Despite a small drop, DTU maintains its positions as the highest ranking Danish university.
DTU currently ranks as no. 121 on Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2014-2015.
Last year, DTU ranked as no. 117. In 2012 as no. 149, and as no. 178 in 2011.
THE World University Rankings is the only global university performance table to judge world class universities across all of their core missions—teaching, research, knowledge transfer, citations, innovation, and international outlook (number of international students, staff, and research projects).
DTU scores particularly high in the categories: citations, international outlook, and innovation.