QS ranking profile
Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
This page presents clearly labeled QS ranking data for orientation. It does not verify programs, supervisors, funding, admission requirements, or the university's website.
- QS 2026 rank
- #416
- Up 12 places since 2025
- QS 2025 rank
- #428
- Overall score
- 36.5
Explore opportunities at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Browse active research positions, doctoral fellowships, and university funding calls indexed from official faculties and verified sources.
QS indicators
Reported ranking indicators
Each indicator is scored out of 100 in the same QS snapshot as the summary above.
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Institution profile
How QS classifies this institution
QS groups institutions by size, subject range, and research output.
- Size
- Large
- About 12,000 to 30,000 students
- Subject range
- Focused
- Teaches a limited range of faculty areas
- Research intensity
- Very high
- Very high research output in the QS classification
- Region
- Europe
- QS regional grouping
University profile
About Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
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University of Würzburg presents research through faculties, scientific institutions, and research routes
The English University of Würzburg site makes several layers of academic life visible at once. Its faculty list includes biology, chemistry and pharmacy, human sciences, Catholic theology, mathematics and computer science, medicine, arts, physics and astronomy, law, and business management and economics. It also points to museums, collections, a botanical garden, the university library, the university press, and other scientific institutions. This breadth matters because a topic often changes meaning when its evidence changes. A health question may involve biological material, clinical observations, public records, or ethical reasoning. A question about space may call for physical measurement, mathematical modelling, instruments, images, or historical sources. A faculty heading is an orientation point, not a full description of a research practice.
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