• The UvA is ranked among the top 5 best universities in Europe in the US News rankings of Best Global Universities 2024-2025, ranks 1^st in the Netherlands and 33^rd worldwide.

• The UvA is ranked 55^th in the 2025 QS World University 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 2024 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 for the 7^th year in a row.
• Dentistry (a joint UvA-VU programme) is ranked 2^nd globally.
• UvA also ranks top 20 in Psychology, Geography, Sociology, Social Policy & Administration and Library & Information Management.

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

• The University of Amsterdam is ranked 58^th in the 2025 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 2024 worldwide top-500 ARWU ranking.
• In the 2023 ARWU Global Ranking of Academic Subjects, the UvA is ranked in first place globally in the field of Communication.
• Other UvA disciplines with high rankings include Psychology (8), Sociology (10), and Political Science (15).

• The UvA is ranked 103^rd overall in the 2024 CWTS Leiden Ranking

The CWTS Leiden Rankings focus on research and scientific performance. See the website to find out more about the ranking methodology and scores.