The Hungarian institutions were competing with prestigious universities like Harvard and Oxford in five main academic fields, the ministry said in a statement.

The medical Semmelweis University ranked in the top 100 in the field of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences, the ministry said, adding that Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME) and the University of Veterinary Medicine (ATE) also performed well.

The Shanghai Ranking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS) ranks 1,900 universities from 96 countries in the fields of natural sciences, engineering, life sciences, medical sciences and social sciences, the statement said.

Of Hungary's 64 higher education institutions, eight were ranked in 22 fields on this year's list, all of which were ranked in the top 500.

Semmelweis University ranks 82nd globally in the field of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences and among the top 200 in clinical medicine. Meanwhile, BME ranks 101-150th in civil engineering, ELTE 151-200th in mathematics, and ATE 151-200th in veterinary sciences.
 

Source: 
MTI - The Hungarian News Agency, founded in 1881.

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