Hungarian Universities Ranked 29 Out Of 50 Countries

  • 16 May 2014 9:00 AM
Hungarian Universities Ranked 29 Out Of 50 Countries
The Universitas 21 Ranking is the only one in the world to assess national higher education systems, and meets a longstanding need to shift discussion from the ranking of the world’s best universities, to the best overall systems in each country. It has been developed as a benchmark for governments, education institutions and individuals, and aims to highlight the importance of:

• Creating a strong environment for higher education institutions to contribute to economic and cultural development
• Providing a high-quality experience for students
• Helping institutions to compete for overseas applicants

The first Ranking report was published in May 2012, with a second following in May 2013. The results of the third annual Universitas 21 Ranking were announced today (15 May, 2014) at the University of Glasgow, UK.

The 2014 Ranking includes the same 50 countries as in the 2013 report, which have again been ranked separately in four areas (Resources, Environment, Connectivity and Output) and overall. The research authors, based at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, looked at 24 measures across these four areas, allowing them to create a very detailed picture of the higher education system in each country.

New for 2014, this data has also been compared against the values expected at each country’s level of economic development, to create a second and separate set of ranking results.

Overall Ranking Results


Overall, the top 10 ranked countries in 2014 are:





This list contains the same countries as in the 2013 Ranking, but the order has changed a little. The relative nature of the Rankings is exemplified by Switzerland, which has fallen three places even though its score remained constant. The largest changes in rankings since last year are an improvement of eight places by China, a rise of five places for Hungary, and a fall of seven places for Ukraine.

GDP Adjusted Ranking Results

In this new auxiliary ranking, countries are scored on how they perform on each of the 24 measures, relative to countries at similar stages of economic development as measured by GDP per capita (using purchasing power parity exchange rates). This produces marked changes in the original ranking. The top 10 ranked countries when using this approach are:


As expected, the biggest changes occasioned by allowing for income levels occur at both extremes. Serbia, South Africa, India and China all rise by over 25 places in the rankings. Conversely, four high income countries (Singapore, Norway, the United States and Hong Kong SAR) fall markedly in the rankings. A noticeable feature is that several lower income countries show significant improvements in the Connectivity measure ranking, an activity that is likely to be most beneficial to economic growth.

Summary of Hungary’s Ranking:

Hungary is ranked 29th overall, which combines rankings of 41 for Resources, 41 for Environment, 21 for Connectivity and 31 for Output. The Output rank is 10 above the rank for Resources, which is an indication of relative efficiency in the higher education sector. The Connectivity ranking includes 14th in joint publications with industry and 25th in joint publications with international authors.

Within the Output category, it is ranked first for employment of the tertiary educated workforce compared with those who left after completing the final year of schooling. Hungary is ranked 31st on publications per head and 30th on their impact. When account is taken of relative levels of GDP per capita, Hungary’s ranking increases to 16th. Its score is marginally above the level expected at its income level.

Source: universitas21.com

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