Universities The Universities of Athens and Crete have been ranked among the top 500 universities in the world according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2023 for a year now. According to the announcement of the University of Crete, the results announced today place this institution in first place among Greek universities. It ranks 401-500 internationally despite an increase in the number of universities in the 2023 assessment (1799 this year compared to 1662 last year), along with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA), followed by the remaining 14 universities. Greek Universities.

The World University Rankings, now 19 years old, focuses on a select set of research-focused universities rather than a collection of more than 20,000 higher education institutions around the world. 13 indicators are used to measure each university’s performance in teaching, research and outreach, know-how transfer and international orientation.

In terms of research impact and impact, as well as the number of citations, the University of Crete continues to outperform the overall rankings and ranks 279th in the world and 388th in the world in terms of sectoral income, a benchmark for know-how transfer.