Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) released their latest (2017) rankings for universities on October 16, 2017. This year, the University of Debrecen continues to be the best institution of higher education outside the capital city, ranked 694^th on the list, while Eötvös Loránd University is the 515^th and Semmelweis University is the 611^th. According to the indicator based on the number of patents, UD comes second among Hungarian universities, as well as according to the indicator based on citations.

CWUR rankings of universities are prepared on the basis of eight indicators: quality of education (25%), alumni employment (25%), quality of faculty (25%), publications (5%), influence (5%), citations (5%), broad impact based on the so-called h-index (5%), and the number of patents (5%).

1. Harvard University, USA
2. Stanford University, USA
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
4. University of Cambridge, UK
5. University of Oxford, UK
515. Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary 
611. Semmelweis University       
694. University of Debrecen
762. University of Szeged
885. University of Pécs  
898. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

CWUR 2017: http://cwur.org/2017.php
Hungarian universities on the CWUR list: http://cwur.org/2017/hungary.php

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) highlights the top 250 universities in European and Central Asian countries under the title Emerging Europe and Central Asia. As opposed to the QS World University Rankings, this list displays the quality of the universities in developing countries mor objectively, since it does not contain institutions from the English-speaking world. The most recent list compares the indicators of more than three hundred universities from as many as twenty countries, and the best 250 of these are ranked. From Hungary, eight universities have made it to the final list.

Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) highlights the top 250 universities in European and Central Asian countries under the title Emerging Europe and Central Asia. As opposed to the QS World University Rankings, this list displays the quality of the universities in developing countries mor objectively, since it does not contain institutions from the English-speaking world. The most recent list compares the indicators of more than three hundred universities from as many as twenty countries, and the best 250 of these are ranked. From Hungary, eight universities have made it to the final list.

Among the top forty, there are four Hungarian universities: the University of Szeged is the 27th, a Budapest University of Technology and Economics is placed 28th, Eötvös Loránd University occupies the 30th place, while the University of Debrecen has secured the 35th place for itself.Among the top forty, there are four Hungarian universities: the University of Szeged is the 27th, a Budapest University of Technology and Economics is placed 28th, Eötvös Loránd University occupies the 30th place, while the University of Debrecen has secured the 35th place for itself.

For the list, a total of nine factors have been assessed: academic reputation (30%), employer reputation (20%), faculty/student ratio (15%), papers per faculty and web impact (10%-10%), staff with a PhD and citations per paper (5%-5%), and international faculty and international students (2.5%-2.5%).

1. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
2. Novosibirsk State University, Russia
3. University of Tartu, Estonia
4. Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
5. Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
6. University of Warsaw, Poland
27. University of Szeged, Hungary
28. Budapest University of Technology and Economics
30. Eötvös Loránd University   
35. University of Debrecen
45. Corvinus University of Budapest
63. University of Pécs     
110. University of Miskolc  
201-250. University of West Hungary          

Rankings 2018 https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/eeca-rankings/2018

University of Debrecen 2018 https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-debrecen#372363

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