August 17, 2015 – According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015 (Arwu), published by the Jiao Tong University in Shanghai, La Sapienza confirms its rank as the top Italian university in the 151-200 range, followed by the Universities of Pisa, Milan, Padua, and Turin, and in the 201-300 range by the Universities of Bologna, Milan Polytechnic, and Florence. The indicators examined by Arwu are rigorous and include Nobel Laureates and academic awards received, the quality of research (papers published and cited researchers) and performance indicators compared to the number of enrolled students. The top 100 universities in the Shanghai rankings are given a score based on the cited parameters, while the other 400 are divided into groups of 50 or 100. In the 151-200 range, there are the five Italian universities, among which La Sapienza scored the highest points: 19.9.
