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TU Delft Achieves Highest Ranking

Among Dutch Universities on World Stage

IN a recent global ranking by the British
magazine Times Higher Education,

TU Delft has ascended from the 70th
position to an impressive 48th place.
This achievement marks the first time
a Dutch university has broken into the

coveted top 50 since 2016.

Over the past four years, Wageningen
University has held the title of the

leading Dutch university. However,
in the latest annual World University
Rankings, they slipped from 59th to
64th place. Equally surprising is the

fact that the University of Utrecht
has, for the first time since 2011,
fallen out of the top 100. The reasons
behind Utrecht’s decline and Delft’s

remarkable ascent remain shrouded in
mystery. University of Groningen (79th), and annual assessments of universities,
Erasmus University Rotterdam (99th) evaluating their performance based on
A Remarkable Showing for Dutch all managed to secure places within various criteria, including education

Universities the top 100. Meanwhile, the British quality, research output, knowledge
The University of Amsterdam secured University of Oxford retained its pres- transfer, and global positioning. This
the second-best spot among Dutch tigious title as the world’s best univer- ranking is one of the most respected
universities, landing at 61st place, just sity for the eighth consecutive year. global assessments of universities,

ahead of Wageningen. Additionally, providing valuable insights into the
the University of Leiden (77th), the Times Higher Education conducts state of higher education worldwide.