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Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) ranks 1st nationally for the 7th consecutive year, according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026, and is placed in the 801-1000 interval globally, among 2,191 universities from 115 countries.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Bucharest University of Economic Studies (ASE) was ranked 201\u2013300th position in Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025 . The 2025 ranking included 2,318 universities from around the world. ASE has obtained a score of 80.1 points out of 100, and is ranked 2nd at national level, out of the 25 Romanian universities included in the classification.<\/p>\n

The evaluation criteria for higher education institutions are based on the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) included in UN\u2019s 2030 Agenda.<\/p>\n

Regarding the objectives for which the reporting was carried out, ASE ranks as follows:<\/p>\n

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  • ODD 1 No poverty<\/em>: ranked 90th out of 1267 institutions;<\/li>\n
  • ODD 4 Quality education: <\/em>ranked 301-400th out of 1975 institutions;<\/li>\n
  • ODD 5 Gender equality: <\/em>ranked 31st out of 1559 institutions;<\/li>\n
  • ODD 8 Decent work and economic growth: <\/em>ranked 101-200th out of 1350 institutions;<\/li>\n
  • ODD 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: <\/em>ranked 301-400th out of 1156 institutions;<\/li>\n
  • ODD 10 Reduced inequalities: <\/em>ranked 401-600th out of 1261 institutions;<\/li>\n
  • ODD 17 Partnerships for the Goals: <\/em>ranked 101-200h out of 2389 institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The university’s positioning among the global top 300 institutions reconfirms the commitment of ASE to sustainability, equity and social impact and reflects its sustained reporting, partnership and institutional engagement efforts. The meritorious ranking on SDG 5 (31st place) and SDG 1 (90th place) underlines ASE’s contribution to promoting equality and combating poverty. <\/strong><\/p>\n

    For the seventh consecutive year, the Bucharest University of Economic Studies is ranked on notable positions in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n

    \u2013 in the fields of Social Sciences and Business & Economics. <\/strong><\/p>\n

    The Bucharest University of Economic Studies is ranked 601-800th overall in the field of Social Sciences and 801+th in the field of Business & Economics, according to the 2025 edition of the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject, published on January 22, 2025. THE WUR by Subject 2025 classifies universities on the basis of the following 5 criteria: teaching, research environment, research quality, industry and international outlook.<\/p>\n

    The Bucharest University of Economic Studies maintains its standing in the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI)<\/strong>, which reunites the most innovative global universities. ASE is present in WURI for the fifth consecutive year, ranked 155th <\/sup>among Global Top 400 Innovative Universities.<\/p>\n

    In the 2025 edition, 4866 innovation projects were analyzed, from 1350 universities around the world. The international jury consists of 203 rectors, and the evaluation methodology is based on three main criteria: the degree of innovation, implementation and impact.<\/p>\n

    Bucharest University of Economic Studies (BUES) was included, for the 6th consecutive year, in the prestigious Times Higher Education Impact Ranking, being ranked 401-600 overall, with a score of 71.9 points out of 100. Inclusion in the overall impact ranking requires mandatory data reporting for SDG 17 Partnerships for Goals and for at least 3 other SDGs. In addition, a ranking is made for each of the SDGs for which reporting has been carried out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    Regarding the objectives for which the reporting was carried out, ASE ranks as follows: <\/div>\n
    \u2022 ODD 1 No poverty: ranked 301-400th out of 1093 institutions; ODD 4 Quality education: ranked 401-600th out of 1681 institutions; ODD 5 Gender equality: ranked 69th out of 1361 institutions; ODD 8 Decent work and economic growth: ranked 201-300th out of 1149 institutions; ODD 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure: ranked 301-400th out of 1018 institutions; ODD 10 Reduced inequalities: ranked 401-600th out of 1108 institutions; \u2022 ODD 17 Partnerships for the Goals: ranked 201-300th out of 2031 institutions. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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    For the fourth year in a row, our University ranks the first position in Romania in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023, which has just been published!<\/p>\n

    The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 include 1,799 universities across 104 countries and regions, making them the largest and most diverse university rankings to date. The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution\u2019s performance across four areas: teaching, research, knowledge transfers and international outlook. This year\u2019s ranking analysed over 121 million citations across more than 15.5 million research publications and included survey responses from 40,000 scholars globally. Overall, it collected over 680,000 data points from more than 2,500 institutions that submitted data. Times Higher Education is one of the most prestigious international rankings, alongside the Shanghai and QS rankings.<\/p>\n

    Our University is ranked 1st in Romania, among the 20 universities evaluated, and for the second time in a row, it is ranked 501-600 worldwide, being the only Romanian university ranked in the top 600 in the world. Bucharest University of Economic Studies is also ranked 48th worldwide in citations.<\/p>\n

    This edition of the ranking was launched in New York on 12 October this year, during the Times Higher Education World University Rankings Summit, held in partnership with New York University. Our University is represented at this high-level Summit by Professor Constantin Marius Profiroiu, Vice-Rector for International Relations.<\/p>\n

    We would like to congratulate the entire academic community of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies for these outstanding results which were achieved through the remarkable efforts of all members in our exceptional community!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    The Bucharest University of Economic Studies (BUES) was included, for the 4th consecutive year, in the prestigious Times Higher Education Impact Ranking, being ranked 301-400 out of 1406 universities. BUES has recorded the highest score so far, obtaining 76,3 points out of 100.<\/p>\n

    We are proud to hold first place among Romanian universities!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    The Bucharest University of Economic Studies was included for the fourth consecutive year in the prestigious Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022.<\/span><\/div>\n
    Our University ranks 157th out of over 900 universities in emerging economies that reported ranking data, a significant increase over positions obtained in previous years and remains on the first place among the Romanian universities in this ranking.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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    Bucharest University of Economic Studies is ranked in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject as follows:<\/p>\n

    Ranked<\/strong> 401\u2013500 in Social Sciences,<\/span><\/div>\n

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    Ranked<\/strong> 601+ in Business and Economics.<\/span><\/div>\n

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    Our University thus maintains its position in the two areas, similar to the results obtained in 2020 and 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    The Bucharest University of Economic Studies was included in the recently launched international Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2022<\/strong>, which evaluates universities around the world based on performance in research, teaching, collaboration with the private sector and universities abroad.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Our University ranks for the third consecutive year the first position in Romania and for the first time the 501-600 position in the world.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    ASE thus claims the best position ever obtained by a Romanian university in the last 30 years in such a prestigious international ranking globally.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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    Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 2021<\/strong> which assesses universities\u2019 performance all over the world against the United Nations\u2019 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ranked the Bucharest University of Economic Studies 401-600. ASE\u2019s best scores were registered for SDG 5 \u2013 Gender equality (rank 101-200), and SDG 9 \u2013 Industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG 1 \u2013 No poverty, SDG 8 \u2013 Decent work and economic growth (rank 201-300 for each of them). The results show that ASE is prone to have a strong involvement in society and make a solid change in what concerns sustainable development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Our University ranked the first position in Romania and 201-250 worldwide in the Times Higher Education Ranking \u2013 the Emerging Economies University Rankings 2021.<\/strong> The ranking takes into account, for the evaluation of universities, aspects such as the quality of teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international perspectives.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject 2021<\/strong>, our University is present for the third consecutive year on notable positions in this ranking. Bucharest University of Economic Studies ranks 601+ in Business & Economics and 401-500 in Social Science. THE Rankings by Subject 2021 ranks over 1500 universities in 93 states, based on a set of 13 indicators, grouped on 5 criteria: teaching, research, citations, internationalization, innovation.<\/p>\n

    Our university is present again in the prestigious THE World University Rankings 2021<\/strong> with an improved position as compared to the last year. ASE is ranked\u00a0601-800<\/strong>\u00a0worldwide and,\u00a0for the second year, it maintains the first position among the universities in Romania, the best performance recorded so far.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    ASE is ranked 801-1000 in\u00a0Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2020<\/b>, having a strong increase in its performance as compared to the last year, and is the first university in Romania according to this ranking.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Times Higher Education Impact Ranking 2020, <\/strong>which measures the contribution of universities to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, placed our university on the following places:<\/p>\n

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    • 201-300 in the overall ranking<\/strong>, out of 766 world universities,<\/li>\n
    • 63rd for SDG 1 \u2013 No Poverty<\/li>\n
    • 401-600 for SDG 4 \u2013 Quality Education<\/li>\n
    • 52nd for SDG 5 \u2013 Gender Equality<\/li>\n
    • 32nd for SDG 8 \u2013 Decent Work and Economic Development<\/li>\n
    • 101-200 for SDG 9 \u2013 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure<\/li>\n
    • 201-300 for SDG 10 \u2013 Reduced Inequalities<\/li>\n
    • 201-300 for SDG 16 \u2013 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions<\/li>\n
    • 301-400 for SDG 17 \u2013 Partnership for the Goals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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      Our university ranked 251-300 in the Times Higher University Emerging Economies University Ranking 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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      According to the 2020 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by subject published on November 6th, our university is ranked:<\/p>\n

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      • 501+ in Business & Economics<\/li>\n
      • 601+ in Social Sciences<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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        ASE\u00a0was included in the prestigious\u00a0Times Higher Education World University<\/b>\u00a0Ranking 2019,<\/b>\u00a0position 1001+<\/b>, which assesses more than 1,250 research-intensive universities around the world. THE WUR Ranking is evaluating research-intensive universities across all of their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook by the use of calibrated performance indicators to provide comprehensive and balanced comparisons and rankings trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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        The Bucharest University of Economic Studies is proud to be included in the 2019 Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings<\/strong>, the newest ranking reflecting the commitment of universities in attaining the UN sustainable development goals.<\/p>\n

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        • 101 – 200 worldwide in the general ranking<\/strong><\/li>\n
        • 201 – 300 in SDG 4 – Quality education<\/li>\n
        • 38th in SDG 5 – Gender equality<\/li>\n
        • 9th in SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth<\/li>\n
        • 79th in SDG 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure<\/li>\n
        • 101 – 200 in SDG 10 – Reduced inequalities<\/li>\n
        • 201 – 300 in SDG 17 – Partnership for the goals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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          2019 Times Higher Education World University Ranking by subject ranked our University among the best research-intensive universities in the world:<\/p>\n

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          • 501-600 worldwide and 1st<\/sup> in Romania in Social Sciences<\/li>\n
          • 501+ worldwide in Business & Economics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.ase.ro\/21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.ase.ro\/21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.ase.ro\/21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.ase.ro\/21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/international.ase.ro\/21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4277"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/international.ase.ro\/21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10736,"href":"https:\/\/international.ase.ro\/21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4277\/revisions\/10736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/international.ase.ro\/21\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}