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The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 9th in Spain, 381st in the global 2024 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 17 research topics. The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 56,348 academic publications and 1,028,741 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 21 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#381 of 14,131 In the World
#154 of 2,785 In Europe
#9 of 75 In Spain
#2 of 3 In Valencia
#28 of 1,021 For Hydrology and Water resources management
#39 of 2,183 For Automotive Engineering
#41 of 1,001 For UX/UI Desgin
#1859 of 7,738 For Alumni Impact
#229 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 14 other topics

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Engineering rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 3rd for Engineering in Spain and 258th in the World with 36,983 publications made and 751,698 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Mechanical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#3 of 68 In Spain
#80 of 1,453 In Europe
#258 of 6,684 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1991 79 108
1992 91 142
1993 87 183
1994 143 321
1995 119 387
1996 170 645
1997 199 755
1998 230 1010
1999 267 1432
2000 340 1693
2001 318 2112
2002 617 3120
2003 632 3445
2004 679 4688
2005 841 6247
2006 956 7342
2007 1107 9386
2008 1117 11234
2009 1344 14160
2010 1452 16946
2011 1719 21860
2012 1670 24632
2013 1758 29821
2014 1824 34227
2015 1783 37481
2016 1851 41201
2017 1958 44294
2018 2109 49619
2019 2145 57023
2020 2263 66165
2021 2404 76969
2022 2071 79590
2023 2215 80349

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 9 39
Architecture 3 20 49
Agricultural Engineering 2 10 53
Industrial Engineering 2 27 63
Nuclear Engineering 1 19 71
Operations Research 1 16 73
Construction Management 2 34 82
Human-Computer Interaction 1 28 87
Electronic Engineering 2 28 116
Computer Engineering 3 32 123
Engineering Management 3 34 125
Systems Engineering 2 45 132
Reliability and Quality Engineering 3 37 136
Environmental Engineering 5 34 138
Telecommunications 2 35 149
Biochemical Engineering 7 68 149
Architectural Engineering 4 51 152
Computer Networking 2 38 158
Transportation Engineering 3 53 165
Product and Industrial Design 1 70 171
Firefighting and Fire Science 7 55 182
Automation and Control engineering 3 51 199
Technical Drawing 3 73 200
Chemical Engineering 3 46 205
Mechanical Engineering 2 61 205
Petroleum Engineering 2 47 206
Aerospace Engineering 3 70 224
Geotechnical Engineering 2 61 228
Electrical Engineering 4 61 232
Acoustical Engineering 2 71 235
Robotics 7 81 251
Civil Engineering 3 82 263
Marine Engineering 5 89 264
Renewable Energy Engineering 13 91 266
Optical Engineering 6 92 267
Remote Sensing 8 91 278
Materials Science 6 86 278
Nanotechnology 4 80 286
Structural Engineering 3 100 315
Metallurgical Engineering 6 108 338
Applied/Engineering Physics 10 133 354
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 3 149 363
Biomedical Engineering 7 143 397
Landscape Architecture 17 198 437
Aviation 12 216 569
Biotechnology 21 225 633

Physics rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 10th for Physics in Spain and 328th in the World with 30,498 publications made and 640,373 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Acoustical Engineering.

Physics ranking Location
#10 of 69 In Spain
#125 of 1,446 In Europe
#328 of 6,603 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1991 66 113
1992 80 146
1993 83 166
1994 136 301
1995 109 372
1996 160 657
1997 197 768
1998 198 1004
1999 245 1388
2000 292 1551
2001 293 1948
2002 490 2625
2003 542 3136
2004 567 4224
2005 684 5714
2006 792 6756
2007 911 8590
2008 896 10075
2009 1111 12498
2010 1151 15033
2011 1419 19302
2012 1354 21698
2013 1446 26160
2014 1500 29790
2015 1423 32304
2016 1536 35498
2017 1600 38471
2018 1724 42731
2019 1776 48556
2020 1899 55983
2021 1965 63995
2022 1679 65946
2023 1791 66781

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 71 235
Optical Engineering 6 92 267
Materials Science 6 86 278
Nanotechnology 4 80 286
Quantum and Particle physics 10 129 333
Applied/Engineering Physics 10 133 354
Medical Physics 6 200 475
Astrophysics and Astronomy 13 203 478
Nuclear Physics 15 228 531
Condensed Matter Physics 14 221 539
Atomic and Molecular physics 19 273 619
Biophysics 16 237 637
Theoretical Physics 19 281 655
Astrobiology 26 301 786

Chemistry rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 9th for Chemistry in Spain and 385th in the World with 28,218 publications made and 701,903 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Physical chemistry, Chemical Engineering.

Chemistry ranking Location
#9 of 68 In Spain
#143 of 1,401 In Europe
#385 of 6,447 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1991 75 155
1992 83 192
1993 85 228
1994 129 365
1995 118 429
1996 169 697
1997 206 932
1998 216 1217
1999 262 1699
2000 294 2039
2001 311 2393
2002 445 3095
2003 498 3647
2004 518 4883
2005 608 6458
2006 702 7654
2007 817 9729
2008 769 11249
2009 923 13755
2010 1035 16555
2011 1274 20675
2012 1275 23702
2013 1282 28286
2014 1315 32243
2015 1285 34840
2016 1385 38184
2017 1459 41242
2018 1570 45486
2019 1677 52924
2020 1771 62229
2021 1890 71949
2022 1644 75369
2023 1732 75668

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 4 25 79
Biochemical Engineering 7 68 149
Physical chemistry 3 48 196
Chemical Engineering 3 46 205
Inorganic Chemistry 4 59 210
Materials Science 6 86 278
Nanotechnology 4 80 286
Organic Chemistry 7 112 319
Radiochemistry 7 76 356
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 3 149 363
Biochemistry 10 160 423
Computational Chemistry 20 213 470
Pharmacy 17 209 495
Environmental Chemistry 20 204 536
Petrology and Geochemistry 15 219 582

Computer Science rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 4th for Computer Science in Spain and 288th in the World with 27,385 publications made and 450,472 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Networking, Machine Learning, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#4 of 69 In Spain
#96 of 1,459 In Europe
#288 of 6,752 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1991 39 61
1992 64 88
1993 55 123
1994 90 181
1995 72 199
1996 107 297
1997 133 334
1998 154 475
1999 180 656
2000 230 770
2001 228 938
2002 516 1850
2003 515 1854
2004 524 2439
2005 654 3102
2006 731 3861
2007 840 4802
2008 905 5916
2009 1057 7581
2010 1154 9329
2011 1305 11973
2012 1249 13357
2013 1331 16153
2014 1330 18209
2015 1321 20248
2016 1350 21931
2017 1416 23365
2018 1560 27205
2019 1594 32004
2020 1668 37374
2021 1745 44589
2022 1484 45951
2023 1518 46691

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 457th in the World with 27,086 publications made and 659,643 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Paleontology, Botany, Nanotechnology.

Biology ranking Location
#10 of 69 In Spain
#173 of 1,445 In Europe
#457 of 6,770 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1991 56 146
1992 75 175
1993 82 228
1994 106 327
1995 100 384
1996 147 622
1997 185 844
1998 174 1062
1999 197 1474
2000 253 1917
2001 273 2122
2002 384 2732
2003 416 3165
2004 435 4325
2005 506 5489
2006 604 6640
2007 671 8302
2008 715 10010
2009 879 12341
2010 975 15128
2011 1186 18575
2012 1160 21436
2013 1222 25940
2014 1283 29915
2015 1264 32405
2016 1330 35561
2017 1431 37902
2018 1535 42468
2019 1624 50228
2020 1827 60369
2021 1935 70719
2022 1827 74181
2023 1842 74367

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 4 25 79
Horticulture 1 18 96
Agricultural Science 4 48 169
Animal Science 10 85 248
Botany 7 98 276
Nanotechnology 4 80 286
Forestry 11 126 363
Toxicology 10 136 402
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 12 144 415
Biochemistry 10 160 423
Virology 8 166 473
Evolutionary Biology 15 192 489
Paleontology 13 197 497
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 17 213 529
Genetics 16 217 599
Microbiology 17 215 613
Biotechnology 21 225 633
Biophysics 16 237 637
Entomology 11 247 696
Zoology 26 270 749
Neuroscience 25 291 781
Astrobiology 26 301 786
Immunology 19 274 823
Molecular Biology 22 295 871
Pharmacology 27 297 1020
Oncology and Cancer research 33 367 1230

Environmental Science rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 10th for Environmental Science in Spain and 367th in the World with 25,044 publications made and 488,600 citations received. Main research topics: Geography and Cartography, Geology, Ecology, Paleontology, Agricultural Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#10 of 69 In Spain
#133 of 1,458 In Europe
#367 of 6,798 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1991 37 84
1992 59 129
1993 48 125
1994 78 200
1995 69 214
1996 99 328
1997 136 434
1998 129 612
1999 154 832
2000 176 985
2001 197 1180
2002 270 1600
2003 336 1893
2004 379 2426
2005 416 3284
2006 530 4137
2007 617 5344
2008 650 6352
2009 768 8064
2010 890 9829
2011 1102 13213
2012 1129 15029
2013 1194 18582
2014 1185 21310
2015 1273 23950
2016 1258 26112
2017 1432 29095
2018 1479 32948
2019 1554 38747
2020 1808 46959
2021 1812 55876
2022 1680 58640
2023 1775 59889

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 10th for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Spain and 340th in the World with 24,003 publications made and 329,043 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Archaeology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#10 of 69 In Spain
#137 of 1,492 In Europe
#340 of 7,020 In the World

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

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1991 25 51
1992 51 65
1993 39 73
1994 63 118
1995 53 132
1996 73 194
1997 79 210
1998 100 323
1999 112 409
2000 152 524
2001 170 574
2002 292 1030
2003 303 1166
2004 333 1494
2005 411 1958
2006 487 2416
2007 545 2940
2008 677 3829
2009 779 4813
2010 941 6363
2011 1044 8177
2012 1042 9333
2013 1093 11384
2014 1216 13234
2015 1320 15083
2016 1286 15435
2017 1395 16695
2018 1455 19789
2019 1573 23783
2020 1665 29473
2021 1736 36092
2022 1596 37675
2023 1649 39117

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 15 108
Urban and Regional planning 7 99 202
Broadcast Journalism 3 69 211
Library and Information science 4 102 274
Philosophy 15 121 283
Art History 9 140 333
Archaeology 8 123 342
Political Science 11 146 364
Law 7 134 372
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 5 126 381
History 11 149 389
Aesthetics 7 149 391
Linguistics 11 165 418
Military science 3 123 430
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 7 175 439
Communications and Public Relations 10 186 533
Publishing 14 208 551
Education Majors 17 213 633
Anthropology 16 252 646
Forensic Science 16 228 647
Sociology 19 249 647
Demography 22 241 661
Media Studies 20 249 674
Classics and Ancient History 20 276 725
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 16 296 732
Public Policy / Administration 16 285 757
Gender Studies 34 360 1111

Mathematics rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 7th for Mathematics in Spain and 349th in the World with 13,680 publications made and 197,522 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
#125 of 1,388 In Europe
#349 of 6,305 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1991 29 47
1992 40 50
1993 37 68
1994 48 97
1995 57 126
1996 58 149
1997 71 162
1998 67 276
1999 84 355
2000 102 388
2001 104 458
2002 264 948
2003 233 897
2004 268 1122
2005 306 1310
2006 335 1774
2007 415 2157
2008 467 2856
2009 528 3645
2010 542 4092
2011 650 5603
2012 609 6045
2013 659 7573
2014 688 8481
2015 664 9299
2016 649 10180
2017 697 10727
2018 765 12767
2019 760 14847
2020 863 17634
2021 906 20114
2022 777 20360
2023 759 20729

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 16 73
Blockchain and Cryptography 2 27 121
Applied Mathematics 4 63 174
Statistics 9 145 387
Math Teachers 15 161 536
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 21 230 560
Actuarial Science 23 316 835

Business rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 3rd for Business in Spain and 283rd in the World with 11,557 publications made and 170,811 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Marketing, Finance, Management Information Systems, Operations Research.

Business ranking Location
#3 of 69 In Spain
#94 of 1,414 In Europe
#283 of 6,187 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1991 18 29
1992 35 34
1993 15 39
1994 43 67
1995 28 61
1996 36 80
1997 35 57
1998 45 99
1999 60 135
2000 59 166
2001 80 221
2002 162 458
2003 145 395
2004 163 632
2005 211 687
2006 237 992
2007 307 1417
2008 344 1876
2009 444 2663
2010 493 3167
2011 557 4216
2012 555 4959
2013 579 6239
2014 595 6955
2015 569 7784
2016 611 8677
2017 606 9094
2018 651 10689
2019 681 12716
2020 795 14965
2021 805 18420
2022 696 18902
2023 775 19465

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 16 73
Construction Management 2 34 82
Supply Chain Management 1 32 113
Entrepreneurship 4 54 116
Project Management 1 52 118
Engineering Management 3 34 125
Management Information Systems 1 53 138
Management 3 60 216
Marketing 2 75 231
Hospitality and Hotel Management 20 108 254
Human Resource Management 8 110 307
Risk Management 10 128 319
Entertainment Industry Business 16 156 390
International Trade 20 233 402
Finance 13 161 409
Real Estate 6 124 411
International Business 21 260 479
Advertising 14 192 516
Accounting 19 230 629
Investment Banking and Stock trading 16 247 663
Public Policy / Administration 16 285 757
Actuarial Science 23 316 835

Art & Design rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 6th for Art & Design in Spain and 255th in the World with 5,868 publications made and 86,038 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Literature, Computer Graphics, Multimedia, 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
#6 of 68 In Spain
#97 of 1,349 In Europe
#255 of 5,720 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1991 3 8
1992 14 6
1993 2 9
1994 9 14
1995 13 26
1996 13 31
1997 22 31
1998 23 61
1999 42 92
2000 53 125
2001 48 148
2002 79 290
2003 100 326
2004 105 383
2005 104 515
2006 143 764
2007 154 867
2008 177 1056
2009 231 1344
2010 251 1669
2011 277 2012
2012 285 2187
2013 325 2773
2014 294 3044
2015 296 3450
2016 313 3632
2017 310 3991
2018 345 4558
2019 353 5342
2020 387 6308
2021 393 7228
2022 327 7527
2023 345 7630

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 12 19
Painting and Drawing 1 12 19
Sculpture 1 12 19
UX/UI Desgin 1 11 41
Game Design and Development 2 13 46
Architecture 3 20 49
Multimedia 1 23 91
Graphic Design 2 52 152
Animation 3 43 157
Fashion Design 2 63 173
Computer Graphics 3 54 179
Cinematography 10 109 250
Interior Design 12 137 312
Art History 9 140 333
Photography 7 130 342
Entertainment Industry Business 16 156 390
Aesthetics 7 149 391
Music 11 155 392
Literature 12 169 410
Landscape Architecture 17 198 437
Performing arts 22 303 691
Singing and Vocal Performance 17 257 715
Creative Writing 30 346 898

Economics rankings

The Polytechnic University of Valencia ranked 13th for Economics in Spain and 516th in the World with 5,387 publications made and 74,905 citations received. Main research topics: Finance, Development Studies, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics, International Trade.

Economics ranking Location
#13 of 67 In Spain
#196 of 1,366 In Europe
#516 of 5,995 In the World

Polytechnic University of Valencia
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1991 5 3
1992 17 21
1993 9 8
1994 11 10
1995 9 14
1996 13 45
1997 12 19
1998 11 41
1999 17 44
2000 13 44
2001 22 58
2002 44 99
2003 47 128
2004 54 194
2005 58 225
2006 71 319
2007 97 507
2008 122 597
2009 171 836
2010 164 1091
2011 251 1592
2012 221 1821
2013 251 2368
2014 299 2760
2015 309 3368
2016 284 3683
2017 323 4037
2018 348 4907
2019 343 6069
2020 451 7774
2021 436 9429
2022 423 10154
2023 433 11017

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 7 71 147
International Trade 20 233 402
Finance 13 161 409
International Economics 22 265 435
Development Studies 13 179 527
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 21 230 560
Agricultural Economics 15 189 643
Investment Banking and Stock trading 16 247 663
Actuarial Science 23 316 835

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for the Polytechnic University of Valencia

Speciality Spain Europe World Rank
Sonography and Ultrasound 2 90 249
Urology 11 170 505
Occupational Therapy 12 216 529
Cosmetology 13 212 582
Veterinary 18 166 583
Social Psychology 15 229 601
Dentistry 16 236 658
Optometry 18 230 668
Cardiology 15 249 674
Public Health 22 243 681
Orthodontics 16 252 697
Anatomy and Physiology 18 253 709
Health Science 17 259 766
Psychology 18 274 770
Sports Medicine 27 303 771
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 18 269 789
Medicine 19 275 792
Pathology 23 286 854
Healthcare Management (MHA) 23 322 913
Ophthalmology 26 309 913
Physical Therapy 40 361 974
Child Psychology 32 341 981
Gerontology 37 335 997
Dermatology 23 307 1002
Audiology 28 345 1025
Anesthesiology 30 331 1047
Surgery 33 350 1106
Psychiatry 35 377 1161
Radiation Therapy 27 336 1181
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 35 380 1221
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 30 361 1295
Nursing 41 429 1324
Clinical Psychology 44 437 1377
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 42 517 1588
Critical Care Nursing 50 531 1742
Family medicine 42 468 1785
Pediatrics 49 513 1848