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Belgium University Rankings 2024

As described in the university ranking section, it is not easy to obtain and standardize data from 1 countries, 89 universities/ institutions for the country ranking. Therefore, we based our ranking system on the number of meritorious scientists. Four criteria are used to rank the countries. The first one is the number of scientists in the top 3 % list. The second criterion is the number of scientists in the top 10%, Top 20%, Top 40%, top 60% and top 80% list. The third one is the number of scientists listed in the AD Scientific Index. In the case of equalities after applying all these three criteria, the world rank of the meritorious scientist of that country is used. Click for individual or institutional registration.

AD Scientific Index - Country Rankings 2024
Region Ranking World Ranking Country Total Institutios in Country Total Scientists in Index Best Public University In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Private University In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Institution In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Company In Country
World Rank / Name
Best Hospital In Country
World Rank / Name
9 16 Belgium 89 8,309 64
Ghent University
22
Université Catholique de Louvain
47
European Comission
80
Sciensano
118
Onze Lieve Vrouw Clinic
Table I. Number of scientists in Belgium top 10.000 according to Country Click for details
# Country Country Region Rank Country World Rank Scientists in Top 10.000 Total University Total Scientist
1 Belgium 9 16 8309 89 8309
Table II. General Universities in Belgium top 10.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Sources of Funding Founded Scientists in Belgium Top 10.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 10.000 / Total Scientist)
1 Catholic University of Leuven 1 13 58 Belgium Public 1834 1862 1862 1.000
2 Ghent University 2 22 82 Belgium Public 1817 1494 1494 1.000
3 Université Catholique de Louvain 3 47 135 Belgium Private 1834 990 990 1.000
4 University of Antwerp 4 103 292 Belgium Public 1852 682 682 1.000
5 European Comission 5 223 547 Belgium Institution 1958 524 524 1.000
6 Université de Liège 6 227 553 Belgium Public 1817 380 380 1.000
7 Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre 7 312 730 Belgium Institution 1984 281 281 1.000
8 Free University of Brussels 8 356 856 Belgium Public 1970 303 303 1.000
9 Université de Mons 9 366 869 Belgium Public 2009 196 196 1.000
10 Hasselt University 10 370 884 Belgium Public 1971 209 209 1.000
Table III. Public Universities in Belgium top 10.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Founded Scientists in Belgium Top 10.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 10.000 / Total Scientist)
1 Catholic University of Leuven 1 13 58 Belgium 1834 1862 1862 1.000
2 Ghent University 2 22 82 Belgium 1817 1494 1494 1.000
3 University of Antwerp 4 103 292 Belgium 1852 682 682 1.000
4 Université de Liège 6 227 553 Belgium 1817 380 380 1.000
5 Free University of Brussels 8 356 856 Belgium 1970 303 303 1.000
6 Université de Mons 9 366 869 Belgium 2009 196 196 1.000
7 Hasselt University 10 370 884 Belgium 1971 209 209 1.000
8 Université Libre de Bruxelles 11 455 1089 Belgium 1834 129 129 1.000
9 Antwerp Maritime Academy 32 2134 5963 Belgium 1834 4 4 1.000
10 Thomas More Hogeschool (Lessius Hogeschool K H Kempen) 40 2684 8075 Belgium 2014 29 29 1.000
Table IV. Private Universities in Belgium top 10.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Founded Scientists in Belgium Top 10.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 10.000 / Total Scientist)
1 Université Catholique de Louvain 3 47 135 Belgium 1834 990 990 1.000
2 Université de Namur 12 587 1405 Belgium 1831 126 126 1.000
3 Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School 26 1797 4824 Belgium 1953 42 42 1.000
4 Karel de Grote Hogeschool 34 2274 6633 Belgium 1995 8 8 1.000
5 College of Europe Bruges 39 2562 7614 Belgium 1949 22 22 1.000
6 Centre d'Excellence en Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication 54 3358 11073 Belgium 2001 10 10 1.000
7 ECAM Brussels 58 3456 11612 Belgium 1898 5 5 1.000
8 Belgian National Agency for Radioactive Waste and enriched Fissile Material 59 3483 11687 Belgium 1993 2 2 1.000
9 Haute École Provinciale de Hainaut CONDORCET 61 3611 12555 Belgium 2009 8 8 1.000
10 UC Leuven Limburg 74 4118 15432 Belgium 1994 9 9 1.000
Table V. Universities Founded After 2010 in Belgium Top 10.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Sources of Funding Founded Scientists in Belgium Top 10.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 10.000 / Total Scientist)
1 Sciensano 19 1072 2599 Belgium Company 2018 39 39 1.000
2 Botanic Garden Meise 28 1886 5070 Belgium Company 2014 14 14 1.000
3 Walloon Agricultural Research Centre 29 1922 5193 Belgium Institution 2013 21 21 1.000
4 Thomas More Hogeschool (Lessius Hogeschool K H Kempen) 40 2684 8075 Belgium Public 2014 29 29 1.000
5 NeuroElectronics Research Flanders 43 2846 8747 Belgium Institution 2014 6 6 1.000
6 Odisee 48 2970 9376 Belgium Company 2014 9 9 1.000
7 Haute École Bruxelles Brabant HE2B 49 3028 9703 Belgium Public 2016 5 5 1.000
8 Tescan XRE 63 3742 13256 Belgium Company 2018 2 2 1.000
9 Lycalis sprl Brussels 69 3928 14194 Belgium Company 2019 1 1 1.000
10 Clinique et Maternité Sainte Elisabeth 70 3942 14227 Belgium Hospital 2019 1 1 1.000
Table VI. Universities Founded After 2000 in Belgium Top 10.000 Click for details
# University Country Rank Region Rank World Rank Country Sources of Funding Founded Scientists in Belgium Top 10.000 Total Scientists in Index Ratio (in top 10.000 / Total Scientist)
1 Université de Mons 9 366 869 Belgium Public 2009 196 196 1.000
2 Sciensano 19 1072 2599 Belgium Company 2018 39 39 1.000
3 Botanic Garden Meise 28 1886 5070 Belgium Company 2014 14 14 1.000
4 Walloon Agricultural Research Centre 29 1922 5193 Belgium Institution 2013 21 21 1.000
5 Flanders Make 33 2205 6287 Belgium Institution 2003 11 11 1.000
6 NovelYeast bv 35 2299 6791 Belgium Company 2009 1 1 1.000
7 European Trade Union Institute 37 2400 7081 Belgium Institution 2005 27 27 1.000
8 Thomas More Hogeschool (Lessius Hogeschool K H Kempen) 40 2684 8075 Belgium Public 2014 29 29 1.000
9 NeuroElectronics Research Flanders 43 2846 8747 Belgium Institution 2014 6 6 1.000
10 Odisee 48 2970 9376 Belgium Company 2014 9 9 1.000
Table VII A. Belgium Top 10 Productivity i10 Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 Belgium Table VII A. Belgium Top 10 Productivity i10 Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 88 277 Jean Louis Vincent Jean Louis Vincent

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles
critical care medicine | sepsis |
211 123 0.583 1208 747 0.618 281303 105610 0.375
1 2 90 280 Pierre Van Mechelen Pierre Van Mechelen

Belgium
University of Antwerp Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
232 138 0.595 1203 991 0.824 245609 100994 0.411
1 3 91 287 Giacomo Bruno Giacomo Bruno

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Natural Sciences / Physics
particle physics | fundamental interactions | particle detectors | statistical data analysis | high-performance computing |
235 182 0.774 1196 1097 0.917 261897 155922 0.595
2 4 108 332 Barbara Clerbaux Barbara Clerbaux

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
233 138 0.592 1147 962 0.839 237516 98054 0.413
2 5 146 423 Nick Van Remortel Nick Van Remortel

Belgium
University of Antwerp Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics of particles and fields | general relativity |
191 128 0.670 1073 829 0.773 151426 76169 0.503
3 6 153 435 Francois Peeters Francois Peeters

Belgium
University of Antwerp Natural Sciences / Physics
Nanophysics | Condensed Matter Physics |
116 59 0.509 1064 519 0.488 66247 21263 0.321
4 7 194 525 Gustaaf Van Tendeloo Gustaaf Van Tendeloo

Belgium
University of Antwerp Engineering & Technology / Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
nano materials | electron microscopy | materials characterisation |
121 66 0.545 1001 429 0.429 65988 19492 0.295
1 8 242 655 Steven Lowette Steven Lowette

Belgium
Free University of Brussels Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
221 136 0.615 938 828 0.883 225293 98664 0.438
1 9 285 777 Jan Staessen Jan Staessen

Belgium
Catholic University of Leuven
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology |
165 87 0.527 886 478 0.540 260502 87524 0.336
3 10 303 825 Pascal Vanlaer Pascal Vanlaer

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics | LHC | instrumentation |
213 139 0.653 867 773 0.892 224375 99675 0.444
Table VII B. Belgium Top 10 Last 5 Years i10 Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 Belgium Table VII B. Belgium Top 10 Last 5 Years i10 Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 18 86 Giacomo Bruno Giacomo Bruno

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Natural Sciences / Physics
particle physics | fundamental interactions | particle detectors | statistical data analysis | high-performance computing |
235 182 0.774 1196 1097 0.917 261897 155922 0.595
1 2 41 148 Pierre Van Mechelen Pierre Van Mechelen

Belgium
University of Antwerp Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
232 138 0.595 1203 991 0.824 245609 100994 0.411
1 3 55 184 Barbara Clerbaux Barbara Clerbaux

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
233 138 0.592 1147 962 0.839 237516 98054 0.413
2 4 137 358 Nick Van Remortel Nick Van Remortel

Belgium
University of Antwerp Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics of particles and fields | general relativity |
191 128 0.670 1073 829 0.773 151426 76169 0.503
1 5 139 360 Steven Lowette Steven Lowette

Belgium
Free University of Brussels Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
221 136 0.615 938 828 0.883 225293 98664 0.438
2 6 181 453 Pascal Vanlaer Pascal Vanlaer

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics | LHC | instrumentation |
213 139 0.653 867 773 0.892 224375 99675 0.444
3 7 207 506 Jean Louis Vincent Jean Louis Vincent

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles
critical care medicine | sepsis |
211 123 0.583 1208 747 0.618 281303 105610 0.375
2 8 246 591 Christophe Delaere Christophe Delaere

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Université catholique de Louvain
Particle Physics |
198 151 0.763 861 717 0.833 211995 112250 0.529
3 9 273 650 Vincent Lemaître Vincent Lemaître

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Natural Sciences / Physics
particle physics |
194 135 0.696 851 691 0.812 203555 91959 0.452
4 10 286 681 Bugra Bilin Bugra Bilin

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles
191 132 0.691 727 683 0.939 176719 86952 0.492
Table VII C. Belgium Top 10 Last 5 Years H Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 Belgium Table VII C. Belgium Top 10 Last 5 Years H Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 3 18 Giacomo Bruno Giacomo Bruno

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Natural Sciences / Physics
particle physics | fundamental interactions | particle detectors | statistical data analysis | high-performance computing |
235 182 0.774 1196 1097 0.917 261897 155922 0.595
2 2 46 126 Christophe Delaere Christophe Delaere

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Université catholique de Louvain
Particle Physics |
198 151 0.763 861 717 0.833 211995 112250 0.529
1 3 133 300 Pascal Vanlaer Pascal Vanlaer

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics | LHC | instrumentation |
213 139 0.653 867 773 0.892 224375 99675 0.444
1 4 150 326 Pierre Van Mechelen Pierre Van Mechelen

Belgium
University of Antwerp Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
232 138 0.595 1203 991 0.824 245609 100994 0.411
2 5 156 337 Barbara Clerbaux Barbara Clerbaux

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
233 138 0.592 1147 962 0.839 237516 98054 0.413
1 6 175 381 Steven Lowette Steven Lowette

Belgium
Free University of Brussels Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
221 136 0.615 938 828 0.883 225293 98664 0.438
3 7 198 419 Vincent Lemaître Vincent Lemaître

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Natural Sciences / Physics
particle physics |
194 135 0.696 851 691 0.812 203555 91959 0.452
3 8 238 509 Bugra Bilin Bugra Bilin

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles
191 132 0.691 727 683 0.939 176719 86952 0.492
2 9 261 576 Nick Van Remortel Nick Van Remortel

Belgium
University of Antwerp Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics of particles and fields | general relativity |
191 128 0.670 1073 829 0.773 151426 76169 0.503
4 10 297 661 Jean Louis Vincent Jean Louis Vincent

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles
critical care medicine | sepsis |
211 123 0.583 1208 747 0.618 281303 105610 0.375
Table VII D. Belgium Top 10 Total Citiation Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 Belgium Table VII D. Belgium Top 10 Total Citiation Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 64 201 Jean Louis Vincent Jean Louis Vincent

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles
critical care medicine | sepsis |
211 123 0.583 1208 747 0.618 281303 105610 0.375
1 2 89 269 Giacomo Bruno Giacomo Bruno

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Natural Sciences / Physics
particle physics | fundamental interactions | particle detectors | statistical data analysis | high-performance computing |
235 182 0.774 1196 1097 0.917 261897 155922 0.595
1 3 91 273 Jan Staessen Jan Staessen

Belgium
Catholic University of Leuven
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology |
165 87 0.527 886 478 0.540 260502 87524 0.336
1 4 121 349 Pierre Van Mechelen Pierre Van Mechelen

Belgium
University of Antwerp Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
232 138 0.595 1203 991 0.824 245609 100994 0.411
2 5 143 395 Barbara Clerbaux Barbara Clerbaux

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
233 138 0.592 1147 962 0.839 237516 98054 0.413
1 6 190 491 Steven Lowette Steven Lowette

Belgium
Free University of Brussels Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics |
221 136 0.615 938 828 0.883 225293 98664 0.438
3 7 197 501 Pascal Vanlaer Pascal Vanlaer

Belgium
Université Libre de Bruxelles Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics | LHC | instrumentation |
213 139 0.653 867 773 0.892 224375 99675 0.444
2 8 243 595 Christophe Delaere Christophe Delaere

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Université catholique de Louvain
Particle Physics |
198 151 0.763 861 717 0.833 211995 112250 0.529
3 9 269 651 Vincent Lemaître Vincent Lemaître

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Natural Sciences / Physics
particle physics |
194 135 0.696 851 691 0.812 203555 91959 0.452
2 10 329 810 Peter Carmeliet Peter Carmeliet

Belgium
Catholic University of Leuven
204 106 0.520 790 575 0.728 187087 53901 0.288
Table VII E. Belgium Top 10 Last 5 Years Citiation Index Click for details
AD Scientific Index - 2024 Belgium Table VII E. Belgium Top 10 Last 5 Years Citiation Index H INDEX i10 INDEX CITATION
University Country Region World Name Country University Subject Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total Total Last 5 year Last 5 year / total
1 1 30 120 Giacomo Bruno Giacomo Bruno

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Natural Sciences / Physics
particle physics|fundamental interactions|particle detectors|statistical data analysis|high-performance computing|
211 174 0.825 1087 999 0.919 215154 134785 0.626
1 2 104 310 Pierre Van Mechelen Pierre Van Mechelen

Belgium
University of Antwerp Natural Sciences / Physics
Particle physics|
208 150 0.721 1102 943 0.856 193623 105541 0.545
1 3 131 378 Steven Lowette Steven Lowette

Belgium
Free University of Brussels Natural Sciences / Physics
particle physics|
200 151 0.755 847 787 0.929 169004 101628 0.601
1 4 157 430 Jan Staessen Jan Staessen

Belgium
Catholic University of Leuven
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology|
156 91 0.583 829 481 0.580 227137 98409 0.433
2 5 177 475 Vincent Lemaître Vincent Lemaître

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Natural Sciences / Physics
particle physics|
175 134 0.766 800 671 0.839 165557 95430 0.576
2 6 395 1177 Nick Van Remortel Nick Van Remortel

Belgium
University of Antwerp Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics of particles and fields|general relativity|
153 123 0.804 911 714 0.784 99758 63489 0.636
1 7 432 1314 Christophe Collette Christophe Collette

Belgium
Université de Liège Engineering & Technology / Mechatronics engineering
Mechatronics|Vibration control|Active vibration isolation|vibration damping|Physics instruments|
80 77 0.963 172 158 0.919 64568 60192 0.932
2 8 452 1385 Maxime Fays Maxime Fays

Belgium
Université de Liège Natural Sciences / Physics
Gravitational Waves|
77 76 0.987 128 128 1.000 61958 58631 0.946
2 9 481 1505 Jeroen Raes Jeroen Raes

Belgium
Catholic University of Leuven RegaMicrobiome…
metagenomics|human microbiome|gut microbiota|synthetic ecology|microbiome|
94 83 0.883 197 182 0.924 79424 55894 0.704
3 10 512 1621 Fabio Maltoni Fabio Maltoni

Belgium
Université Catholique de Louvain Natural Sciences / Physics
Physics|
96 68 0.708 174 147 0.845 89722 53588 0.597