University of Bologna Rankings 2026

US World and News ranked University of Bologna at rank #130, which is a decline from the last year 2023, which was #122. From the ranking data in hand, it can be inferred that the rankings for Swansea is improving in best Global Universities by this ranking body. The rankings for this university is constantly declining since the year 2022.

University of Bologna is known for its high-quality research opportunities and good learning infrastructure. One brief comparison among the below-mentioned universities for their global rankings category. According to this ranking body, this university ranks higher than the other similarly ranked universities in Italy.

Given below are the rankings of Global Universities rankings of the mentioned universities/schools:

Yes, the parameters used by the University of Bologna are considered valid. 

For global university category rankings, the U.S. News & World Report ranks the universities according to their performance, which is set across a variety of indicators. These indicators are:

·         US News Ranking Indicators

·         Weightage

·         Graduation and retention rates

·         Social mobility

·         Graduation rate performance

·         Undergraduate academic reputation

·         Faculty resources for the current academic year

·         Average alumni giving rate

·         Graduate indebtedness

QS World University Rankings are the most comprehensive rankings that have offered World University Rankings since 2004. For the year 2025, the University of Bologna QS ranking is #48 in Europe and #133 in the 'World University' category which is an improvement from the last year as the ranking for that year was 154 among the world's best universities. The rankings are constantly improving since 2023 for this university.

According to the rankings published for the year 2025, the University of Bologna is the best university among the similarly ranked universities in Italy.

A detailed QS Rankings comparison among the three similarly ranked universities of Italy are mentioned below:

The rankings have been provided by THE (Times Higher Education) since the year 2004. The creation of these rankings is done to know and evaluate the university's performance on the global stage and provide a comprehensive ranking report for the students to make an informed higher education decision.

For the year 2025, University of Bologna is ranked at 146 among the best universities in the world, the ranking improved by 11 spots as it was 155 in the year 2024, which is too an improvement from the year 2023.

THE World University ranking body has provided the rankings for the year 2025, according to which the University of Bologna ranks higher than the rest mentioned similarly ranked university of Italy. For the University of Turin, the ranks stay consistent for both the year and same is the case with the University of Naples. However, the rankings the constantly improving for the University of Bologna.

The table below shows the comparison of the universities of various similarly ranked universities in Italy:

ARWU, short for Academic Ranking of the World Universities also known as Shanghai Ranking is known as one of the best ranking bodies in the world. It is one of the three most influential rankings of the world alongside Times Higher Education World University Rankings and QS World University Rankings.

Over 2,500 Universities are ranked by ARWU every year. In the overall ARWU ranking, University of Bologna ranks at #201 in 2024, which is constant since the