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The University of Lisbon ranked 1st in Portugal, 222nd in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 100 across 26 research topics. The University of Lisbon ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 123,846 academic publications and 2,733,746 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 203 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#222 of 14,131 In the World
#76 of 2,785 In Europe
#1 of 95 In Portugal
#1 of 27 In Lisbon
#12 of 1,065 For Marine Engineering
#45 of 1,016 For Hydrology and Water resources management
#47 of 2,300 For Operations Research
#280 of 7,918 For Alumni Impact
#320 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top100 For 23 other topics

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Biology rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 2nd for Biology in Portugal and 313th in the World with 64,334 publications made and 1,697,783 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Paleontology, Botany, Neuroscience.

Biology ranking Location
#2 of 29 In Portugal
#110 of 1,448 In Europe
#313 of 6,833 In the World

University of Lisbon
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1992 103 503
1993 119 543
1994 133 746
1995 181 820
1996 221 986
1997 222 1239
1998 264 1468
1999 325 1862
2000 339 2662
2001 440 3263
2002 592 4318
2003 569 5509
2004 709 6859
2005 773 8582
2006 956 11328
2007 1099 14111
2008 1280 17044
2009 1342 20582
2010 1584 25112
2011 1790 30783
2012 2036 36536
2013 2383 43982
2014 2958 51686
2015 3289 59596
2016 3554 70077
2017 3503 79597
2018 3831 94719
2019 4260 114097
2020 4848 145638
2021 5584 179593
2022 5239 185265
2023 5125 198560
2024 3780 186876

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

Biology subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Forestry 1 31 122
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 2 46 160
Agricultural Science 1 44 166
Nutrition and Food Science 3 56 176
Botany 1 61 187
Paleontology 1 74 223
Zoology 2 85 226
Horticulture 2 67 242
Microbiology 2 88 253
Toxicology 4 98 280
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 2 110 287
Evolutionary Biology 2 118 298
Astrobiology 2 122 305
Nanotechnology 4 85 308
Virology 1 109 332
Neuroscience 1 128 335
Animal Science 2 107 342
Biochemistry 2 126 353
Pharmacology 3 120 357
Biophysics 3 141 364
Biotechnology 3 142 366
Genetics 2 138 379
Immunology 2 151 418
Oncology and Cancer research 2 171 487
Molecular Biology 2 174 529
Entomology 2 201 561
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5 250 708

Engineering rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 1st for Engineering in Portugal and 238th in the World with 60,363 publications made and 1,456,977 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#1 of 29 In Portugal
#68 of 1,465 In Europe
#238 of 6,782 In the World

University of Lisbon
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1992 125 549
1993 127 582
1994 136 741
1995 188 825
1996 239 1081
1997 253 1250
1998 311 1437
1999 377 1874
2000 363 2275
2001 483 2854
2002 718 4111
2003 593 5071
2004 734 6191
2005 755 7225
2006 970 9526
2007 1143 11720
2008 1323 14367
2009 1399 17130
2010 1513 20677
2011 1708 24700
2012 1946 30305
2013 2241 36668
2014 2955 43455
2015 3307 51999
2016 3589 63093
2017 3508 72287
2018 3727 86621
2019 4043 104099
2020 4204 127928
2021 4809 158090
2022 4392 159515
2023 4264 172497
2024 3043 158149

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

Engineering subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Marine Engineering 1 5 12
Operations Research 1 10 47
Architectural Engineering 2 23 57
Construction Management 1 20 61
Architecture 1 23 64
Renewable Energy Engineering 2 23 65
Landscape Architecture 2 31 69
Agricultural Engineering 1 17 70
Reliability and Quality Engineering 1 15 73
Firefighting and Fire Science 2 18 78
Biochemical Engineering 3 29 81
Civil Engineering 1 17 82
Human-Computer Interaction 1 33 97
Remote Sensing 1 32 113
Engineering Management 2 32 123
Aviation 1 45 125
Structural Engineering 1 33 129
Transportation Engineering 1 39 137
Industrial Engineering 1 59 149
Environmental Engineering 2 40 159
Geotechnical Engineering 1 38 163
Systems Engineering 1 53 164
Robotics 2 53 166
Mining Engineering 2 44 170
Automotive Engineering 1 57 172
Aerospace Engineering 1 58 200
Mechanical Engineering 1 63 203
Nuclear Engineering 1 79 231
Electronic Engineering 1 62 234
Technical Drawing 2 89 238
Computer Engineering 2 73 240
Automation and Control engineering 2 67 243
Computer Networking 1 66 247
Product and Industrial Design 3 97 251
Acoustical Engineering 1 79 253
Electrical Engineering 1 69 261
Metallurgical Engineering 2 71 266
Materials Science 2 87 284
Telecommunications 1 83 286
Optical Engineering 1 107 305
Nanotechnology 4 85 308
Biomedical Engineering 3 109 321
Chemical Engineering 4 81 325
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 4 139 340
Biotechnology 3 142 366
Petroleum Engineering 2 108 378
Applied/Engineering Physics 5 189 482

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 1st for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Portugal and 174th in the World with 58,625 publications made and 1,125,728 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, History, Sociology.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#1 of 32 In Portugal
#62 of 1,500 In Europe
#174 of 7,081 In the World

University of Lisbon
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1992 52 235
1993 62 255
1994 89 330
1995 117 356
1996 124 433
1997 137 571
1998 167 705
1999 239 910
2000 270 1232
2001 308 1544
2002 430 2286
2003 446 2957
2004 495 3499
2005 607 4349
2006 749 6122
2007 885 7929
2008 1105 10025
2009 1229 12582
2010 1415 15234
2011 1694 18677
2012 1979 23039
2013 2127 27967
2014 2877 33149
2015 3126 39022
2016 3454 45259
2017 3464 51113
2018 3860 61547
2019 4061 74767
2020 4587 96039
2021 5126 121181
2022 4816 124631
2023 4732 136719
2024 3186 117289

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

Environmental Science rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 1st for Environmental Science in Portugal and 169th in the World with 56,692 publications made and 1,411,690 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Geography and Cartography, Ecology, Paleontology, Oceanography.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#1 of 29 In Portugal
#51 of 1,464 In Europe
#169 of 6,876 In the World

University of Lisbon
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1992 111 396
1993 115 483
1994 97 576
1995 160 652
1996 183 845
1997 200 1035
1998 257 1123
1999 310 1538
2000 294 1869
2001 369 2241
2002 531 3108
2003 508 4044
2004 587 4921
2005 673 5934
2006 843 8288
2007 993 10378
2008 1196 12682
2009 1227 15370
2010 1437 18796
2011 1589 23406
2012 1803 28671
2013 2023 34980
2014 2671 40620
2015 2940 48669
2016 3166 57325
2017 3108 65257
2018 3440 79025
2019 3688 94754
2020 4208 119712
2021 4874 151459
2022 4750 155801
2023 4546 168636
2024 3111 154947

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

Physics rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 1st for Physics in Portugal and 246th in the World with 56,057 publications made and 1,389,878 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Nuclear Physics.

Physics ranking Location
#1 of 29 In Portugal
#84 of 1,457 In Europe
#246 of 6,713 In the World

University of Lisbon
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1992 130 600
1993 142 622
1994 142 783
1995 199 903
1996 266 1129
1997 283 1356
1998 324 1465
1999 393 1971
2000 396 2399
2001 505 2923
2002 675 4082
2003 592 5210
2004 739 6513
2005 770 7498
2006 966 9691
2007 1057 11585
2008 1258 14336
2009 1279 16787
2010 1420 20307
2011 1626 24061
2012 1846 29523
2013 2102 35788
2014 2741 41565
2015 3121 51101
2016 3410 61942
2017 3246 70166
2018 3377 84514
2019 3585 99585
2020 3821 121322
2021 4278 148178
2022 3873 145354
2023 3901 158480
2024 2689 145307

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

Physics subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Theoretical Physics 1 33 88
Astrophysics and Astronomy 1 78 194
Nuclear Physics 1 106 241
Quantum and Particle physics 1 84 245
Acoustical Engineering 1 79 253
Materials Science 2 87 284
Optical Engineering 1 107 305
Astrobiology 2 122 305
Atomic and Molecular physics 2 139 306
Nanotechnology 4 85 308
Biophysics 3 141 364
Medical Physics 2 155 366
Condensed Matter Physics 2 160 400
Applied/Engineering Physics 5 189 482

Chemistry rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 2nd for Chemistry in Portugal and 325th in the World with 53,497 publications made and 1,432,186 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Materials Science, Organic Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physical chemistry.

Chemistry ranking Location
#2 of 29 In Portugal
#113 of 1,417 In Europe
#325 of 6,545 In the World

University of Lisbon
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1992 119 589
1993 138 648
1994 142 814
1995 191 963
1996 255 1191
1997 273 1408
1998 296 1564
1999 351 2026
2000 362 2745
2001 461 3260
2002 627 4376
2003 544 5488
2004 714 6956
2005 721 8107
2006 872 10276
2007 974 12424
2008 1156 15005
2009 1217 17981
2010 1331 21552
2011 1480 26319
2012 1762 31386
2013 2037 38101
2014 2553 44437
2015 2822 52304
2016 3136 61768
2017 3041 70334
2018 3143 82752
2019 3465 98477
2020 3807 123932
2021 4167 151043
2022 3862 154993
2023 3806 164831
2024 2749 154637

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

Chemistry subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Biochemical Engineering 3 29 81
Nutrition and Food Science 3 56 176
Petrology and Geochemistry 1 73 205
Environmental Chemistry 3 97 270
Pharmacy 1 121 277
Materials Science 2 87 284
Radiochemistry 2 51 286
Inorganic Chemistry 3 94 294
Physical chemistry 3 89 301
Nanotechnology 4 85 308
Chemical Engineering 4 81 325
Organic Chemistry 3 113 330
Computational Chemistry 3 144 334
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 4 139 340
Biochemistry 2 126 353

Computer Science rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 1st for Computer Science in Portugal and 261st in the World with 45,660 publications made and 1,066,330 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Neuroscience, Telecommunications, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#1 of 29 In Portugal
#83 of 1,469 In Europe
#261 of 6,845 In the World

University of Lisbon
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1992 41 228
1993 60 240
1994 76 338
1995 117 377
1996 130 471
1997 129 573
1998 173 741
1999 238 1030
2000 259 1296
2001 316 1886
2002 487 2972
2003 434 3399
2004 489 4255
2005 550 5372
2006 737 7242
2007 882 9035
2008 991 10566
2009 1047 12974
2010 1223 15938
2011 1370 18765
2012 1459 23253
2013 1629 26608
2014 2207 31988
2015 2448 37474
2016 2558 44215
2017 2621 50605
2018 2746 62646
2019 3173 76352
2020 3367 94841
2021 3739 115900
2022 3533 117052
2023 3482 127491
2024 2449 110977

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

Medicine rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 2nd for Medicine in Portugal and 383rd in the World with 40,578 publications made and 1,030,420 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Psychiatry, Public Health, Surgery, Immunology.

Medicine ranking Location
#2 of 30 In Portugal
#147 of 1,433 In Europe
#383 of 6,775 In the World

University of Lisbon
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1992 47 224
1993 40 222
1994 64 249
1995 67 343
1996 97 438
1997 103 523
1998 112 671
1999 155 913
2000 165 1318
2001 178 1633
2002 254 2141
2003 273 2779
2004 312 3464
2005 375 4376
2006 445 5712
2007 537 7263
2008 657 8816
2009 725 11009
2010 859 13523
2011 1045 16663
2012 1185 20779
2013 1451 24377
2014 1765 29522
2015 2014 34580
2016 2191 40750
2017 2259 46505
2018 2456 55423
2019 2927 68600
2020 3340 90666
2021 3829 113102
2022 3753 120007
2023 3570 128073
2024 2795 119776

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Lisbon in various areas of Medicine.

Medicine subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Sports / Exercise science 2 26 110
Sports Medicine 2 64 196
Cosmetology 3 87 239
Physical Therapy 2 88 255
Pharmacy 1 121 277
Toxicology 4 98 280
Forensic Science 3 105 290
Public Health 2 95 291
Occupational Therapy 2 113 309
Orthodontics 1 107 312
Biomedical Engineering 3 109 321
Veterinary 2 96 325
Virology 1 109 332
Nursing 2 112 335
Dentistry 2 114 341
Gerontology 2 100 342
Healthcare Management (MHA) 2 110 347
Critical Care Nursing 2 146 353
Pharmacology 3 120 357
Medical Physics 2 155 366
Health Science 2 116 367
Pathology 2 143 376
Epidemiology 2 143 380
Clinical Psychology 3 129 384
Family medicine 2 128 386
Optometry 3 136 410
Psychiatry 2 154 416
Respiratory Therapy 2 164 418
Immunology 2 151 418
Anatomy and Physiology 2 155 427
Dermatology 3 168 451
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2 167 470
Cardiology 2 181 471
Oncology and Cancer research 2 171 487
Pediatrics 2 182 504
Ophthalmology 4 176 507
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 2 170 508
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 2 180 518
Surgery 2 185 528
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 2 207 535
Anesthesiology 2 189 551
Radiation Therapy 3 197 559
Audiology 2 207 564
Sonography and Ultrasound 4 203 569
Urology 3 199 604
Neurosurgery 2 214 634
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 5 250 708
Social Work 4 239 745
Plastic Surgery 5 290 998

Mathematics rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 1st for Mathematics in Portugal and 211th in the World with 24,221 publications made and 574,324 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Applied Mathematics, Math Teachers, Blockchain and Cryptography.

Mathematics ranking Location
#1 of 29 In Portugal
#66 of 1,401 In Europe
#211 of 6,418 In the World

University of Lisbon
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1992 28 126
1993 31 119
1994 45 149
1995 66 209
1996 65 264
1997 85 331
1998 83 390
1999 145 571
2000 142 640
2001 166 868
2002 268 1398
2003 260 1727
2004 276 1993
2005 309 2415
2006 408 3477
2007 531 4452
2008 582 5263
2009 626 6836
2010 660 7851
2011 797 9405
2012 842 11852
2013 945 14315
2014 1189 16704
2015 1393 20044
2016 1337 23312
2017 1295 26073
2018 1440 30822
2019 1569 36741
2020 1706 45736
2021 1936 56788
2022 1857 58247
2023 1815 62583
2024 1059 46068

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

Mathematics subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Operations Research 1 10 47
Applied Mathematics 1 54 152
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 1 60 171
Actuarial Science 1 53 186
Blockchain and Cryptography 1 55 203
Statistics 1 70 223
Math Teachers 1 51 263

Psychology rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 2nd for Psychology in Portugal and 355th in the World with 22,260 publications made and 507,853 citations received. Main research topics: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Cognitive Science, Education Majors.

Psychology ranking Location
#2 of 30 In Portugal
#126 of 1,423 In Europe
#355 of 6,645 In the World

University of Lisbon
Psychology Publications & Citations

Year Psychology publications Psychology citations
1992 22 114
1993 22 98
1994 27 134
1995 40 155
1996 51 207
1997 49 242
1998 50 331
1999 72 400
2000 91 597
2001 112 831
2002 137 1042
2003 129 1327
2004 157 1634
2005 172 2003
2006 249 2588
2007 284 3345
2008 372 3953
2009 387 5167
2010 488 6575
2011 611 8253
2012 715 10469
2013 779 12059
2014 948 14928
2015 1112 17443
2016 1263 20548
2017 1273 23628
2018 1386 28442
2019 1596 34417
2020 1784 45101
2021 2128 56069
2022 2040 59624
2023 1997 64403
2024 1491 59421

The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Lisbon in various areas of Psychology.

Psychology subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Negotiation and Conflict Resolution 1 79 222
Social Psychology 1 74 252
Education Majors 1 68 277
Organizational / Business / IO Psychology 1 59 298
Occupational Therapy 2 113 309
Neuroscience 1 128 335
Cognitive Science 1 123 342
Child Psychology 2 110 346
Sexology 2 101 366
Clinical Psychology 3 129 384
Psychiatry 2 154 416
Special Education 1 156 436
Social Work 4 239 745

Business rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 1st for Business in Portugal and 176th in the World with 20,608 publications made and 437,565 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, Management Information Systems, International Business.

Business ranking Location
#1 of 30 In Portugal
#53 of 1,433 In Europe
#176 of 6,339 In the World

University of Lisbon
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1992 18 71
1993 12 78
1994 29 107
1995 40 136
1996 41 147
1997 46 206
1998 65 245
1999 106 354
2000 95 435
2001 138 605
2002 209 1025
2003 153 1103
2004 200 1266
2005 238 1651
2006 309 2538
2007 385 3169
2008 462 3839
2009 499 5046
2010 525 5992
2011 591 6817
2012 709 8815
2013 773 10317
2014 1036 12152
2015 1081 14583
2016 1132 16638
2017 1251 19257
2018 1269 23384
2019 1471 28046
2020 1539 35609
2021 1733 43649
2022 1669 43965
2023 1649 48592
2024 953 38443

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

Economics rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 1st for Economics in Portugal and 186th in the World with 14,653 publications made and 309,715 citations received. Main research topics: Finance, Development Studies, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, International Trade, International Economics.

Economics ranking Location
#1 of 29 In Portugal
#60 of 1,388 In Europe
#186 of 6,167 In the World

University of Lisbon
Economics Publications & Citations

Year Economics publications Economics citations
1992 8 60
1993 12 61
1994 27 101
1995 34 118
1996 33 118
1997 33 157
1998 47 179
1999 59 201
2000 55 337
2001 82 370
2002 110 584
2003 114 656
2004 149 829
2005 176 1038
2006 208 1572
2007 266 2079
2008 300 2521
2009 335 3458
2010 397 4004
2011 440 4804
2012 517 5980
2013 546 7214
2014 684 8505
2015 699 10008
2016 815 11188
2017 835 13183
2018 941 16147
2019 989 19528
2020 1096 25704
2021 1281 32449
2022 1210 33277
2023 1255 36914
2024 759 29029

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

Art & Design rankings

The University of Lisbon ranked 1st for Art & Design in Portugal and 184th in the World with 10,857 publications made and 158,770 citations received. Main research topics: Fashion Design, Literature, Aesthetics, Art History, Multimedia.

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
#1 of 29 In Portugal
#64 of 1,381 In Europe
#184 of 5,966 In the World

University of Lisbon
Art & Design Publications & Citations

Year Art & Design publications Art & Design citations
1992 13 29
1993 15 53
1994 21 50
1995 26 68
1996 27 68
1997 21 96
1998 31 143
1999 57 186
2000 55 208
2001 65 319
2002 100 441
2003 94 567
2004 91 673
2005 112 819
2006 136 1090
2007 206 1372
2008 224 1697
2009 234 2009
2010 286 2511
2011 313 2792
2012 358 3630
2013 448 4119
2014 551 4948
2015 547 5496
2016 647 6383
2017 611 7599
2018 706 8743
2019 773 10530
2020 863 13575
2021 889 16784
2022 926 17211
2023 810 18430
2024 499 16950

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

Art & Design subfield Portugal ranking Europe ranking World rank
Illustration and Concept Art 1 13 23
Painting and Drawing 1 16 30
Sculpture 1 16 30
Architecture 1 23 64
Landscape Architecture 2 31 69
Cinematography 1 40 105
Interior Design 2 42 112
Game Design and Development 1 37 113
UX/UI Desgin 1 50 117
Performing arts 1 56 126
Graphic Design 1 41 132
Multimedia 1 43 147
Entertainment Industry Business 1 46 148
Fashion Design 1 57 157
Literature 1 72 197
Creative Writing 1 66 200
Aesthetics 1 77 206
Art History 1 83 215
Animation 2 87 240
Computer Graphics 1 103 274
Photography 2 121 311
Music 5 171 453
Singing and Vocal Performance 5 188 496