In the issue 2018 of the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities, the faculty was able to improve its score by six places in a comparison of civil engineering departments. With 169,1 points, it ranks among the top 20 university departments of civil engineering worldwide. At the same time, the faculty is the best German in the field of civil engineering, as the next German ranking follows in the 151-200 range.
The faculty is also among the six best in Germany in the field of water resources in the 76-100 range.
The Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities has been compiled annually since 2003 by Jiaotong University in Shanghai (PR China). The focus is on research. Indicators are taken into account:
- Number of scientific publications and number of citations (source: statistics from Thomson Reuters, which (only) consider the journals "Nature" and "Science" as well as the Web of Science)
- awarded Nobel Prizes (Natural Sciences) and Fields Medals (Mathematics)
- Size of the institution