In the Academic Ranking of World Universities, published on August 15, 2024 by the Shanghai Ranking agency, Sapienza is in the 101-150 range internationally, the only Italian university in this bracket.

The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks the top 1,000 universities out of an estimated 2,500 in the world. The ranking is based on six evaluation parameters: Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals of alumni (10%) or researchers at the individual university (20%), the number of highly cited researchers according to Clarivate Analytics (20%), publications in Nature and Science (20%), citations of techno-social publications (20%) and the per capita productivity of academic staff (10%). 

2024 was a year of great achievements for Sapienza in terms of international rankings. Sapienza is the only Italian university to boast an absolute first place in international rankings: the QS agency's ranking by subject, published on April 10, 2024, once again placed Sapienza in 1st place worldwide in Classics & Ancient History, with two other Italian firsts in the subject areas ‘Arts & Humanities’ and ‘Natural Sciences’. In addition, the ranking gives Sapienza a score increase of 21%, the best performance among all Italian universities. Sapienza is also the university most represented in the ranking with 47 subjects.

This flattering trend is also confirmed by the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings, published on June 4, 2024, which places Sapienza 132nd in the world, the best result ever achieved by our University in this ranking, placing it at the top of the generalist universities.