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University of Bergen Data
Total number of students
15,202
Number of international students
1,574
Total number of academic staff
1,185
Number of international staff
310
Number of undergraduate degrees awarded
1,565
Number of master's degrees awarded
1,585
Number of doctoral degrees awarded
242
Number of research only staff
577
Number of new undergraduate students
2,617
Number of new master's students
2,473
Number of new doctoral students
240
University of Bergen Rankings
University of Bergen is ranked #199 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
University of Bergen Rankings
University of Bergen Subject Rankings
- #220in Arts and Humanities (tie)
- #311in Biology and Biochemistry (tie)
- #201in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (tie)
- #247in Cell Biology (tie)
- #927in Chemistry (tie)
- #170in Clinical Medicine (tie)
- #400in Computer Science
- #201in Endocrinology and Metabolism
- #917in Engineering (tie)
- #229in Environment/Ecology
- #83in Geosciences
- #235in Immunology
- #61in Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences
- #167in Molecular Biology and Genetics (tie)
- #198in Neuroscience and Behavior (tie)
- #227in Oncology (tie)
- #378in Physics (tie)
- #241in Plant and Animal Science (tie)
- #175in Psychiatry/Psychology
- #44in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health
- #124in Social Sciences and Public Health
- #132in Surgery
2022-2023 Indicator Rankings
Thirteen indicators were used to calculate University of Bergen's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each indicator.
Global score
63
Global research reputation
#446
Regional research reputation
#140
Publications
#297
Books
#318
Conferences
#1010
Normalized citation impact
#165
Total citations
#227
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#242
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#252
International collaboration - relative to country
#512
International collaboration
#124
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#228
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#270
Arts and Humanities overall score
38.7
Arts and Humanities global research reputation
#251
Arts and Humanities regional research reputation
#105
Arts and Humanities publications
#279
Arts and Humanities books
#248
Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact
#90
Arts and Humanities total citations
#203
Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#216
Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#127
Arts and Humanities international collaboration - relative to country
#248
Arts and Humanities international collaboration
#65
Biology and Biochemistry overall score
36.4
Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation
#403
Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation
#158
Biology and Biochemistry publications
#357
Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact
#67
Biology and Biochemistry total citations
#250
Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#313
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#254
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#306
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration
#27
Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#234
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#151
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems overall score
45.4
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems publications
#215
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems conferences
#119
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems normalized citation impact
#200
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems total citations
#222
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#209
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#180
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration - relative to country
#163
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems international collaboration
#34
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#188
Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#155
Cell Biology overall score
29.2
Cell Biology publications
#314
Cell Biology conferences
#27
Cell Biology normalized citation impact
#164
Cell Biology total citations
#272
Cell Biology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#271
Cell Biology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#179
Cell Biology international collaboration - relative to country
#125
Cell Biology international collaboration
#15
Cell Biology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#259
Cell Biology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#221
Chemistry overall score
29.3
Chemistry global research reputation
#648
Chemistry regional research reputation
#158
Chemistry publications
#1040
Chemistry normalized citation impact
#976
Chemistry total citations
#1098
Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#1013
Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#882
Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#897
Chemistry international collaboration
#254
Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#773
Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#569
Clinical Medicine overall score
62.9
Clinical Medicine global research reputation
#352
Clinical Medicine regional research reputation
#67
Clinical Medicine publications
#228
Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact
#194
Clinical Medicine total citations
#175
Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#200
Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#262
Clinical Medicine international collaboration - relative to country
#413
Clinical Medicine international collaboration
#97
Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#193
Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#302
Computer Science overall score
37.1
Computer Science global research reputation
#430
Computer Science regional research reputation
#129
Computer Science publications
#411
Computer Science conferences
#603
Computer Science normalized citation impact
#352
Computer Science total citations
#389
Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#555
Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#515
Computer Science international collaboration - relative to country
#109
Computer Science international collaboration
#13
Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#487
Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#440
Endocrinology and Metabolism overall score
40.5
Endocrinology and Metabolism publications
#228
Endocrinology and Metabolism conferences
#27
Endocrinology and Metabolism normalized citation impact
#174
Endocrinology and Metabolism total citations
#227
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#184
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#87
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration - relative to country
#162
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration
#29
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#240
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#237
Engineering overall score
27.8
Engineering global research reputation
#535
Engineering regional research reputation
#176
Engineering publications
#1135
Engineering conferences
#1081
Engineering normalized citation impact
#1027
Engineering total citations
#1144
Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#1116
Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#1011
Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#256
Engineering international collaboration
#88
Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#763
Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#396
Environment/Ecology overall score
56.1
Environment/Ecology global research reputation
#115
Environment/Ecology regional research reputation
#14
Environment/Ecology publications
#358
Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact
#433
Environment/Ecology total citations
#369
Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#359
Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#392
Environment/Ecology international collaboration - relative to country
#233
Environment/Ecology international collaboration
#32
Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#338
Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#361
Geosciences overall score
64.7
Geosciences global research reputation
#94
Geosciences regional research reputation
#66
Geosciences publications
#66
Geosciences normalized citation impact
#166
Geosciences total citations
#61
Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#67
Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#192
Geosciences international collaboration - relative to country
#171
Geosciences international collaboration
#42
Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#75
Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#195
Immunology overall score
17.7
Immunology global research reputation
#146
Immunology regional research reputation
#38
Immunology publications
#226
Immunology normalized citation impact
#165
Immunology total citations
#220
Immunology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#258
Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#245
Immunology international collaboration - relative to country
#166
Immunology international collaboration
#54
Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#230
Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#230
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences overall score
62.6
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences regional research reputation
#1
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences publications
#52
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences conferences
#27
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences normalized citation impact
#91
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences total citations
#58
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#64
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#101
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences international collaboration - relative to country
#100
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences international collaboration
#19
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#56
Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#74
Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score
43.6
Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation
#125
Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation
#34
Molecular Biology and Genetics publications
#248
Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact
#69
Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations
#175
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#186
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#119
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration - relative to country
#181
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration
#28
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#120
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#46
Neuroscience and Behavior overall score
37.8
Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation
#192
Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation
#52
Neuroscience and Behavior publications
#222
Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact
#95
Neuroscience and Behavior total citations
#181
Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#178
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#116
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration - relative to country
#242
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration
#76
Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#175
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#163
Oncology overall score
38.9
Oncology publications
#248
Oncology conferences
#132
Oncology normalized citation impact
#204
Oncology total citations
#249
Oncology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#240
Oncology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#210
Oncology international collaboration - relative to country
#179
Oncology international collaboration
#29
Oncology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#235
Oncology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#235
Physics overall score
49.2
Physics global research reputation
#458
Physics regional research reputation
#235
Physics publications
#363
Physics normalized citation impact
#178
Physics total citations
#308
Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#231
Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#74
Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#378
Physics international collaboration
#44
Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#255
Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#184
Plant and Animal Science overall score
55.2
Plant and Animal Science global research reputation
#250
Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation
#135
Plant and Animal Science publications
#198
Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact
#251
Plant and Animal Science total citations
#191
Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#178
Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#235
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration - relative to country
#331
Plant and Animal Science international collaboration
#97
Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#254
Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#327
Psychiatry/Psychology overall score
45.0
Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation
#333
Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation
#101
Psychiatry/Psychology publications
#144
Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact
#128
Psychiatry/Psychology total citations
#134
Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#118
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#97
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration - relative to country
#111
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration
#42
Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#73
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#34
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health overall score
65.9
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health publications
#126
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health conferences
#83
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health normalized citation impact
#24
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health total citations
#65
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#115
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#111
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration - relative to country
#52
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health international collaboration
#25
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#72
Public, Environmental and Occupational Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#50
Social Sciences and Public Health overall score
58.9
Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation
#390
Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation
#48
Social Sciences and Public Health publications
#160
Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact
#81
Social Sciences and Public Health total citations
#132
Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#144
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#162
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration - relative to country
#131
Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration
#56
Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#117
Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#126
Surgery overall score
48.8
Surgery publications
#310
Surgery conferences
#124
Surgery normalized citation impact
#19
Surgery total citations
#214
Surgery number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#199
Surgery percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#16
Surgery international collaboration - relative to country
#157
Surgery international collaboration
#10
Surgery number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#152
Surgery percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#48