 160
Technical Drawing 2 56 165
Biochemical Engineering 6 71 166
Computer Networking 2 42 171
Landscape Architecture 6 77 174
Automation and Control engineering 3 42 181
Transportation Engineering 3 62 188
Product and Industrial Design 1 77 199
Chemical Engineering 3 42 204
Mechanical Engineering 2 65 207
Petroleum Engineering 3 47 218
Firefighting and Fire Science 7 65 222
Acoustical Engineering 2 68 226
Aerospace Engineering 4 71 226
Geotechnical Engineering 2 61 238
Electrical Engineering 4 62 240
Marine Engineering 4 82 243
Renewable Energy Engineering 10 83 248
Civil Engineering 3 74 249
Robotics 7 75 249
Optical Engineering 6 90 268
Materials Science 6 82 276
Remote Sensing 8 91 286
Nanotechnology 4 75 287
Structural Engineering 3 92 301
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 4 137 333
Metallurgical Engineering 6 104 341
Applied/Engineering Physics 11 134 372
Biomedical Engineering 8 140 398
Aviation 12 206 539
Biotechnology 18 215 611

Physics rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 8th for Physics in Spain and 333rd in the World with 34,439 publications made and 874,164 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Acoustical Engineering.

Physics ranking Location
#8 of 69 In Spain
#123 of 1,460 In Europe
#333 of 6,729 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1993 85 225
1994 139 392
1995 113 471
1996 160 742
1997 202 880
1998 205 1159
1999 266 1523
2000 303 1724
2001 309 2131
2002 527 3030
2003 586 3607
2004 606 4842
2005 769 6870
2006 834 7815
2007 953 9898
2008 906 11680
2009 1169 13933
2010 1314 17352
2011 1543 21980
2012 1437 25425
2013 1506 29324
2014 1607 33721
2015 1564 36799
2016 1627 40004
2017 1665 44392
2018 1865 49839
2019 1876 56132
2020 2016 66582
2021 2047 75597
2022 1772 74575
2023 1994 78062
2024 1404 72734
2025 852 62422

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield Spain ranking Europe ranking World rank
Acoustical Engineering 2 68 226
Optical Engineering 6 90 268
Materials Science 6 82 276
Nanotechnology 4 75 287
Quantum and Particle physics 10 130 339
Applied/Engineering Physics 11 134 372
Medical Physics 5 202 483
Astrophysics and Astronomy 13 209 497
Nuclear Physics 15 227 543
Condensed Matter Physics 14 218 555
Atomic and Molecular physics 18 265 603
Biophysics 16 242 652
Theoretical Physics 20 286 675
Astrobiology 25 314 818

Chemistry rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 9th for Chemistry in Spain and 389th in the World with 31,853 publications made and 946,135 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical chemistry, Chemical Engineering.

Chemistry ranking Location
#9 of 68 In Spain
#141 of 1,417 In Europe
#389 of 6,561 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1993 88 290
1994 128 449
1995 121 514
1996 169 800
1997 212 1062
1998 225 1351
1999 280 1856
2000 310 2268
2001 329 2589
2002 467 3498
2003 552 4162
2004 564 5632
2005 696 7538
2006 736 8654
2007 856 10815
2008 797 12700
2009 972 15116
2010 1169 18529
2011 1373 23146
2012 1314 27130
2013 1332 31524
2014 1441 35868
2015 1388 38920
2016 1443 42224
2017 1521 46514
2018 1647 51678
2019 1761 59542
2020 1859 72291
2021 1960 82868
2022 1721 84218
2023 1879 85587
2024 1375 83045
2025 929 72892

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield Spain ranking Europe ranking World rank
Nutrition and Food Science 2 24 81
Biochemical Engineering 6 71 166
Physical chemistry 3 45 201
Chemical Engineering 3 42 204
Inorganic Chemistry 4 56 213
Materials Science 6 82 276
Nanotechnology 4 75 287
Organic Chemistry 7 107 321
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 4 137 333
Radiochemistry 7 75 365
Biochemistry 10 159 434
Computational Chemistry 18 208 470
Pharmacy 17 211 518
Environmental Chemistry 20 208 557
Petrology and Geochemistry 14 217 572

Computer Science rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 4th for Computer Science in Spain and 299th in the World with 30,943 publications made and 644,889 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Machine Learning, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#4 of 69 In Spain
#100 of 1,470 In Europe
#299 of 6,855 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1993 50 149
1994 85 270
1995 77 289
1996 108 392
1997 130 452
1998 157 592
1999 192 786
2000 233 958
2001 247 1153
2002 549 2371
2003 555 2349
2004 554 3007
2005 702 4100
2006 782 4998
2007 878 6069
2008 874 7697
2009 1115 9166
2010 1275 11857
2011 1409 14758
2012 1344 17256
2013 1348 19290
2014 1398 21899
2015 1440 24210
2016 1447 26630
2017 1505 29158
2018 1693 33895
2019 1725 39418
2020 1802 47502
2021 1843 55438
2022 1636 55093
2023 1774 58714
2024 1170 50943
2025 725 41747

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Computer Science.

Biology rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 10th for Biology in Spain and 472nd in the World with 30,935 publications made and 906,113 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Paleontology, Botany, Nanotechnology.

Biology ranking Location
#10 of 69 In Spain
#174 of 1,449 In Europe
#472 of 6,841 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1993 81 292
1994 103 418
1995 112 475
1996 149 739
1997 185 992
1998 183 1243
1999 220 1677
2000 264 2169
2001 288 2361
2002 406 3170
2003 452 3733
2004 467 5051
2005 568 6407
2006 619 7564
2007 717 9510
2008 743 11494
2009 926 13676
2010 1095 17070
2011 1282 21023
2012 1213 24786
2013 1292 29452
2014 1362 33586
2015 1367 36561
2016 1402 39876
2017 1518 43630
2018 1651 49129
2019 1714 57405
2020 1951 71424
2021 2043 83139
2022 1915 83992
2023 2013 85961
2024 1453 81640
2025 1006 71057

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield Spain ranking Europe ranking World rank
Nutrition and Food Science 2 24 81
Horticulture 1 14 94
Agricultural Science 3 41 161
Animal Science 9 83 259
Botany 6 96 279
Nanotechnology 4 75 287
Forestry 11 119 363
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 11 127 389
Biochemistry 10 159 434
Toxicology 11 138 466
Paleontology 12 186 490
Virology 9 168 504
Evolutionary Biology 16 212 526
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 17 217 558
Biotechnology 18 215 611
Genetics 16 217 612
Microbiology 17 211 628
Biophysics 16 242 652
Entomology 13 242 681
Neuroscience 25 285 768
Zoology 26 277 773
Astrobiology 25 314 818
Molecular Biology 21 291 882
Immunology 20 284 884
Pharmacology 28 305 1082
Oncology and Cancer research 33 366 1261

Environmental Science rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 10th for Environmental Science in Spain and 358th in the World with 28,996 publications made and 706,376 citations received. Main research topics: Geography and Cartography, Geology, Ecology, Paleontology, Agricultural Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#10 of 69 In Spain
#128 of 1,464 In Europe
#358 of 6,888 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1993 49 168
1994 82 258
1995 75 262
1996 99 400
1997 145 549
1998 130 712
1999 173 966
2000 184 1133
2001 206 1350
2002 304 1939
2003 362 2349
2004 401 2920
2005 485 4038
2006 559 4941
2007 659 6298
2008 674 7590
2009 812 9140
2010 988 11810
2011 1179 15407
2012 1208 18157
2013 1223 21452
2014 1324 24907
2015 1378 27989
2016 1373 30662
2017 1515 34721
2018 1633 39627
2019 1685 46020
2020 1914 57257
2021 2047 68604
2022 1837 68708
2023 1988 72739
2024 1369 65637
2025 814 56800

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Environmental Science.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 13th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Spain and 349th in the World with 28,643 publications made and 514,093 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Archaeology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#13 of 69 In Spain
#145 of 1,502 In Europe
#349 of 7,088 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1993 40 108
1994 66 165
1995 60 204
1996 71 296
1997 86 317
1998 105 421
1999 126 526
2000 160 642
2001 180 775
2002 321 1359
2003 340 1562
2004 369 2004
2005 480 2664
2006 538 3178
2007 610 4050
2008 694 5402
2009 849 6405
2010 1044 8587
2011 1161 10808
2012 1150 12630
2013 1189 14387
2014 1345 16622
2015 1464 18514
2016 1460 20095
2017 1552 22581
2018 1641 26253
2019 1782 31168
2020 1887 39209
2021 2018 48432
2022 1839 48933
2023 1941 53114
2024 1350 44437
2025 635 37122

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield Spain ranking Europe ranking World rank
Journalism and Digital Media 1 18 109
Urban and Regional planning 5 85 164
Library and Information science 2 90 249
Philosophy 17 127 295
Broadcast Journalism 10 105 317
Archaeology 8 115 327
Political Science 11 156 375
History 11 142 380
Law 9 145 402
Aesthetics 11 161 408
Art History 10 179 420
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 7 169 436
Military science 4 133 441
Linguistics 11 176 443
Communications and Public Relations 10 178 499
Publishing 13 191 500
Education Majors 19 207 626
Anthropology 17 256 653
Sociology 16 247 653
Demography 20 237 669
Media Studies 23 258 681
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 15 283 704
Forensic Science 16 240 707
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 15 248 722
Classics and Ancient History 18 293 764
Public Policy / Administration 16 303 821
Gender Studies 41 384 1185

Mathematics rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 7th for Mathematics in Spain and 363rd in the World with 15,138 publications made and 286,300 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics.

Mathematics ranking Location
#7 of 69 In Spain
#132 of 1,406 In Europe
#363 of 6,434 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1993 35 93
1994 45 129
1995 58 171
1996 59 206
1997 71 221
1998 70 346
1999 90 424
2000 107 494
2001 112 580
2002 289 1238
2003 254 1239
2004 277 1406
2005 329 1841
2006 362 2352
2007 423 2754
2008 450 3614
2009 558 4472
2010 606 5291
2011 690 7051
2012 667 7766
2013 639 9134
2014 714 10042
2015 729 11322
2016 683 12343
2017 736 13601
2018 833 15599
2019 825 17964
2020 913 21850
2021 946 25068
2022 821 23982
2023 845 25513
2024 531 18262
2025 240 13258

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield Spain ranking Europe ranking World rank
Operations Research 1 14 62
Blockchain and Cryptography 2 35 139
Applied Mathematics 3 68 183
Statistics 8 148 403
Math Teachers 14 143 480
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 20 228 561
Actuarial Science 19 298 802

Business rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 3rd for Business in Spain and 285th in the World with 13,100 publications made and 268,281 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Marketing, Finance, Management Information Systems, Operations Research.

Business ranking Location
#3 of 69 In Spain
#95 of 1,436 In Europe
#285 of 6,366 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1993 20 55
1994 45 94
1995 29 73
1996 37 107
1997 36 101
1998 43 137
1999 66 184
2000 61 238
2001 90 287
2002 169 640
2003 167 578
2004 175 853
2005 220 1018
2006 271 1359
2007 327 1828
2008 328 2472
2009 474 3233
2010 525 4109
2011 599 5331
2012 608 6434
2013 580 7470
2014 627 8501
2015 654 9820
2016 645 10620
2017 649 11593
2018 714 13442
2019 748 15975
2020 877 19395
2021 877 23562
2022 735 22839
2023 871 25292
2024 517 19658
2025 236 15902

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Business.

Business subfield Spain ranking Europe ranking World rank
Operations Research 1 14 62
Construction Management 2 29 79
Engineering Management 3 21 82
Entrepreneurship 5 45 95
Project Management 1 45 105
Supply Chain Management 1 32 105
Management Information Systems 1 52 135
Marketing 2 71 220
Management 3 62 221
Hospitality and Hotel Management 19 97 235
Human Resource Management 8 88 264
Risk Management 8 125 320
International Trade 17 189 325
Real Estate 7 128 409
International Business 18 221 410
Finance 13 163 422
Entertainment Industry Business 20 187 475
Advertising 15 194 537
Accounting 16 223 619
Investment Banking and Stock trading 17 257 720
Actuarial Science 19 298 802
Public Policy / Administration 16 303 821

Art & Design rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 7th for Art & Design in Spain and 276th in the World with 6,690 publications made and 123,237 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Literature, Computer Graphics, Aesthetics, Architecture.

Please note that our approach to subject rankings is based on scientific outputs and heavily biased on art-related topics towards institutions with computer science research profiles.

Art & Design ranking Location
#7 of 69 In Spain
#102 of 1,385 In Europe
#276 of 6,010 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1993 4 16
1994 9 25
1995 12 34
1996 14 45
1997 23 49
1998 27 91
1999 41 129
2000 54 155
2001 48 170
2002 86 365
2003 112 413
2004 106 455
2005 115 711
2006 148 924
2007 173 1172
2008 182 1375
2009 244 1674
2010 269 2161
2011 306 2467
2012 291 2862
2013 340 3234
2014 307 3733
2015 303 4106
2016 318 4530
2017 338 4974
2018 390 5871
2019 384 6658
2020 407 8170
2021 456 9402
2022 373 9215
2023 407 9964
2024 251 8859
2025 146 7645

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Art & Design.

Art & Design subfield Spain ranking Europe ranking World rank
Illustration and Concept Art 1 10 20
Painting and Drawing 1 10 20
Sculpture 1 10 20
Game Design and Development 2 12 48
UX/UI Desgin 1 15 48
Architecture 3 21 53
Multimedia 1 28 112
Interior Design 3 52 141
Graphic Design 2 51 151
Animation 3 49 168
Landscape Architecture 6 77 174
Fashion Design 5 75 196
Computer Graphics 3 67 198
Photography 4 80 219
Cinematography 16 158 357
Aesthetics 11 161 408
Music 11 158 410
Art History 10 179 420
Literature 11 176 421
Entertainment Industry Business 20 187 475
Singing and Vocal Performance 17 259 692
Performing arts 24 312 726
Creative Writing 28 336 862

Economics rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 13th for Economics in Spain and 502nd in the World with 6,247 publications made and 128,504 citations received. Main research topics: Finance, Development Studies, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics, International Trade.

Economics ranking Location
#13 of 68 In Spain
#192 of 1,391 In Europe
#502 of 6,188 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1993 11 22
1994 12 23
1995 10 21
1996 11 55
1997 12 45
1998 12 51
1999 18 58
2000 12 60
2001 24 81
2002 46 142
2003 50 181
2004 61 258
2005 70 307
2006 91 439
2007 114 578
2008 117 821
2009 177 1050
2010 194 1409
2011 265 2049
2012 248 2353
2013 247 2813
2014 331 3443
2015 361 4297
2016 290 4556
2017 354 5251
2018 370 6328
2019 398 7717
2020 497 10192
2021 472 12450
2022 452 12563
2023 505 14507
2024 263 10876
2025 140 8742

The following table provides academic rankings for The Polytechnic University of Valencia in various areas of Economics.

Economics subfield Spain ranking Europe ranking World rank
Environmental Economics 4 52 110
International Trade 17 189 325
International Economics 19 218 360
Finance 13 163 422
Development Studies 12 178 532
Agricultural Economics 12 155 534
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 20 228 561
Investment Banking and Stock trading 17 257 720
Actuarial Science 19 298 802

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for the Polytechnic University of Valencia

Speciality Spain Europe World Rank
Sonography and Ultrasound 2 94 266
Urology 12 169 507
Occupational Therapy 12 208 509
Social Psychology 17 233 623
Veterinary 18 176 665
Optometry 18 230 673
Anatomy and Physiology 16 247 692
Cardiology 15 250 694
Public Health 19 237 701
Cosmetology 15 245 716
Dentistry 16 253 716
Orthodontics 16 265 744
Psychology 19 277 784
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 17 262 798
Health Science 20 263 809
Sports Medicine 33 321 810
Medicine 19 279 823
Ophthalmology 23 294 871
Healthcare Management (MHA) 21 299 877
Pathology 24 295 901
Child Psychology 30 334 980
Physical Therapy 40 364 995
Gerontology 38 340 1017
Dermatology 24 306 1032
Audiology 30 357 1060
Anesthesiology 31 333 1078
Surgery 34 351 1138
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 34 358 1163
Psychiatry 36 381 1194
Radiation Therapy 28 342 1223
Nursing 43 431 1341
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 32 395 1458
Clinical Psychology 47 456 1488
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 40 498 1577
Family medicine 45 461 1801
Critical Care Nursing 51 543 1889
Pediatrics 54 533 1992