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THE Rankings – UD in the Top 1,000 The University of Debrecen appears among the best 1,000 higher education institutions of the world in the latest Times Higher Education rankings. Finishing 3rd among the 11 Hungarian universities, …

The Unversity of Debrecen has been ranked 195th on the list of institutions of higher education in emerging economies published by Times Higher Education. Ours is one of ten universities out of the 600 institutions judged that could move forward at least two categories during the course of the past year.

Times Higher Education (THE) published its rankings of institutions of higher education in emerging economies this past Tuesday, and the University of Debrecen turned out to have improved its position by moving up more than fifty notches as compared to last year’s standing, thus making it into the group of the top 200 institutions.

The most significant improvement by UD was achieved in the field of Teaching, where it scored 34.4 points (the previous year’s score was only 19.9), while in the area of International outlook, it advanced to 60.2 from the previous 55.7 points

The prestigious ranking organization measured the performance of 606 universities from as many as 48 territories worldwide, which is 14% more than it had been in 2020. Out of these, 86 institutions were included in the list for the first time ever. The rankings display the increasing advancement and significance of Pakistan, China and Russia, out of which the latter two countries dominate the top 100 by occupying 47 positions each, while mainland China is the first ever country to secure all the top five positions in the rankings at the same time.

In relation to the publication of the list, THE also noted that there were ten universities this year that moved forward in the rankings by at least two categories, out of which four got into the top 200, and one of these was the University of Debrecen (which was ranked 195th).

“It is great to see that such a highly renowned organization as THE also noted and recognized the improvement in the performance of the University of Debrecen. We have been working real hard for a number of years to make sure that our institution should be ranked as favorably on these lists as possible, and it seems that all the effort and energy that we have put into this so far is going to pay off now,” said Ákos Pintér, General Vice Rector of the University of Debrecen, in his appraisal of the latest developments concerning the rankings.

To judge institutions in emerging economies, THE uses the same performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings would. However, they apply different weightings to reflect in the best possible way the development priorities of universities in emerging economies. The indicators used during the course of preparing the rankings are divided into five major areas: teaching (30%), research (30%), citations (20%), international outlook (10%), and industry income (10%).

The list of institutions in THE Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021 is spearheaded by three universities located in Mainland China: Tsinghua University, Peking (Beijing) University and Zhejiang University.

According to the initially released statistical data on this year’s general application procedure, the leading role of UD has become more decisive as, when compared to last year’s figures, this institution has achieved even more impressive results. In comparison to the application procedure in 2020, an increase of more than 14 percent can be observed concerning first-place applications, which is well over the national average of 11 percent.

“This means that the applicants appreciated the nationally unique and varied program offerings available at the University of Debrecen, which cover almost every academic field and result in the fact that more and more students would wish to come to study here. UD has steadily retained its position among the institutions of higher education in Hungary for quite a few years now, and the number of applications received has also increased gradually and proportionally compared to the national figures. Our program structure covers almost the entire spectrum of educational programs available in Hungarian higher education, and it does not display the kind of fluctuation characteristic of institutions with a narrower range of programs. In the light of this, it is especially important for us to note that our results are continuously improving compared to the national average,” said Elek Bartha.

As indicated by the latest data available, the University of Debrecen was chosen by more than 16 thousand applicants, and as many as 9167 of them picked a program offered at UD to be put to the first place in their applications. This figure is way higher than the one last year, which was close to eight thousand, and pretty close to the record measured the year before last.

The largest increase occurred at the Faculty of Public Health, where the application figure grew by 36 percent, but even in the case of programs in law, agriculture and food sciences, there was an additional increase of interest of almost thirty percent. A similarly significant rise can be seen in the case of programs in pharmacy and dentistry.

According to data available on the general application procedure to institutions of higher education, the number of applicants who wish to study at the University of Debrecen surpassed not only last year’s figures but also the national average.
As part of the general application procedure, the deadline for submitting an application in the electronic system to the institution of the students’ choice in Hungary was in the middle of February.

“The University of Debrecen is one of the most popular institutions of higher education in Hungary, which is indicated by the fact that a steadily growing number of applications have been submitted to us for a number of years. In addition, the annually improving and ever more favorable position of our university in international rankings also demonstrates the decisive role that this unit of higher education continues to occupy both at national and international levels,” said Elek Bartha, Vice Rector for Educational Affairs at UD.
The field of economics continues to be the most popular choice though, and the Faculty of Economics was identified as a first choice by the largest number of applicants (2051). Next in line comes the Faculty of Humanities (1399), the Faculty of Law (768), the Faculty of Education for Children and Special Educational Needs (612), the Faculty of Informatics (631), the Faculty of Engineering (683), the Faculty of Public Health (652), the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology (573), the Faculty of Medicine (529), the Faculty of Health (503), the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences and Environmental Management (451), the Faculty of Dentistry (146), the Faculty of Music (92) and the Faculty of Pharmacy (74).

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