QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia University Ranking focuses on ranking universities from Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The ranking assesses institutions mainly on the basis of their academic and employer reputation, but also takes into account the quality of their publications and the number of students and staff. The ranking consists of 10 indicators with different weights.
Ranking of UPJŠ
In 2021, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice ranked 126th place in the QS EECA University Rankings 2022 improving its performance when compared to the previous year despite the total university count being enlarged from 400 to 450. UPJŠ retained its 4th place among the 7 evaluated Slovak universities. Furthermore, it ranked 15th among the 25 Czech and Slovak universities, thus improving its performance by 4 ranks.
These rankings evaluate universities mainly based on their academic reputation and reputation among employers, but also take into consideration the quality of academic publishing or the number of students and faculty members.
| Overall rank | Rank in CZ and SK | Country | University |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | CZ | Charles University |
| 7 | 2 | CZ | Masaryk University |
| 12 | 3 | CZ | Czech Technical University in Prague |
| 23= | 4 | CZ | Brno University of Technology |
| 36 | 5 | CZ | Palacký University Olomouc |
| 58 | 6 | SK | Comenius University in Bratislava |
| 59 | 7 | CZ | Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague |
| 62 | 8 | CZ | University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague |
| 65 | 9 | SK | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava |
| 74 | 10 | CZ | Mendel University in Brno |
| 84 | 11 | CZ | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava |
| 87 | 12 | CZ | Tomas Bata University in Zlin |
| 99 | 13 | SK | Technical University of Kosice |
| 125 | 14 | CZ | University of West Bohemia |
| 126 | 15 | SK | Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice |
| 131= | 16 | CZ | Technical University of Liberec |
| 143 | 17 | CZ | University of Pardubice |
| 145 | 18 | CZ | University of South Bohemia |
| 148= | 19 | CZ | University of Ostrava |
| 159= | 20 | SK | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra |
| 168= | 21 | SK | University of Žilina |
| 185 | 22 | CZ | University of Hradec Kralove |
| 186= | 23 | SK | Constantine the Philosopher University |
| 231-240 | 24 | CZ | Silesian University in Opava |
| 301-350 | 25 | CZ | Jan Evangelista Purkyně University |
In 2020, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice was among the 400 universities in the QS EECA (Emerging Europe and Central Asia) University Rankings 2021. The university count was enlarged by 50 more universities in comparison with the previous year (350 in 2019).These rankings evaluate universities mainly based on their academic reputation and reputation among employers, but also take into consideration the quality of academic publishing or the number of students and faculty members.
Based on the overall EECA evaluation, our university ranked 146th. Out of the 25 Czech and Slovak universities, UPJŠ ranked 19th and it was the 4th best out of the 6 Slovak universities that were included in the EECA rankings.
| Overall rank | Rank in CZ and SK | Country | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | CZ | Univerzita Karlova |
| 8 | 2 | CZ | Masarykova univerzita |
| 12 | 3 | CZ | České vysoké učení technické v Praze |
| 23 | 4 | CZ | Vysoké učení technické v Brně |
| 37 | 5 | CZ | Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci |
| 51 | 6 | SK | Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave |
| 59 | 7 | SK | Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave |
| 63 | 8 | CZ | Česká zemědělská univerzita v Praze |
| 64 | 9 | CZ | Vysoká škola chemicko‑technologická v Praze |
| 74 | 10 | CZ | Vysoká škola báňská – Technická univerzita Ostrava |
| 76 | 11 | CZ | Mendelova univerzita v Brně |
| 87 | 12 | CZ | Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně |
| 102 | 13 | SK | Technická univerzita v Košiciach |
| 111 | 14 | CZ | Technická univerzita v Liberci |
| 114 | 15 | CZ | Západočeská univerzita v Plzni |
| 122 | 16 | CZ | Jihočeská univerzita v Českých Budějovicích |
| 129 | 17 | CZ | Univerzita Pardubice |
| 114 | 18 | CZ | Ostravská univerzita |
| 146 | 19 | SK | Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach |
| 161 | 19 | sk | Slovenská poľnohospodárska univerzita v Nitre |
| 165 | 20 | SK | Žilinská univerzita v Žiline |
| 168 | 21 | CZ | Univerzita Hradec Králové |
| 177 | 22 | SK | Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre |
| 251-300 | 23-24 | CZ | Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyně v Ústí nad Labem |
| 251-300 | 23-24 | CZ | Slezská univerzita v Opavě |
In 2019, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice was among the 350 universities in the QS EECA (Emerging Europe and Central Asia) University Rankings 2020. These rankings evaluate universities mainly based on their academic reputation and reputation among employers, but also take into consideration the quality of academic publishing or the number of students and faculty members.
Based on the overall EECA evaluation, our university ranked 150th. Out of the 24 Czech and Slovak universities, UPJŠ ranked 18th and it was the fourth best out of the six Slovak universities that were included in the EECA rankings.
| Overall rank | Ranking in CZ and SK | Country | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1 | CZ | Charles University |
| 9 | 2 | CZ | Czech Technical University in Prague |
| 10 | 3 | CZ | Masaryk University |
| 23 | 4 | CZ | Brno University of Technology |
| 44 | 5 | CZ | Palacký University Olomouc |
| 48 | 6 | SK | Comenius University in Bratislava |
| 55 | 7 | SK | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava |
| 62 | 8 | CZ | University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague |
| 65 | 9 | CZ | Czech University of Life Sciences Prague |
| 75 | 10 | CZ | Mendel University in Brno |
| 77 | 11 | CZ | VSB – Technical University of Ostrava |
| 85 | 12 | CZ | Tomas Bata University in Zlín |
| 104 | 13 | SK | Technical University of Košice |
| 112 | 14 | CZ | Technical University of Liberec |
| 117 | 15 | CZ | University of West Bohemia |
| 123 | 16 | CZ | University of South Bohemia |
| 130 | 17 | CZ | University of Pardubice |
| 150 | 18 | SK | Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice |
| 161 | 19 | CZ | University of Ostrava |
| 165 | 20 | SK | University of Žilina |
| 168 | 21 | CZ | University of Hradec Králové |
| 177 | 22 | SK | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra |
| 251-300 | 23-24 | CZ | Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem |
| 251-300 | 23-24 | CZ | Silesian University in Opava |
