Top universities in Romania

The Ministry of Education published today the list of universities in Romania. The ranking of the first 10 universities in Romania in 2023 is similar to that of 2022, being occupied by comprehensive, technical and medical universities.

In the metaranking exercise specific to the year 2023, carried out according to the methodology established by the Order of the Ministry of Education no. 4299/18.04.2024, for the approval of the Methodology regarding the implementation of the national metaranking exercise, 28 Romanian state universities, out of a total number of 52, were ranked, as well as two private universities.

The Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, the University of Bucharest and the Politehnica University of Bucharest occupy the first three places in the 2023 National Metaranking of higher education institutions, which was published today by the Ministry of Education.

The fourth place is occupied by the “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Bucharest, the fifth place by the “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy from Cluj-Napoca, and the sixth place by the “Transilvania” University from Braşov.

In seventh place is the “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University from Iaşi, in eighth place is the West University from Timisoara, in ninth place is the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, and in tenth place is the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca.

In 2023, 14 universities are ranked above the national average, compared to 12 in the previous edition.

Compared to the previous metaranking exercise, there were no new entries in the ranking. Instead, the “Ferdinand I” Military Technical Academy, which was present in the previous exercise, is no longer found in the international rankings and, implicitly, in the metaranking.

The complete list of Romanian universities

The full ranking looks like this:

1. “BABEŞ-BOLYAI” UNIVERSITY FROM CLUJ-NAPOCA
2. THE UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
3. THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
4. “CAROL DAVILA” UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY

FROM BUCHAREST

5. “IULIU HAţEGANU” UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY FROM CLUJ-NAPOCA
6. “TRANSYLVANIA” UNIVERSITY FROM BRAŞOV
7. “ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA” UNIVERSITY FROM IAŞI
8. WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMIŞOARA
9. THE ACADEMY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES IN BUCHAREST
10. TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA
11. THE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF TIMIŠOARA
12. TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY “GHEORGHE ASACHI” IASI
13. ORADEA UNIVERSITY
14. “LUCIAN BLAGA” UNIVERSITY FROM SIBIU
15. CRAIOVA UNIVERSITY
16. “ŠTEFAN CEL MARE” UNIVERSITY FROM SUCEAVA
17. “GEORGE EMIL PALADE” UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE, PHARMACY, SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY FROM TARGU MUREŞ
18. UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY “GRIGORE T, POPA” FROM IAŞI
19. UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE IN CLUJ-NAPOCA
20. “LOWER DANUBE” UNIVERSITY FROM GALAțI
21. UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA
22. “VICTOR BABEŞ” UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY

FROM TIMISOARA

23. “OVIDIUS” UNIVERSITY FROM CONSTANTA
24. “TITU MAIORESCU” UNIVERSITY FROM BUCHAREST
25. THE UNIVERSITY OF PITESTI
26. UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE IN BUCHAREST
27. SAPIENTIA UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ-NAPOCA
28. “VALAHIA” UNIVERSITY FROM TĀRGOVIŞTE
29. “AUREL VLAICU” UNIVERSITY FROM ARAD
30. TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CONSTRUCTION OF BUCHAREST

According to the Ministry of Education, the National Metaranking is a mechanism for evaluating and ranking Romanian universities, based on the analysis of international university rankings recognized globally by the International Ranking Expert Group, Inventory of International Rankings (IREG).

“Metaranking is a precise and impartial analysis tool that promotes the fair allocation of university research funding based on proven performance and the identification of needs to achieve and sustain excellence in education and research,” the Ministry of Education said in its press release.

The specific objectives of the National Metaranking aim to identify high-performing higher education institutions in terms of scientific activity and their contribution to the international academic community, reflected by their presence in the most important international rankings of European and Western universities, as well as their ranking based on the score obtained following the application of the standardized methodology related to the national metaranking exercise.

It also aims to provide an adequate analysis tool for national academic management, a tool as objective and transparent as possible that can be used to obtain a clearer and more comprehensive vision of the impact of Romanian universities within the international academic community and taking more informed and more efficient decisions regarding the financing of research in higher education institutions.