The Agricultural University of Athens is ranked among the Top Universities in the world.

I am pleased to inform you that according to the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), our University has been included in the Ranking Lists of the Best Universities worldwide, namely, in the 2021-22 Edition. Indeed, these Ranking results have been based upon the assessment and rating assigned, in a total of 19.788 Universities in the world, amongst which, 2.000 Universities have excelled in ranking.

 To become more specific, CWUR uses seven (7) objective and robust indicators, grouped into four (4) areas to rank the world’s Universities:

1) Quality of Education, measured by the number of a university's alumni, who have won major academic awards, prizes and medals, relative to the university's size (25%),

2) Alumni Employment, measured by the number of a university's alumni who have held Chief Executive Officer positions, at the world's largest companies, relative to the university's size (25%),

3) Quality of Faculty, measured by the number of Faculty Members and Researchers, who have won major academic distinctions (10%),

4) Research Performance, which is further evaluated upon the following four (4) indicators, achieving 40% of the score in the total ranking:

           i) Research Output, measured by the total number of research papers (10%). The research items are obtained from the tables Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, included in the Web of Science platform,

          ii) High-Quality Publications, measured by the number of research papers, appearing in top-tier journals (10%). The selection of the journals is made by the Clarivate Analytics’ Journal Citation Reports (JCR), which ranks journals, from 23 key scientific sectors, on a level of significance and value,

          iii) Influence, measured by the number of research papers, appearing in the most influential journals (10%),

           iv) Citations, measured by the number of highly cited research papers (10%).

Therefore, the Agricultural University of Athens is ranked, as follows:

In conclusion, I would like to deeply thank all the Academic Community Members, as well as to express my congratulations on their great piece of work achieved so far. In addition, I strongly wish for even much higher-ranking results to come, within the framework of all the attempts we have already been making to promote and highlight the major educational, research and social tasks inasmuch functions, we have been fulfilling, on an international level.

The Rector of the Agricultural University of Athens,

Professor Spyridon Kintzios

Source: Ranking Website of the Center for World University Rankings: https://cwur.org/2021-22/country/greece.php