According to Shanghai Ranking's "Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019" in the field of "Communication", our department has soared by another 13 places compared to last year and is now established as the 13th best department worldwide. Within Europe, our department is now ranked number 2 just behind the University of Amsterdam's Communication Department (ASCoR).
The Shanghai Ranking is strongly led by research indicators and based on the number of papers authored by an institution in a specific subject, significant award wins by staff members, number of citations, the percentage of internationally collaborated papers as well as the number of publications in highly-ranked, international peer-reviewed top journals.