In 2020, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice ranked in the QS World University Rankings for the first time. Out of 5,500 evaluated universities from across the world, 1,000 best universities were chosen based on their academic and employer reputation, the number of citations per employee, students and faculty members ratio, and the number of international students and faculty members. Apart from our university, three other Slovak universities also made the TOP 1000 best universities: Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, and Technical University of Košice.
Based on the overall QS World University Rankings 2021 evaluation, our university made it among the first 700 universities. Out of the 14 universities from the Czech and Slovak Republic, UPJŠ ranked 6th and, at the same time, it placed first out of the four Slovak universities.
Overall rank |
Ranking in CZ a SK |
Country |
Institution |
260 |
1 |
CZ |
Charles University |
342 |
2 |
CZ |
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague |
432 |
3 |
CZ |
Czech Technical University in Prague |
531-540 |
4 |
CZ |
Masaryk University |
591-600 |
5 |
CZ |
Palacký University Olomouc |
651-700 |
6 |
SK |
Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice |
701-750 |
7-9 |
CZ |
Brno University of Technology |
701-750 |
7-9 |
SK |
Comenius University in Bratislava |
701-750 |
7-9 |
CZ |
Mendel University in Brno |
751-800 |
10 |
CZ |
Technical University of Liberec |
801-1000 |
11-14 |
CZ |
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague |
801-1000 |
11-14 |
SK |
Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava |
801-1000 |
11-14 |
SK |
Technical University of Košice |
801-1000 |
11-14 |
CZ |
University of Pardubice |