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DTU up 40 places on global top 500 ranking

According to a new ranking from the National Taiwan University (NTU), DTU is number 144 among the world's best universities based on the performance of scientific papers.

In the latest ranking of the world's 500 best universities from NTU, DTU jumps 40 places from a ranking as number 184 in 2015 to number 144 in 2016.

On the overall ranking of top universities in Europe, DTU is ranked 54th (up 22 places compared to 2015), and in the Nordic countries, DTU occupies 10th place, which is two positions higher than last year.

Ranked by the field of engineering, DTU is no. 36 worldwide (two places up), no. 6 in Europe (unchanged), and no. 1 (unchanged) in the Nordic region.

The "Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities" is released by National Taiwan University, and is also known as the NTU Ranking.

The NTU Ranking provides overall ranking, ranking by six fields, and ranking by 14 selected subjects.