About Aalborg University:

Aalborg University (AAU) is a Danish public university with campuses in Aalborg, Esbjerg, and Copenhagen founded in 1974. The university awards bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and Ph.D. degrees in a wide variety of subjects within humanities, social sciences, information technology, design, engineering, exact sciences, and medicine. Aalborg University differentiates itself from the older and more traditional Danish universities with its focus on interdisciplinary, inter-faculty studies; an experimental curriculum based on an interdisciplinary basic course with subsequent specialisation; a pedagogical structure based on problem-centred, real-life projects of educational and research relevance – which internationally has become known and recognised as The Aalborg Model. With the problem-based, project-organised model, semesters at AAU are centred around complex real-life problems which students attempt to find answers to in a scientific manner while working together in groups.



World University Rankings

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
World University Rankings - - - - - - - - - - 381 377 368 371 361 383 311 318 300

By Fields

Field 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Agriculture - - - - - - - - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 - - -
Engineering - - - 288 233 212 180 138 116 123 126 122 115 117 136 193 204 190
Life Sciences - - - - - - - - - 401-450 451-500 451-500 401-450 401-450 451-500 451-500 351-400 401-450
Medicine - - - - - - - - - - - - - 289 301-350 254 272 274
Natural Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Social Sciences - - - - - 285 - 291 214 256 263 261 271 274 289 301-350 301-350 351-400

By Subjects

Subject 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Agricultural Sciences - - - - - - - - - - - 401-450 451-500 - -
Biology & Biochemistry - - - - - - - - - - 272 271 - 297 351-400
Chemistry - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Chemical Engineering 168 171 143 122 132 124 110 101 93 71 90 110 162 196 215
Civil Engineering 127 155 123 107 89 79 103 109 124 150 143 164 157 247 266
Clinical Medicine - - - - - - - - 249 281 270 265 243 252 247
Computer Science - 261 273 269 213 202 244 233 173 145 197 188 220 270 282
Economics & Business - - - - - - - - - 289 275 - - - -
Electrical Engineering 177 139 113 70 30 14 15 20 21 27 34 38 30 37 30
Environment / Ecology - - - - - - - - - - 284 295 - - -
Geosciences - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Immunology - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Materials Science - - - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 - - - - -
Mathematics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mechanical Engineering 166 124 113 108 117 102 126 137 84 63 45 78 73 75 61
Microbiology - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Molecular Biology & Genetics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Neuroscience & Behavior - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Pharmacology & Toxicolog - - - - - - 451-500 451-500 451-500 401-450 451-500 - - - -
Physics - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Plant & Animal Science - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Psychiatry / Psychology - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 451-500
Social Sciences, General - - - - - - - - 239 252 297 267 301-350 294 297
Space Science - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Energy Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 43 68 42 47 50
Environmental Science & Engineering - - - - - - - - - - 251 - - - 293
Biomedical Engineering - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -