Hochschule Niederrhein

Updated 9 Mei 2026
Country
Germany
Founded
1971
Type
Education
ROR
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FWUR Rank#2.177 globally (of 4.980)#73 in Germany
FWUR rank

Where the rankings agree — and where they don't

Methodology in active development · v0.1
Consensus 19/ 100Trimmed Mean v0.11 of 6 agenciesMixed agency signal

But the 1 rankings disagree about this institution.

Range: rank 3.807–3.807 (0 positions apart).

SCImago
3.807[src]of 4.699
FWUR
2.177of 4.980

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.

  • SCImago0

Why the divergence?

Research-oriented agencies
19SCImago

Research output, citations, and bibliometric coverage.

Reputation-sensitive agencies
No data

Academic and employer reputation surveys.

Hybrid agencies
No data

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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Default (Trimmed Mean, all 6) · #2,177 · 19
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Custom views are not the canonical FWUR rank.

Re-rank with your priorities

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Research33%
Research output and citations · ARWU + SCImago
19
Reputation33%
Academic and employer surveys · QS + THE
No data
Outcome33%
Employability and balanced pillars · CWUR + RUR
No data
Default (Trimmed Mean) · 19 / 100

Source observations · inputs to FWUR rank

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THE
ARWU
CWUR
RUR
SCImago2025
#3807
scimagoir.com

Ranking trajectory · 2005–2024

SCImago climbed #5681 → #3961 (2020–2024)

2024
#1#100#200#300#400#50020052009201420192024YEAR 2024FWUR#2423QSNo dataTHENo dataARWUNo dataCWURNo dataRURNo dataSCImago▲2047#3961
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YearQSTHEARWUCWURRURSCImago
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2020#5681
2021#5794
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2023#6008
2024#3961

Peer comparison cohort

Same country

#InstitutionStudentsAvg rank
1Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover2179.0
2Technische Universität Chemnitz2163.0

Global peers

#InstitutionCountryStudentsAvg rank
1Harvard UniversityAmerika Serikat1.0
2Tsinghua UniversityTiongkok17.0
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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