CU IMPROVES ITS POSITION IN THE QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS
Bratislava, 18 June 2026: QS World University Rankings (QS WUR) today published its ranking of the world’s top universities for 2027. In the latest edition, QS, one of the world’s most widely followed university ranking organisations, placed Comenius University Bratislava (CU) 662nd. CU has therefore improved on last year’s 684th place and remains the highest-ranked university in Slovakia.
The world’s top universities are Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Imperial College London and Stanford University.
Five other Slovak universities also appear in the ranking. Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava is ranked 951st–1000th, while the Technical University of Košice and Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice share 1001st–1200th place. The University of Žilina and the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra are both ranked 1201st–1400th.
The QS WUR assesses universities using nine weighted indicators: academic reputation (30%), citations per faculty (20%), employer reputation (15%), employment outcomes (5%), international research network (5%), international student ratio (5%), international faculty ratio (5%), faculty-student ratio (10%) and sustainability (5%). In the employment outcomes indicator, CU rose to 125th place.
The QS World University Rankings are among the world’s leading university rankings and have assessed universities since 2004. This year’s ranking lists 1,504 top higher education institutions from 106 locations worldwide.
“I am pleased that Comenius University has improved its position in the QS WUR, even though rankings do not always objectively reflect the quality of an institution. This news follows our excellent result in the periodic VER (Verification of Excellence in Research) assessment. Any improvement is primarily due to the work of our university community, for which we try to create the best possible conditions,” said CU Rector Marek Števček
Comenius University Bratislava is the only Slovak university to appear in all major university rankings. In the QS World University Rankings 2027, it ranked 662nd. In the 2025 Round University Ranking, it is ranked 475th. CU placed 748th in the 2026 Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), putting it among the top 3.6% of universities worldwide. The ARWU ranking, also known as the Shanghai Ranking, placed it 901st–1000th. In the prestigious Best Global Universities ranking, CU is ranked 806th overall and 299th in physics. SCImago ranks the university 3327th. In the National Taiwan University Rankings (NTU Ranking), CU is ranked 951st–1000th overall and 351st–400th worldwide in physics. In MosIUR 2024, The Three University Missions ranking, it is ranked 257th, while THE Impact Rankings place it 601st–800th. THE World University Rankings rank CU 1201st–1500th. World University Ranking RankPro placed CU 181st. In the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS), CU is ranked 301st–400th in physics and 401st–500th in psychology. The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 rank CU 701st–850th in medicine and 601st–675th in physics. In the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026, CU is ranked joint 824th.