Shanghai Ranking 2023: UT Capitole named top French institution in economics

on the October 27, 2023

The traditional Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities was published on Friday 27 October 2023. In the 'Economics' category, Toulouse Capitole University and its Toulouse School of Economics component feature alongside the best American and British institutions, which occupy the top 20 places.

Through its Toulouse School of Economics component, the EPE Toulouse Capitole University has just been awarded 19th place worldwide in the Shanghai Economics Ranking (up 2 places on 2022). It is the leading French institution in the ranking, well ahead of Sciences Po and Paris School of Economics, both ranked in the 101 to 150 section.

For nearly 15 years, Toulouse Capitole University has regularly ranked among the top universities in the Shanghai Economics Ranking. This recognition is based on the academic and scientific excellence of its School of Economics, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE), supported by the Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation, and is the result of the intensive research activities carried out in our laboratories, which benefit from a permanent policy of incentives and promotion.

>> Consult the ranking of economics institutions <<

>> Read the TSE press release <<

Grâce à la prestigieuse @TSEinfo l’@UTCapitole est 19e au classement de Shanghai en économie, publié le 27 oct. L’EPE et TSE sont ainsi la première institution française au classement. Félicitations à mes collègues de TSE et de l’Universite.L’excellence du service public est là.
— hugues kenfack (@hugueskenfack) October 31, 2023

A ranking to assess universities' commitment to research

The Shanghai Ranking is produced each year to assess the commitment of higher education institutions to their research activities in 55 scientific disciplines.

It identifies the world's top 1000 universities according to 6 weighted criteria:

the number of Nobel Prize and Fields Medal alumni (10% of the overall score),
the number of Nobel Prize and Fields Medal-winning lecturers (20%),
the number of highly cited researchers (20%),
the number of articles published in Nature and Science (20%),
the number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index-Expanded and Social Science Citation Index (20%),
the academic performance of professors, based on the 5 previous indicators divided by the number of permanent research professors (10%).

Updated on November 3, 2023