The University of Trento continues to rank among the top positions in national rankings and is well-positioned in international ones. This result is primarily validated by recognition in scientific research and its ability to open up to Europe and the world.

International recognition is attested by independent sources such as THE - Times Higher Education Rankings and QS-Quacquarelli Sysmonds.

The University of Trento improves its placement in the World University Ranking 2025 by Times Higher Education, the ranking of the world's best universities that examines over 2,800 institutions. Our University is placed in the 301-350 category and ranks ninth among the 57 state and private universities at the national level present in the ranking.

In the list of 1,500 world universities evaluated by QS World University Ranking 2026, the University of Trento occupies position number 485. Among the 43 Italian universities participating in the ranking, the Trentino university is in fifteenth place, rewarded both for the university's commitment to teaching and for the proportion of academic staff and international research partnerships, as well as for scientific production.

The CENSIS ranking of Italian universities 2025/2026 edition sees our University consistently on the podium, positioning itself in first place in the ranking of medium-sized universities (between 10,000 and 20,000 enrolled students), with a final score of 93,7/110. Among the parameters that received the highest score are: 110 points associated with the indicator relating to internationalisation (and a difference of 9 points compared to the second-placed university on this item), the growth of the score for "employability" measured by the 1-year employment rate of second-level graduates (98) and the maintenance of the excellent result for the "facilities" indicator (101) defined by the number of places in classrooms, libraries and computer rooms and their level of adequacy expressed by students.

In the latest Research Quality Assessment (VQR) 2015-2019, conducted by the National Agency for the Evaluation of the University and Research System (ANVUR) and whose results were announced in April 2022, the University ranks first for the quality of scientific production in its reference class (one of the four into which state universities were divided based on the number of products presented). The assessment covered publications and third mission case studies – projects that have a significant impact on society – in the five-year period 2015-2019. A total of 134 research institutions were evaluated, including 98 state and private universities.
The University of Trento participated with 14 Departments/Centers and 666 accredited professors and researchers who presented 1,808 evaluable products and 7 third mission cases. State universities were divided into four quartiles according to the number of products presented.
Our University, regarding the products of all researchers (permanent and newly hired staff), was grouped together with 14 other universities and ranked first in its quartile for the quality of products presented by both permanent staff and personnel who were hired or achieved career advancement. Regarding the 7 case studies presented, relating to the third mission, the average of evaluations received positions the University in the excellent class. The result confirms the evaluation received in the previous ANVUR report on the VQR 2011-2014 outcomes, in which the University had confirmed its position at the top among state universities.