Hebrew University ranks 57th in world

Hebrew University was ranked 57th in a prestigious annual ranking of the world's universities, a survey that was published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.

The survey covered 1,000 universities and ranks the top 500. This survey marks the highest ranking the Hebrew University received since 2003, and an improvement of 15 spots from last year. The Hebrew University is the only Israeli university to make it to the top 100 list.
 
President of Hebrew University Professor Menahem Ben-Sasson welcomed the high ranking, saying "I am thrilled that the Hebrew University continues to be featured in the list of the world's top 100 universities. The fact that we've reached such a high ranking is a testament to the phenomenal work the university's researchers do, and for that I am grateful and proud."
 
In addition to the general ranking, universities were also graded based on field of study. Other Israeli universities joined Hebrew University in the rankings. Tel Aviv University, Weizmann Institute of Science and Haifa's Institute of Technology were placed in the 102-150 grouping, and Bar-Ilan University and Ben-Gurion University were in the 301-400 spots. The groupings of the five schools were unchanged from a year ago.
 
In the field of natural sciences, the Hebrew University came in 35th, while the Weizmann Institute and the Technion were listed in the 51-75th spots.The Hebrew University also excelled in Mathematics, ranking 22nd, and in computer science, where it was placed 26, after Weizmann Institute in the 11th spot.
 
Seventeen of the top 20 universities in this year's survey were American, led by Harvard, Stanford and MIT in the top three spots. Cambridge University in Britain was ranked fifth and Oxford was 10th. The University College of London rounded out the top 20.