The CENSIS ranking 2020/2021 ranked the University of Trento in the top position, for the 5th time since 2010, the second time in a row, in both the general ranking of state universities and in the ranking of 16 medium-sized universities (those with 10,000 to 20,000 students), with a final score of 98.7.
Universities (both state and private universities, divided by category based on their size, on a scale ranging from 66 to 110) and the university system are evaluated based on 6 sets of indicators: services, scholarships and other student aid, facilities, communication and digital services, internationalisation and graduate employability.
Compared to previous editions of the ranking, the University of Trento significantly improved its score in two indicators:
- "communication and digital services", which considers the characteristics and features of the university websites, of the official social media profiles and of the response efficiency of these channels, climbs the ranking by 7 points and obtains the maximum score of 110;
- "employability", based on the the Almalaurea surveys on the employment condition of the graduates of 2017 1 year after graduation, increased by 10 points compared to the 2019 edition (103 points).
CENSIS Ranking of medium-sized universities (10,000 to 20,000 students)
| Ranking | University | Services | Scholarships & aid | Facilities | Communication & digital services | Internationalisation | Employability | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trento | 84 | 103 | 100 | 110 | 92 | 103 | 98.7 |
| 2 | Sassari | 85 | 104 | 110 | 107 | 90 | 80 | 96.0 |
| 3 | Siena | 94 | 92 | 108 | 94 | 93 | 88 | 94.8 |
The evaluation of the different discipline areas of Italian state universities examines both undergraduate and graduate programmes and is based on 2 sets of indicators: student progress (number of students who continue from 1st to 2nd year; “on-track” students; number of students who graduate on time) and internationalisation (student mobility after graduation; number of universities involved in student mobility programmes; percentage of foreign students).
Three disciplinary areas - science, computer science and ICT, social and political science - offer the best undergraduate degrees. The Master's degree in Psychology is confirmed in top position again, since the 2018/2019 edition of the ranking.
CENSIS teaching ranking - State universities - 2020/2021 edition
| Type of degree | Disciplinary area | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average score | Student progress | Internationalisation | Ranking | ||
| Undergraduate programmes | Science | 100 | 110 | 90 | 1 |
| Construction engineering - Architecture | 82.5 | 95 | 70 | 13 | |
| Computer science and ICT | 106 | 110 | 102 | 1 | |
| Industrial and information engineering | 91 | 105 | 77 | 13 | |
| Economics-statistics | 101 | 105 | 97 | 4 | |
| Social and political sciences | 106.5 | 110 | 103 | 1 | |
| Humanities | 91.5 | 100 | 83 | 7 | |
| Languages | 103.5 | 110 | 97 | 4 | |
| Art and Design | 79 | 92 | 66 | 22 | |
| Psychology | 105 | 107 | 103 | 2 | |
| Five-year degree programmes | Law | 99 | 93 | 105 | 2 |
| Construction engineering - Architecture | 82.5 | 86 | 79 | 15 | |
| Graduate programmes | Science | 97 | 101 | 93 | 3 |
| Construction engineering - Architecture | 80 | 74 | 86 | 11 | |
| Computer science and ICT | 101.5 | 109 | 94 | 2 | |
| Industrial and information engineering | 100 | 90 | 110 | 5 | |
| Economics-statistics | 94 | 82 | 106 | 5 | |
| Social and political sciences | 88.5 | 75 | 102 | 11 | |
| Humanities | 95.5 | 95 | 96 | 6 | |
| Psychology | 110 | 110 | 110 | 1 |