Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz ranked among the top 100 most innovative universities in the world

Only seven German universities listed in Reuters Top 100 World's Most Innovative Universities 2017

10 October 2017

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) achieves very good results in the international 2017 Reuters Top 100 World's Most Innovative Universities ranking. It is the first time that JGU is listed among the world's 100 most innovative universities in a good 91st place. All in all, only seven German universities managed to claim a position in this ranking.

The Reuters Top 100 World's Most Innovative Universities is a university ranking published by Thomson Reuters media group and aimed at identifying the 100 most innovative universities in the world from a pool of 600 research institutes. Rankings are based in particular on the universities' patent filings and their rate of success. JGU is especially well represented in the field of Pharmaceuticals & Biotech.