Veterinary Sciences: Toulouse Veterinary School Ranks Among the Top 75 in the Shanghai Ranking

The new Shanghai Ranking of the world's best universities, which covers 54 different disciplines, has just been published by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. In the veterinary sciences category, France is not represented in the top 50, but the national veterinary school in Toulouse (National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse) ranks first in France within the top 75. Unlike other international rankings, American veterinary schools are not leading the pack; first place goes to the University of Ghent in Belgium.   For the second consecutive year, the national veterinary school in Toulouse has made the top 100 of the prestigious 2020 Shanghai Ranking in the veterinary sciences category. On the podium of the world’s best veterinary schools in 2020, Ghent University (Belgium) takes first place, followed by the universities of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and Copenhagen (Denmark). In addition, Belgium has another university, the University of Liège, ranked 45th in the list, as does Denmark, with its Technical University coming in at 10th place. Four other European countries—Germany (4th, 16th, 40th, and 47th), Spain (5th and 31st), Switzerland (9th and 21st), and the Netherlands (11th and 12th), also have several institutions ranked among the top fifty. While the United States dominates the veterinary rankings with ten universities, China has managed to place seven of its universities in the global top 50. To measure the reputation and performance of universities based on the subjects taught and research programs, the Shanghai Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2020 combines five objective indicators: the number of articles authored or co-authored with international authors and their impact (via the InCites database), the number of academic awards won, and the number of scientific publications in the world’s top scientific journals. The methodology is based on that used in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

Top 50 highest-ranked institutions in veterinary sciences

1. Ghent University (Belgium)

2. University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

3. University of Copenhagen (Denmark)

4. University of Hannover (Germany)

5. Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain)

6. Royal Veterinary College (United Kingdom)

7. University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna (Austria)

8. University of California, Davis (United States)

9. University of Bern (Switzerland)

10. Technical University of Denmark (Denmark)

11. University of Utrecht (Netherlands)

12. Wageningen University (Netherlands)

13. Nanjing Agricultural University (China)

14. Complutense University of Madrid (Spain)

15. University of Guelph (Canada)

16. Leibniz University Hannover (Germany)

17. University of Sydney (Australia)

18. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)

19. Iowa State University (United States)

20. China Agricultural University (China)

21. University of Zurich (Switzerland)

22. Ohio State University – Columbus (United States)

23. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities (United States)

24. University of Liverpool (United Kingdom)

25. Cornell University (United States)

26. University of Melbourne (Australia)

27. South China Agricultural University (China)

28. University of Georgia (United States)

29. University of Glasgow (United Kingdom)

30. University of São Paulo (Brazil)

31. University of Murcia (Spain)

32. Northwest A&F University (China)

33. Yangzhou University (China)

34. University of Nottingham (United Kingdom)

35. North Carolina State University – Raleigh (United States)

36. Huazhong Agricultural University (China)

37. Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)

38. University of Florida (United States)

39. University of Montreal (Canada)

40. Free University of Berlin (Germany)

41. Texas A&M University (United States)

42. Kansas State University (United States)

43. University of Milan (Italy)

44. University College Dublin (Ireland)

45. University of Liège (Belgium)

46. University of Queensland (Australia)

47. University of Calgary (Canada)

48. University of Giessen (Germany)

49. University of Pretoria (South Africa)

50. Sun Yat-sen University (China)