Already positioned in the global top 200 of the 2025 Shanghai Ranking, Université Grenoble Alpes further confirms its excellence and scientific vitality with the publication of the 2025 Shanghai Subject Ranking on November 18, 2025. This year, UGA appears in 30 disciplines, maintaining its position as the third most represented French university in terms of the number of ranked disciplines and reaching the world top 100 in 10 fields.
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Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA) has confirmed its place among the world's most recognized institutions for the employability of its graduates. In the 2026 edition of the Global Employability University Ranking, compiled by Emerging and published by Times Higher Education (THE), UGA climbed to 232nd place worldwide, gaining one place compared to the previous year.
An unprecedented study conducted across 43 European sites by an international scientific team coordinated by Université Grenoble Alpes, in collaboration with the CNRS, Inserm, and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), reveals in Nature (22 October 2025) that the ability of airborne particles to generate oxidative stress in the lungs (known as the oxidative potential, or OP) varies according to environmental type (urban, rural, industrial, etc.) and emission sources.
At the cutting edge of global innovation and research
Europe's most innovative university
With 3,348 patents filed over 20 years, Université Grenoble Alpes ranks as the most innovative university in Europe, according to a study by the European Patent Office examining the strategy of 1,200 European higher education institutions.
Université Grenoble Alpes maintains its position in the top 150 of the Shanghai Global Ranking, which compares the research output of the world's top 1,000 universities. Nationally, it holds the 5th spot among the best French universities.
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