Top Universities in Portugal

56 universities in Portugal with a measured position, 6 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
1 Universidade do Porto #237 (2026) #1 8,384,128
2 NOVA School of Science and Technology #327 (2026) #2 3,594,618
3 Nova School of Business and Economics #327 (2026) #3 3,594,618
4 Universidade Nova de Lisboa #327 (2026) #4 3,594,618
5 Universidade de Coimbra #347 (2026) #5 5,084,061
6 Universidade de Aveiro #419 (2026) #6 4,192,651
7 Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics not ranked #13 627,706
8 Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Technologias not ranked #22 196,532
9 Instituto Superior de Tecnologias Avançadas - ISTEC not ranked #32 57,010
10 Instituto Superior de Gestão - ISG not ranked #29 54,036
11 Universidade do Minho not ranked #7 4,042,248
12 Universidade do Algarve not ranked #8 1,087,037
13 Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa not ranked #9 955,105
14 Universidade de Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro not ranked #10 906,507
15 Universidade da Beira Interior not ranked #11 860,658
16 Universidade Catolica Portuguesa not ranked #13 627,706
17 Instituto Politécnico de Bragança not ranked #14 601,280
18 Universidade de Evora not ranked #15 558,663
19 Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design not ranked #16 556,433
20 Instituto Politecnico do Porto not ranked #17 556,433
21 ISCTE - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa not ranked #18 389,107
22 Universidade dos Acores not ranked #19 368,602
23 Instituto Politécnico de Leiria not ranked #20 304,461
24 Universidade da Madeira not ranked #21 248,047
25 Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra not ranked #23 166,139
26 Universidade Fernando Pessoa not ranked #24 157,348
27 Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada not ranked #25 125,790
28 Instituto Politécnico de Viana do Castelo not ranked #26 111,144
29 Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco not ranked #27 80,263
30 Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal not ranked #28 79,875
31 Universidade Lusiada not ranked #30 59,879
32 Instituto Politécnico da Guarda not ranked #31 59,737
33 Instituto Politécnico de Beja not ranked #33 52,264
34 Instituto Politécnico de Santarém not ranked #34 51,444
35 Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave not ranked #35 47,315
36 Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre not ranked #37 44,385
37 Instituto Piaget not ranked #36 43,165
38 Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique not ranked #38 30,047
39 Instituto Politécnico de Tomar not ranked #39 26,146
40 Universidade Atlântica not ranked #40 15,751
41 Universidade de Lisboa not ranked — 8,369
42 Instituto Superior Politécnico Gaya not ranked #41 8,002
43 Escola Nautica Infante D. Henrique not ranked #42 7,872
44 Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto not ranked #44 7,262
45 Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril not ranked #46 4,585
46 Instituto de Artes Visuais, Design e Marketing - IADE not ranked #43 3,895
47 Universidade Tecnica de Lisboa not ranked — 3,344
48 Instituto Superior de Ciências Educativas not ranked #45 2,258
49 Instituto Superior de Ciências Empresariais e de Turismo not ranked #47 2,204
50 Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração not ranked #48 1,763
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 138 ranked UK 55 ranked Germany 40 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked