University of Szeged: Rankings

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The University of Szeged ranked 2nd in Hungary, 579th in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 162 research topics. The University of Szeged ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 44,432 academic publications and 864,474 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of 73 notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#579 of 14,131 In the World
#229 of 2,785 In Europe
#2 of 43 In Hungary
#183 of 1,035 For Cosmetology
#255 of 1,885 For Dermatology
#286 of 1,003 For Respiratory Therapy
#753 of 7,918 For Alumni Impact
#741 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 159 other topics

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Biology rankings

The University of Szeged ranked 2nd for Biology in Hungary and 570th in the World with 29,255 publications made and 650,263 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Neuroscience, Paleontology, Immunology.

Biology ranking Location
#2 of 21 In Hungary
#205 of 1,448 In Europe
#570 of 6,833 In the World

University of Szeged
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1992 213 1547
1993 179 1537
1994 197 1715
1995 200 1680
1996 228 1898
1997 273 2169
1998 324 2363
1999 292 2637
2000 369 3135
2001 525 3729
2002 569 4349
2003 633 5971
2004 633 6607
2005 679 7898
2006 724 9254
2007 694 10576
2008 795 12576
2009 770 13790
2010 756 15716
2011 921 17856
2012 893 19654
2013 976 21473
2014 1092 23848
2015 1062 24665
2016 1115 26318
2017 1132 28659
2018 1154 31795
2019 1280 36288
2020 1470 44953
2021 1608 51974
2022 1585 52309
2023 1568 54647
2024 1152 50844

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

Biology subfield Hungary ranking Europe ranking World rank
Pharmacology 2 104 310
Microbiology 1 119 334
Biophysics 3 142 370
Neuroscience 2 147 373
Biotechnology 2 177 481
Biochemistry 2 185 494
Genetics 3 185 519
Immunology 3 186 522
Astrobiology 2 214 528
Molecular Biology 3 182 556
Botany 2 197 561
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 3 225 574
Toxicology 1 189 614
Nanotechnology 2 205 615
Evolutionary Biology 3 255 642
Paleontology 2 240 645
Horticulture 3 207 663
Oncology and Cancer research 3 223 672
Animal Science 5 200 674
Nutrition and Food Science 3 227 685
Virology 3 223 704
Forestry 5 234 742
Zoology 4 299 844
Agricultural Science 3 280 907
Entomology 4 300 959
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 6 366 1227

Chemistry rankings

The University of Szeged ranked 2nd for Chemistry in Hungary and 613th in the World with 23,733 publications made and 520,062 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Organic Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Physical chemistry.

Chemistry ranking Location
#2 of 21 In Hungary
#219 of 1,417 In Europe
#613 of 6,545 In the World

University of Szeged
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1992 195 1442
1993 151 1453
1994 168 1624
1995 173 1538
1996 208 1749
1997 218 1963
1998 274 2122
1999 244 2367
2000 344 2771
2001 474 3205
2002 497 3807
2003 587 5068
2004 575 5736
2005 616 6867
2006 637 8046
2007 604 9026
2008 688 10799
2009 640 11752
2010 620 13152
2011 733 14805
2012 702 16428
2013 780 17694
2014 850 19618
2015 837 20282
2016 862 21500
2017 856 23361
2018 903 25738
2019 990 28988
2020 1112 35764
2021 1239 41474
2022 1145 41764
2023 1166 42749
2024 860 39747

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

Chemistry subfield Hungary ranking Europe ranking World rank
Pharmacy 1 137 312
Biochemical Engineering 2 166 379
Inorganic Chemistry 1 143 401
Biochemistry 2 185 494
Computational Chemistry 3 232 545
Chemical Engineering 1 174 565
Organic Chemistry 1 208 574
Radiochemistry 1 144 603
Physical chemistry 3 212 608
Nanotechnology 2 205 615
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 3 259 650
Nutrition and Food Science 3 227 685
Environmental Chemistry 2 272 743
Materials Science 3 268 757
Petrology and Geochemistry 3 291 786

Medicine rankings

The University of Szeged ranked 2nd for Medicine in Hungary and 553rd in the World with 22,466 publications made and 455,788 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Psychiatry, Surgery, Immunology, Radiology and Nuclear medicine.

Medicine ranking Location
#2 of 21 In Hungary
#194 of 1,433 In Europe
#553 of 6,775 In the World

University of Szeged
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1992 197 1177
1993 163 1167
1994 179 1287
1995 164 1313
1996 205 1492
1997 249 1672
1998 264 1843
1999 247 2148
2000 254 2397
2001 334 2954
2002 382 3323
2003 409 4567
2004 448 5064
2005 470 5740
2006 515 6599
2007 476 7605
2008 561 8901
2009 548 9792
2010 530 11062
2011 643 12470
2012 648 13452
2013 681 14371
2014 798 16284
2015 799 17193
2016 853 18564
2017 868 20632
2018 889 22558
2019 991 26444
2020 1185 33520
2021 1293 39285
2022 1229 39649
2023 1207 42134
2024 977 38226

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

Medicine subfield Hungary ranking Europe ranking World rank
Cosmetology 1 64 183
Dermatology 2 98 255
Respiratory Therapy 1 109 286
Cardiology 2 113 296
Anesthesiology 2 106 298
Pharmacology 2 104 310
Pharmacy 1 137 312
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2 118 356
Audiology 2 166 414
Plastic Surgery 3 140 431
Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN) 2 172 435
Anatomy and Physiology 2 162 453
Medical Physics 2 196 465
Psychiatry 2 175 475
Ophthalmology 3 165 478
Critical Care Nursing 2 200 492
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 2 182 521
Immunology 3 186 522
Surgery 2 183 524
Orthodontics 3 191 532
Dentistry 4 188 533
Sonography and Ultrasound 2 194 545
Epidemiology 3 211 571
Radiation Therapy 2 199 577
Pathology 3 209 592
Clinical Psychology 3 211 608
Toxicology 1 189 614
Pediatrics 3 216 622
Biomedical Engineering 2 236 645
Urology 5 217 659
Oncology and Cancer research 3 223 672
Virology 3 223 704
Optometry 4 244 723
Neurosurgery 4 233 730
Paramedicine and Emergency medicine 3 261 760
Family medicine 4 249 767
Public Health 5 292 838
Nursing 3 308 888
Healthcare Management (MHA) 4 302 889
Physical Therapy 3 331 891
Health Science 4 295 915
Sports / Exercise science 5 332 919
Sports Medicine 3 361 955
Veterinary 4 269 1043
Gerontology 5 364 1096
Occupational Therapy 4 408 1133

Engineering rankings

The University of Szeged ranked 3rd for Engineering in Hungary and 802nd in the World with 16,640 publications made and 397,394 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology.

Engineering ranking Location
#3 of 21 In Hungary
#280 of 1,465 In Europe
#802 of 6,782 In the World

University of Szeged
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1992 100 684
1993 77 682
1994 83 780
1995 96 750
1996 90 834
1997 115 871
1998 143 1009
1999 136 1037
2000 230 1294
2001 291 1515
2002 307 2020
2003 387 2663
2004 364 3181
2005 404 3816
2006 399 4692
2007 398 5450
2008 436 6478
2009 481 7192
2010 447 8290
2011 539 9234
2012 550 10658
2013 646 12212
2014 634 13233
2015 680 13747
2016 697 16069
2017 671 18833
2018 696 23062
2019 818 26701
2020 899 30746
2021 970 35884
2022 999 33271
2023 964 35328
2024 693 32011

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

Physics rankings

The University of Szeged ranked 3rd for Physics in Hungary and 749th in the World with 16,523 publications made and 399,698 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Astrophysics and Astronomy.

Physics ranking Location
#3 of 20 In Hungary
#280 of 1,457 In Europe
#749 of 6,713 In the World

University of Szeged
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1992 102 777
1993 93 737
1994 88 884
1995 111 870
1996 109 1076
1997 120 967
1998 157 1090
1999 146 1114
2000 233 1369
2001 336 1625
2002 363 2200
2003 444 2871
2004 363 3305
2005 432 4079
2006 424 4885
2007 417 5628
2008 447 6851
2009 480 7381
2010 433 8418
2011 516 9221
2012 507 10538
2013 591 11813
2014 604 12911
2015 637 13561
2016 679 15909
2017 616 19402
2018 678 25245
2019 761 28805
2020 836 32228
2021 923 37357
2022 914 33590
2023 902 35798
2024 662 33297

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

Physics subfield Hungary ranking Europe ranking World rank
Biophysics 3 142 370
Medical Physics 2 196 465
Astrobiology 2 214 528
Nanotechnology 2 205 615
Astrophysics and Astronomy 2 266 662
Acoustical Engineering 3 252 676
Theoretical Physics 4 292 687
Materials Science 3 268 757
Optical Engineering 4 299 792
Quantum and Particle physics 3 305 805
Atomic and Molecular physics 4 317 812
Nuclear Physics 4 322 839
Condensed Matter Physics 3 337 970
Applied/Engineering Physics 5 405 1196

Computer Science rankings

The University of Szeged ranked 3rd for Computer Science in Hungary and 727th in the World with 14,173 publications made and 375,795 citations received. Main research topics: Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Bioinformatics and Computational biology, Computer Vision.

Computer Science ranking Location
#3 of 21 In Hungary
#276 of 1,469 In Europe
#727 of 6,845 In the World

University of Szeged
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1992 73 806
1993 75 745
1994 71 788
1995 83 847
1996 85 898
1997 96 910
1998 140 1121
1999 131 1218
2000 146 1382
2001 209 1713
2002 251 2081
2003 245 2843
2004 250 2978
2005 286 3393
2006 318 4069
2007 323 4937
2008 380 5769
2009 402 6504
2010 381 7612
2011 457 8421
2012 462 9501
2013 507 10348
2014 559 11709
2015 542 11983
2016 607 14357
2017 598 17038
2018 601 21706
2019 684 25911
2020 767 29955
2021 889 34915
2022 874 31352
2023 839 33576
2024 571 29013

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

Computer Science subfield Hungary ranking Europe ranking World rank
Neuroscience 2 147 373
Web Design and Development 2 203 517
Software Engineering 3 234 523
Computational Linguistics 3 208 525
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 3 225 574
Computer Graphics 3 244 591
Cognitive Science 2 245 656
Library and Information science 3 265 662
Computer Vision 3 300 838
Blockchain and Cryptography 3 292 880
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 3 345 916
Computer Networking 3 330 936
Data Science 3 398 1001
Telecommunications 3 365 1046
Cyber Security 3 382 1091
Machine Learning 3 358 1114
Robotics 6 375 1122
Computer Engineering 5 417 1298
Multimedia 6 492 1460
Human-Computer Interaction 6 526 1460
Management Information Systems 12 731 2116

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences rankings

The University of Szeged ranked 3rd for Liberal Arts & Social Sciences in Hungary and 894th in the World with 13,257 publications made and 199,438 citations received. Main research topics: Philosophy, Political Science, Law, Sociology, Linguistics.

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences ranking Location
#3 of 24 In Hungary
#351 of 1,500 In Europe
#894 of 7,081 In the World

University of Szeged
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Publications & Citations

Year Liberal Arts & Social Sciences publications Liberal Arts & Social Sciences citations
1992 34 270
1993 39 272
1994 35 309
1995 44 361
1996 51 371
1997 58 381
1998 76 431
1999 84 487
2000 107 618
2001 153 799
2002 175 973
2003 175 1416
2004 163 1587
2005 189 1986
2006 209 2249
2007 227 2697
2008 283 3340
2009 314 3689
2010 315 4481
2011 407 5095
2012 412 5876
2013 480 6681
2014 536 7442
2015 504 7829
2016 609 8195
2017 593 9886
2018 624 11647
2019 693 14130
2020 848 17313
2021 943 19977
2022 1071 19435
2023 1043 21384
2024 756 18875

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

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfield Hungary ranking Europe ranking World rank
Urban and Regional planning 1 162 325
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 1 131 403
International Law 3 215 497
Genealogy 2 239 656
Library and Information science 3 265 662
Classics and Ancient History 3 252 677
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 2 292 730
Linguistics 2 291 730
Aesthetics 2 318 762
Philosophy 2 321 813
Demography 5 285 816
Art History 2 343 824
Human Rights Law 5 327 841
Journalism and Digital Media 3 309 859
Law Enforcement 5 311 903
Sports / Exercise science 5 332 919
Publishing 3 354 919
History 4 384 1001
Law 4 381 1017
Political Science 3 418 1029
Archaeology 4 397 1043
Sociology 5 371 1049
Education Majors 2 369 1103
Political Economy 6 412 1121
Anthropology 5 428 1198
Criminology and Criminal Justice 6 405 1296
Public Policy / Administration 6 461 1315
Gender Studies 5 429 1350
Media Studies 5 459 1408
Communications and Public Relations 11 610 1847

Environmental Science rankings

The University of Szeged ranked 2nd for Environmental Science in Hungary and 818th in the World with 12,824 publications made and 257,928 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Paleontology, Ecology, Geography and Cartography, Meteorology and Atmospheric Science.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#2 of 22 In Hungary
#294 of 1,464 In Europe
#818 of 6,876 In the World

University of Szeged
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1992 55 384
1993 57 369
1994 58 476
1995 56 439
1996 60 472
1997 69 526
1998 102 565
1999 91 665
2000 137 751
2001 202 974
2002 217 1198
2003 219 1606
2004 235 1997
2005 227 2418
2006 261 3056
2007 306 3531
2008 338 4259
2009 352 4882
2010 360 5702
2011 407 6482
2012 406 7686
2013 488 8662
2014 520 9575
2015 495 9964
2016 557 10714
2017 555 12060
2018 598 14561
2019 636 16917
2020 723 20370
2021 842 24445
2022 918 23768
2023 850 25083
2024 644 23705

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

Environmental Science subfield Hungary ranking Europe ranking World rank
Urban and Regional planning 1 162 325
Paleontology 2 240 645
Forestry 5 234 742
Environmental Chemistry 2 272 743
Geology 2 274 757
Petrology and Geochemistry 3 291 786
Ecology 3 294 815
Earth science and Geophysics 3 288 830
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 3 319 872
Agricultural Science 3 280 907
Environmental Engineering 4 315 981
Geography and Cartography 4 367 982
Oceanography 4 358 1032
Geotechnical Engineering 4 357 1129
Environmental Management 5 377 1132
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 6 366 1227

Psychology rankings

The University of Szeged ranked 2nd for Psychology in Hungary and 578th in the World with 10,802 publications made and 249,983 citations received. Main research topics: Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Cognitive Science, Child Psychology.

Psychology ranking Location
#2 of 20 In Hungary
#214 of 1,423 In Europe
#578 of 6,645 In the World

University of Szeged
Psychology Publications & Citations

Year Psychology publications Psychology citations
1992 91 756
1993 68 702
1994 87 773
1995 80 810
1996 109 933
1997 105 963
1998 118 1059
1999 121 1258
2000 128 1390
2001 161 1687
2002 193 1945
2003 194 2614
2004 209 2739
2005 205 3161
2006 249 3543
2007 232 4148
2008 292 4788
2009 300 5281
2010 264 6334
2011 321 6789
2012 317 7435
2013 340 7877
2014 413 8897
2015 394 9019
2016 432 10157
2017 427 10976
2018 414 11798
2019 508 13723
2020 542 16856
2021 627 19692
2022 637 19823
2023 625 21457
2024 427 19131

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

Psychology subfield Hungary ranking Europe ranking World rank
Neuroscience 2 147 373
Psychiatry 2 175 475
Clinical Psychology 3 211 608
Cognitive Science 2 245 656
Child Psychology 3 256 722
Social Psychology 2 317 854
Sexology 2 300 972
Education Majors 2 369 1103
Occupational Therapy 4 408 1133

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for the University of Szeged

Speciality Hungary Europe World Rank
Performing arts 1 125 299
International Economics 4 290 473
International Trade 4 299 519
Photography 3 215 543
International Business 3 327 600
Music 4 239 644
Applied Mathematics 4 309 736
Cinematography 5 323 813
Agricultural Economics 4 231 856
Literature 3 344 860
Creative Writing 2 349 912
Art & Design 4 367 932
Illustration and Concept Art 2 353 944
Painting and Drawing 2 357 946
Sculpture 2 357 946
Math Teachers 3 302 953
Statistics 5 358 959
Mathematics 4 362 996
Development Studies 4 350 1013
Finance 5 425 1061
Economics 6 423 1100
Human Resource Management 4 446 1109
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 6 439 1133
Hospitality and Hotel Management 9 446 1152
Fashion Design 4 452 1154
Management 3 461 1255
Business 5 474 1258
Advertising 6 488 1383
Marketing 7 507 1400
Accounting 6 519 1485
Investment Banking and Stock trading 9 542 1735
Project Management 12 754 2033