University Rankings

University rankings are rankings of institutions in higher education which have been ranked on the basis of various combinations of various factors. The 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, the largest and most comprehensive university rankings worldwide, ranks UNIC among the Top 501-600 universities in the world.

Top 501-600
in the World

#151
in the EU

Top 2%
in the World

Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026

Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2026

The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR) is considered as the largest and most comprehensive world university rankings. It evaluates and compares universities worldwide based on their performance in five areas: Teaching, Research Environment, Research Quality, Industry, and International Outlook. Notably, this year’s ranking evaluated 2,191 universities worldwide, compared to 2,092 in 2025.

In the 2026 edition of the THE WUR Rankings, the University of Nicosia (UNIC) has held its rank among the top 501-600 universities globally for the third consecutive year. The University also ranks among the top 151 universities in the European Union and 1st amongst the Greek and Cypriot Universities for Research Quality.

Times Higher Education by Subject Rankings 2026

Ranked 176-200
FOR BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

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Ranked 301-400
FOR EDUCATION Studies

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Ranked 301-400
FOR Psychology

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Ranked 401-500
FOR Social Sciences

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Ranked 501-600
FOR medical & Health

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Ranked 601-800
FOR life sciences

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Other Notable Rankings

#115 among “YOUNG”
UNIVERSITIES GLOBALLY

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#1 in Cyprus and Greece for Business Administration

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#1 in Cyprus for Clinical Medicine

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#3 in Cyprus
(EU 2027)

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About University Rankings

University rankings are rankings of institutions in higher education which have been ranked on the basis of various combinations of various factors. Rankings have most often been conducted by organisations such as governments, academics, magazines, newspapers and websites. In addition to ranking entire institutions, organisations perform rankings of specific programs, departments, and schools. Various rankings consider combinations of measures of funding and endowment, research excellence and/or influence, specialisation expertise, admissions, student options, award numbers, internationalisation, graduate employment, industrial linkage, historical reputation and other criteria. Various rankings mostly evaluating on institutional output by research. Some rankings evaluate institutions within a single country, while others assess institutions worldwide.

The three most widely followed university rankings are the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE), and QS World University Rankings (QS).

The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) compiled originally by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University and now maintained by the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, has provided annual global rankings of universities since 2003, making it the earliest of its kind. ARWU does not rely on surveys and school submissions. Among other criteria, ARWU includes the number of articles published by Nature or Science and the number of Nobel Prize winners and Fields Medalists (mathematics).

Times Higher Education World University Rankings is an annual publication of university rankings by Times Higher Education (THE) magazine. The publisher had collaborated with Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) to publish the joint THE–QS World University Rankings from 2004 to 2009 before it turned to Thomson Reuters for a new ranking system. The publication now comprises the world’s overall, subject, and reputation rankings, alongside three regional league tables, Asia, Latin America, and BRICS & Emerging Economies which are generated by different weightings. THE Rankings is often considered as one of the most widely followed university rankings together with Academic Ranking of World Universities and QS World University Rankings.

In 2019, THE also published, for the first time, the THE World Impact Rankings, a table that ranks universities based on their contribution towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. These rankings are not based on institutional quality and do not evaluate all of the universities in the world, only the ones who request to be evaluated.

The QS World University Rankings are a ranking of the world’s top universities produced by Quacquarelli Symonds published annually since 2004. Along with Academic Ranking of World Universities and THE World University Rankings, the QS World University Rankings is widely recognised and cited as one of the 3 main world university rankings. The QS rankings use peer review data collected (in 2016) from 74,651 scholars and academics and 37,781 recruiters. The QS rankings also incorporate citation per faculty member data from Scopus, faculty/student ratios, and international staff and student numbers.

Sustainability Impact Ratings

The University of Nicosia (UNIC) has earned another important international distinction in the Times Higher Education (THE) Sustainability Impact Ratings 2026, ranking in the 401-600 band globally among 1,646 universities from 116 countries and territories evaluated across 17 individual SDG tables and one overall ranking.

This result places UNIC in the global Top 600 and reinforces the University’s standing as one of the region’s most internationally engaged higher education institutions. Based on the published results, UNIC is one of the universities from Cyprus and Greece to secure a place within this band, underlining both its regional strength and its growing international visibility.

UNIC’s strongest performances in this year’s results were recorded in SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities, SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals, where it ranked in the 101-200 band globally. It also achieved a 301-400 result in SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing and SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions.

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