BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES
International Relations Department

Bucharest University of Economic Studies

Academia de Studii Economice din București (ASE)

Facts & figures

Rankings

Times Higher Education World University Rankings:
#1st in Romania 5 years in a row (2020 -2025)

ShanghaiRanking: Global Ranking of Academic Subjects:
#1st in Romania (2025)

  • #1st in Romania
  • Impact Rankings: #401-600 globally and second in Romania (2024)
  • by Subject: #601-800 (2024), #401-500 (2022) in Social Sciences
  • by Subject: #801+ (2024), #601+ (2022) in Business & Economics
  • #1 in Romania;
  • #501-600 in overall world ranking.
  • #1 in Romania;
  • by Subject 2022: #401–500 in the Social Sciences domain in overall world ranking;
  • by Subject 2022: #601+ in the Business and Economics domain in overall world ranking;
  • Impact Ranking 2022: #501-600 in overall world ranking;
  • Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022: #157 in overall world ranking.
  • #1 in Romania;
  • #601-800 in overall world ranking;
  • Impact Rankings 2021: #201-300 in overall world ranking;
  • Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021: #251-300 in overall world ranking.
  • #1 in Romania;
  • #801-1000 in overall world ranking;
  • Impact Rankings 2020: #201-300 in overall world ranking;
  • Emerging Economies University Rankings 2020: #251-300 in overall world ranking.
  • by Subject 2019: #1 in Romania in the Social Sciences domain;
  • #501-600 in overall world ranking.

www.shanghairanking.com

  • 2025: #1st in Romania
  • 2019: #201-300 in the Business and Administration domain;
  • 2018: #201-300 in the Economics domain;
  • 2017: #151-200 in the Economics domain.

www.topuniversities.com

  • #351-400 in the field of Economics (2022);
    #501-550 in Business & Management (2022);
  • #2nd place in Romania (2021);
  • #401-450 worldwide in the field of Economics and Econometrics (2021);
  • #501-550 worldwide in Business and Management (2021).

www.webometrics.info

Our University’s position in the most recent Webometrics – Ranking Web of Universities: ASE is ranking Fifth place in Romania (out of 99 assesed institutions) and 1375 position worldwide (out of 12000 Universities).

www.wuri.world

The Bucharest University of Economic Studies was included in the World’s Universities with Real Impact Ranking (WURI) 2021, as being one of the most innovative universities in the world. It is worth mentioning the following positions in the Ranking:

  • Place 37 among the World’s Universities with Real Impact in Entrepreneurial Spirit
  • Place 37 among the World’s Universities with Real Impact in Industrial Application
  • Place 51-100 among the World’s Universities with Real Impact in Crisis Management
  • Place 101-200 among the World’s Universities with Real Impact.

Our University is the only university in Romania in this ranking, which is designed to highlight and appreciate the efforts of universities to produce a future workforce aligning with the growing demands in contemporary society.

WURI Ranking has a different approach than traditional rankings and assesses universities based on new concepts such as innovativeness, entrepreneurship, responsibility, and crisis management.

  • ASE’s best scores were registered for SDG 5 – Gender equality (rank 101-200), and SDG 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG 1 – No poverty, SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth (rank 201-300 for each of them).

  • 201-300 in the overall ranking, out of 766 world universities

  • 63rd for SDG 1 – No Poverty

  • 401-600 for SDG 4 – Quality Education

  • 52nd for SDG 5 – Gender Equality

  • 32nd for SDG 8 – Decent Work and Economic Development

  • 101-200 for SDG 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

  • 201-300 for SDG 10 – Reduced Inequalities

  • 201-300 for SDG 16 – Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

  • 301-400 for SDG 17 – Partnership for the Goals

Faculties

Accounting & Information Management Systems

Administration & Public Management

Agrifood & Environmental Economics

Business Administration in Foreign Languages

Business & Tourism

Economic Cybernetics, Statistics & Informatics

Finance, Insurance, Banking & Stock Exchange

International Business & Economics

Marketing

Theoretical & Applied Economics

Bucharest Business School

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