Organisation - October 4, 2012
Wageningen falls five places onlife sciences list
Wageningen UR has fallen from position 17 to position 22 in the World University Ranking of life sciences universities. Of the European universities, four British universities and the ETH Zurich score better on the ranking of Times Higher Education.

The leading university is the American Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with 91.6 points. The ETH Zurich has overtaken Wageningen as the best life sciences university on mainland Europe, with a score of 80.2. Utrecht University, which was in position 30 with 66.6 points, is no longer in the top 50. Gent University has now made it to the list at position 48.