INSEAD Business School

Updated 9 may 2026
Country
France
Founded
1957
Type
Education
ROR
00ghzk478
FWUR Rank#1037 globally (of 4980)#55 in France
FWUR rank

Where the rankings agree — and where they don't

Methodology in active development · v0.1
Consensus 46,9/ 100Trimmed Mean v0.12 of 6 agenciesDivergent agency signal

But the 2 rankings disagree about this institution.

Range: rank 122–6305 (6183 positions apart).

CWUR
122[src]of 1929
SCImago
6305[src]of 4699
FWUR
1037of 4980

Distance from FWUR composite

Diagnostic only

Per-agency absolute distance from the trimmed-mean composite, in score space (0–100). Display only — does not feed back into the composite or any agency-quality measure. Lower means the agency reads this institution closer to the consensus.

  • CWUR46,9
  • SCImago46,9

Why the divergence?

Research-oriented agencies
0SCImago

Research output, citations, and bibliometric coverage.

Reputation-sensitive agencies
No data

Academic and employer reputation surveys.

Hybrid agencies
93,7CWUR

Mixed pillars including outcome and balance metrics.

FWUR is a transparent synthesis of six published rankings — not a direct measurement of educational or research quality.

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Adjust the weights below to see how the consensus shifts. Custom views are not the canonical FWUR rank.

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Default (Trimmed Mean, all 6) · #1,037 · 46.9
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Custom views are not the canonical FWUR rank.

Re-rank with your priorities

Slide the weights below. The composite, dimension scores, and methodology label update live.

Research33%
Research output and citations · ARWU + SCImago
0
Reputation33%
Academic and employer surveys · QS + THE
No data
Outcome33%
Employability and balanced pillars · CWUR + RUR
93.7
Default (Trimmed Mean) · 46.9 / 100

Source observations · inputs to FWUR rank

QS2021
Not ranked
topuniversities.com
THE
ARWU
CWUR2025
#122
cwur.org
RUR
SCImago2025
#6305
scimagoir.com

Ranking trajectory · 2005–2024

SCImago fell #378 → #5933 (2009–2024)

2024
#1#100#200#300#400#50020052009201420192024YEAR 2024FWUR▼68#1034QSNo dataTHENo dataARWUNo dataCWUR▼2#122RURNo dataSCImago▼1328#5933
Show as table (accessible fallback)
YearQSTHEARWUCWURRURSCImago
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009#378
2010
2011#538
2012#733
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018#1001#436
2019#131
2020#1001#116
2021#119#5040
2022#119#5836
2023#120#4605
2024#122#5933

Peer comparison cohort

Same country

Global peers

#InstitutionCountryStudentsAvg rank
1Harvard UniversityEstados Unidos1.0
2Tsinghua UniversityChina17.0
3The University of MelbourneAustralia27.0

Where these numbers come from

Licensing: Each ranking agency licenses its full data and methodology under terms specific to that agency. FWUR exposes per-cycle headline ranks under fair-use citation; for sub-indicator scores or commercial use, refer to each agency's licensing page. ADR-040 §결정 4 forbids constructing per-pillar "FWUR Teaching/Research/Reputation Score" naming until ≥4 of 6 agencies grant sub-indicator licensing.

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