ARWU 2025
The Shanghai ranking reaffirms the UPV as the best polytechnic in Spain for yet another year
[ 15/08/2025 ]
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), popularly known as the Shanghai ranking and considered internationally as the most prestigious indicator of universities in the world due to the objectivity of its methodology, has once again recognised the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) as the best polytechnic in Spain.
In its results, ARWU places the institution directed by José E. Capilla as the only Spanish polytechnic among the 500 best universities in the world. The podium is completed by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), ranked 601-700, and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), ranked 701-800.
National top 10
Created in 2003, ARWU includes the UPV in the international university elite for the 21th consecutive time and also places it in the top 10 of all universities in the country, ranking it ninth among all higher education institutions, both public and private, in Spain.
Internationally recognised by all top-level rankings
Along with ARWU 2024, the other two main world university rankings, QS and THE, also endorse the UPV's level. Not in vain, on 19 June, QS World University Rankings included the UPV in the world's top 500 for the 14th consecutive year, as well as certifying it as the best university in the Valencian Community.
The day before, on 18 June, Times Higher Education (THE) magazine had recognised the UPV as the university with the greatest social and economic impact in Spain.
These international assessments, of unquestionable prestige, represent a valuable reinforcement for all the professionals who make up the UPV, an institution that continues to work day after day to offer education that combines innovation, quality and adaptation to the needs of today's reality.
Carlos Ayats Pérez / UPV Communication Area (ACOM-UPV)
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