Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments 2020

Academic Ranking of World Universities

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🇦🇺 Australia

🇦🇹 Austria

🇧🇪 Belgium

🇧🇷 Brazil

🇨🇦 Canada

🇨🇱 Chile

🇨🇳 China

🇭🇷 Croatia

🇨🇿 Czech Republic

🇩🇰 Denmark

🇪🇪 Estonia

🇫🇮 Finland

🇫🇷 France

🇩🇪 Germany

🇬🇷 Greece

🇭🇰 Hong Kong

🇭🇺 Hungary

🇮🇪 Ireland

🇮🇹 Italy

🇯🇵 Japan

🇱🇹 Lithuania

🇲🇾 Malaysia

🇳🇱 Netherlands

🇳🇿 New Zealand

🇳🇴 Norway

🇵🇱 Poland

🇵🇹 Portugal

🇶🇦 Qatar

🇷🇸 Serbia

🇸🇬 Singapore

🇸🇰 Slovakia

🇸🇮 Slovenia

🇿🇦 South Africa

🇰🇷 South Korea

🇪🇸 Spain

🇸🇪 Sweden

🇨🇭 Switzerland

🇹🇼 Taiwan

🇹🇳 Tunisia

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🇺🇸 United States

Total 300 universities

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100

	University	Country
1	University of Copenhagen (UCPH)	🇩🇰 Denmark	100.0	94.2	79.3	71.5	98.3	100.0
2	Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH)	🇳🇴 Norway	98.7	100.0	100.0	74.0	79.2	84.3
3	Deakin University	🇦🇺 Australia	96.8	95.5	79.2	51.9	99.8	94.2
4	University of Verona	🇮🇹 Italy	87.5	84.6	70.9	63.9	98.6	73.8
5	Loughborough University	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	83.2	76.1	62.9	52.7	100.0	76.2
6	The University of Queensland (UQ)	🇦🇺 Australia	76.2	66.7	73.5	59.6	75.1	65.0
7	University of Southern Denmark (SDU)	🇩🇰 Denmark	70.4	56.8	68.8	81.2	68.3	53.5
8	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)	🇳🇱 Netherlands	70.0	53.3	45.7	62.4	96.4	63.1
9	University of Jyväskylä	🇫🇮 Finland	69.8	55.4	63.0	69.2	72.7	59.5
9	Victoria University (VU)	🇦🇺 Australia	69.8	56.4	58.0	60.5	80.5	60.8
11	University of Calgary (UoC)	🇨🇦 Canada	69.7	60.1	72.8	60.3	68.3	52.6
12	Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	65.8	49.9	64.8	78.6	63.7	51.2
13	University of South Carolina-Columbia	🇺🇸 United States	62.8	52.2	87.2	34.2	49.5	44.9
14	University of British Columbia (UBC)	🇨🇦 Canada	61.2	46.0	50.8	55.0	74.8	52.1
15	Ghent University	🇧🇪 Belgium	61.1	45.0	80.3	74.1	46.3	37.9
15	University of Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	61.1	47.7	69.3	61.0	57.0	43.7
17	German Sport University Cologne (DSHS)	🇩🇪 Germany	60.5	48.0	44.3	58.8	89.7	41.0
18	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)	🇺🇸 United States	57.7	47.2	58.4	34.2	66.8	45.6
19	Universidade de São Paulo (USP)	🇧🇷 Brazil	56.5	47.0	60.0	49.0	64.8	35.5
20	University of Florida	🇺🇸 United States	56.1	44.8	87.4	31.5	42.4	33.2
21	York University (Department of Theatre, Dance and Performance)	🇨🇦 Canada	56.0	46.6	84.3	37.1	45.7	29.6
22	Australian Catholic University (ACU)	🇦🇺 Australia	53.1	30.6	96.6	55.9	26.2	27.6
23	Edith Cowan University (ECU)	🇦🇺 Australia	52.9	31.7	74.4	76.4	35.3	33.0
24	Curtin University	🇦🇺 Australia	52.0	35.7	49.9	49.2	59.2	42.8
25	The University of Western Australia (UWA)	🇦🇺 Australia	50.9	32.8	70.6	59.5	38.4	33.0
25	University of Newcastle Australia (UoN)	🇦🇺 Australia	50.9	34.6	76.7	44.0	37.3	32.3
27	University of Alberta	🇨🇦 Canada	50.8	39.6	69.2	43.8	47.3	27.4
27	KU Leuven (KUL)	🇧🇪 Belgium	50.8	34.4	66.8	77.7	42.6	24.3
29	Universidad de Granada (UGR)	🇪🇸 Spain	50.3	30.6	48.1	70.7	52.7	38.9
30	Queensland University of Technology (QUT)	🇦🇺 Australia	50.0	32.3	84.8	52.2	31.5	24.3
30	University of Waterloo (UW)	🇨🇦 Canada	50.0	42.7	75.3	30.3	46.9	21.9
32	Queen’s University	🇨🇦 Canada	48.7	33.3	88.7	43.3	31.0	18.9
33	Simon Fraser University (SFU)	🇨🇦 Canada	47.9	27.1	79.6	59.5	28.2	25.7
34	Technical University of Munich (TUM)	🇩🇪 Germany	47.4	29.9	45.9	49.6	53.8	38.8
35	McMaster University	🇨🇦 Canada	47.0	32.7	78.8	36.1	34.3	23.4
36	La Trobe University	🇦🇺 Australia	46.6	26.1	46.5	51.7	46.5	43.3
37	Université Laval	🇨🇦 Canada	46.3	29.0	100.0	49.6	15.4	12.1
38	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)	🇺🇸 United States	46.0	32.8	60.4	29.7	44.9	31.9
39	Auckland University of Technology (AUT)	🇳🇿 New Zealand	45.6	21.9	61.3	89.8	29.5	26.7
40	Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU	🇳🇴 Norway	45.5	26.2	62.9	58.0	34.4	30.1
41	University of Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	45.3	30.9	54.8	40.8	46.6	30.7
41	University of South Australia	🇦🇺 Australia	45.3	26.7	69.7	50.7	31.7	27.3
43	Universidade do Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	45.1	25.0	40.2	81.5	51.3	29.2
44	University of Michigan (UM)	🇺🇸 United States	45.0	32.3	67.4	27.0	39.6	27.1
45	University College Dublin (UCD)	🇮🇪 Ireland	44.5	23.6	58.3	63.7	33.5	31.7
45	University of Groningen	🇳🇱 Netherlands	44.5	27.7	56.4	50.0	40.6	29.9
47	University of Cape Town (UCT)	🇿🇦 South Africa	44.3	23.3	67.6	75.8	28.4	21.2
48	Maastricht University (UM)	🇳🇱 Netherlands	44.2	18.7	100.0	54.9	12.5	13.2
49	University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)	🇺🇸 United States	44.1	27.0	90.8	29.6	24.6	15.6
50	Universidad de Extremadura	🇪🇸 Spain	44.0	20.7	100.0	59.2	15.8	6.3