University of Cologne — Rankings, Score and Subject Positions

Key facts

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University of Cologne in the four world rankings

Each figure is the institution's position in that publisher's latest released edition.

QS World University Rankings 2027

#269

Source: Publisher's page · Published 2026-06-18

ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) 2025

#151-200

Source: Publisher's page · Published 2025-08-15

U.S. News Best Global Universities 2026

#228

Source: Publisher's page · Published 2025-06-25

ARWU indicator breakdown

The six indicators ShanghaiRanking uses to build its overall score, each out of 100.

Alumni 0

Award 9

HiCi 16.1

N&S 22.7

PUB 38.6

PCP 31.8

Subject rankings

QS subject positions, best first.

Linguistics #91

Arts & Humanities #146

Biological Sciences #175

Life Sciences & Medicine #189

Economics & Econometrics #193

Medicine #200

Social Sciences & Management #263

Natural Sciences #300

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Sources & verification

Every figure on this page is reproduced from the publisher's own release. Nothing is estimated.

QS World University Rankings · 2027 edition · Published 2026-06-18
ARWU (Shanghai Ranking) · 2025 edition · Published 2025-08-15
U.S. News Best Global Universities · 2026 edition · Published 2025-06-25

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