• The UvA is ranked among the top 10 best universities in Europe in the US News rankings of Best Global Universities, and ranks 40th worldwide.
• In their subject rankings, the UvA is in 15th place for Psychology/Psychiatry and 21st place for Arts and Humanities.

• The UvA is ranked 55th in the 2021-2022 QS Rankings. The UvA is one of two Dutch universities in the top 100. 
• The QS World University Rankings are compiled based on six criteria: academic reputation (40%), employer reputation (10%), citations per faculty (20%), student to faculty ration (20%), international faculty (5%) and international students (5%).

QS World Rankings by Subject

• In the 2021 edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject  the UvA was listed as number one in the world for Communication Science and Media Studies.
• Dentistry (a joint UvA-VU programme) is ranked third globally.

See the QS Rankings website to find out more about the ranking methodology and scores.

• The University of Amsterdam is ranked 66th in the 2020-2021 THE World University Ranking. 

See the THE website to find out more about the ranking methodology and scores.

• As in previous years, the UvA is listed in the 101-150 group in the 2020 worldwide top-500 ARWU ranking.

See the ARWU website to find out more about the ranking methodology and scores.

• In the 2021 ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, published on 26 May 2021, the UvA is ranked in first place globally in the field of Communication.
• Other UvA disciplines with high rankings include Sociology (11), Psychology (14), Dentistry & Oral Sciences (18) and Political Science (19).

• The UvA is ranked 82nd overall in the 2020 Leiden Ranking.

See the Leiden Rankings website to find out more about the ranking methodology and scores.