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The Nicolaus Copernicus University took the 580th place in the prestigious Ranking Web of Universities.

The NCU is also the 7th higher education school and 4th University in Poland and the 19th higher education institution in Central and East Europe. It is also the top rated university in our region. The ranking also included the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz (20th place in Poland, 1345th position in the world), and the University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz (43rd place in Poland and 2031st in the world).

The Medical University of Warsaw which took the 22nd place in Poland and 1465 in the world is the best Polish medical school. The NCU Collegium Medicum, classified separately, came in 97th in Poland, 537th in Central and East Europe, and 6318 in the world.

The Ranking Web of Universities (Webometrics Ranking of World's Universities) is based on the indicators showing the presence of academic and research institutions in the internet. The assessment accounts for four criteria: the presence, impact, openness and excellence, which means that it considers both the amount of web content (the number of web pages and files placed in the internet), and the visibility and impact of these publications measured by the number of external links. The ranking is published by Cybermatrics Lab, a research group from the Spanish National Research Council based in Madrid.

The first edition of the ranking was published in 2004. The ranking is updated in January and July each year. The objective of the Webometrics Ranking of World's Universities is to enhance the presence of academic institutions in the Internet, and promote open access to publications of scientific results. As compared to the previous edition of the ranking (from July 2015), the Nicolaus Copernicus university recorded a rise by one place.

Harvard University opens the latest Ranking Web of Universities, and the Jagiellonian University is the highest ranked Polish university, which came in the 281st place.