Shanghai Ranking 2025

The Technion has once again proven its standing as a world-class institution, earning a spot among the top 100 universities worldwide in the newly released Shanghai Ranking (ARWU), placing 97th globally. The index also shows that the Technion was ranked 12th among technological universities in the world.

When academic achievements are adjusted for university size – comparing relative output to the number of faculty members – the Technion leaps to 28th place worldwide. This achievement is particularly significant since the overall score, which does not take the university’s size into account, gives an advantage to large universities.

The Technion also ranks highly in the prize-related categories of the index, which are based on Nobel Prize and Fields Medal wins – 25th in the world for faculty members and 55th for alumni.

The Shanghai Ranking is the world’s leading index for ranking higher education institutions, and since 2012 (except 2020), it has consistently placed the Technion in its Top 100 list, with rankings ranging between 69 and 97.

“Preserving the standing of science and technology in Israel is a national mission of tremendous importance,” said Technion President Prof. Uri Sivan, “and it has been especially challenging this year, when we faced missile attacks from Iran and Lebanon targeting the Technion campus, and the absence of hundreds of academic and administrative staff and graduate students who were called up for hundreds of days of reserve duty. The Technion’s research and scientific excellence is our answer to boycotts against Israel on campuses in North America, Europe, and Australia, and it is proof of the resilience of the Technion family.”

Prof. Sivan added: “Maintaining the Technion’s place among the world’s top 100 academic institutions is the result of a joint effort by the academic staff, administrative staff, and Technion management. It is built on international collaborations that endure in the face of academic boycotts and calls to sever ties with Israeli universities. Our main resources are our outstanding human capital and the resilience we demonstrate in the face of challenges and war. We congratulate our fellow Israeli institutions in the top 100 – the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Weizmann Institute of Science – partners in advancing and fostering Israeli science.”

The Shanghai Ranking, published since 2003, evaluates the research level of universities worldwide according to various criteria, including the number of Nobel Prize and Fields Medal laureates among faculty and alumni, the number of scientific articles published in the leading journals Nature and Science, and other research performance indicators. The ranking covers more than 2,500 universities, with the publication listing the top 1,000. This year’s ranking is headed by Harvard University, followed by Stanford University and MIT.

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