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Ukraine University Research Rankings

Compare Ukraine universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 215 index-ready universities in Ukraine. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 1,588 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 2,448. The average publication-growth signal is -1.0%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in Ukraine

RankUniversityCountryScore5-year works5-year citationsGrowth
#1Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivUkraine74.315,60931,665-0.6%
#2Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine70.112,54224,765-16.5%
#3V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityUkraine69.79,97516,6379.3%
#4National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine68.110,60414,238-17.4%
#5Sumy State UniversityUkraine67.35,13222,786-27.0%
#6Odesа Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine67.14,8102,643196.5%
#7Lviv UniversityUkraine66.46,27011,008-15.5%
#8National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineUkraine65.76,68211,679-7.2%
#9Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUkraine65.65,61711,64313.9%
#10National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"Ukraine64.96,0087,3354.5%
#11Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityUkraine63.43,1349,318-7.8%
#12Uzhhorod National UniversityUkraine63.04,6068,161-12.4%
#13Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National UniversityUkraine63.04,0226,404-18.7%
#14National University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine62.75,9678,510-30.9%
#15Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National UniversityUkraine61.94,0155,037-12.2%
#16West Ukrainian National UniversityUkraine61.83,7546,23214.2%
#17Dnipro University of TechnologyUkraine61.53,5765,67214.6%
#18Shupyk National Healthcare University of UkraineUkraine61.03,1466,974-7.0%
#19Kharkiv National Medical UniversityUkraine60.93,4606,310-0.4%
#20Oles Honchar Dnipro National UniversityUkraine60.63,4924,017-8.8%
#21I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical UniversityUkraine60.62,3719,585-17.5%
#22Kyiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureUkraine60.42,9855,8695.4%
#23V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal UniversityUkraine60.23,0892,69753.7%
#24Kharkiv National University of Radio ElectronicsUkraine60.02,7694,436-1.2%
#25National University Zaporizhzhia PolytechnicUkraine60.04,1544,7181.1%
#26Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National UniversityUkraine60.02,1032,753-2.2%
#27National University of Kyiv-Mohyla AcademyUkraine59.22,3713,06928.0%
#28Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National UniversityUkraine58.83,0124,746-30.6%
#29Sumy National Agrarian UniversityUkraine58.72,4635,638-28.2%
#30Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan UniversityUkraine58.74,0744,485-2.4%
#31Interregional Academy of Personnel ManagementUkraine58.42,3924,7654.5%
#32National University of Water and Environmental EngineeringUkraine58.41,7884,880-6.5%
#33Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and GasUkraine58.42,0634,2392.1%
#34Kharkiv State Academy of CultureUkraine58.22,194968172.0%
#35O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in KharkivUkraine58.12,5594,6074.8%
#36State University of Trade and EconomicsUkraine58.02,6984,956-31.1%
#37Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym HetmanUkraine57.92,9334,166-19.6%
#38National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, VinnytsyaUkraine57.32,2284,290-17.1%
#39Khmelnytskyi National UniversityUkraine57.32,8153,493-29.0%
#40National University of Civil Protection of UkraineUkraine57.22,4313,671-38.6%
#41Bukovinian State Medical UniversityUkraine57.12,4953,894-16.5%
#42Vinnytsia National Technical UniversityUkraine57.02,1462,9309.2%
#43Zhytomyr Polytechnic State UniversityUkraine56.92,1643,334-0.4%
#44Odessa National Medical UniversityUkraine56.82,1072,485-1.8%
#45Kyiv National University of Culture and ArtsUkraine56.84,9012,950-84.3%
#46Kyiv National University of Technologies and DesignUkraine56.72,6383,875-33.4%
#47Stepan Gzhytskyi National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies LvivUkraine56.71,6322,44319.3%
#48Odessa National Maritime UniversityUkraine56.62,0833,787-19.4%
#49National University Odesa Law AcademyUkraine56.53,0712,74913.7%
#50Poltava State Medical UniversityUkraine55.92,5114,578-45.8%
#51Zaporizhzhia State Medical and Pharmaceutical UniversityUkraine55.71,6522,583-25.2%
#52Ternopil Ivan Pului National Technical UniversityUkraine55.71,2923,192-4.5%
#53National University of PharmacyUkraine55.61,4713,279-34.7%
#54Ukrainian National Forestry UniversityUkraine55.59792,10419.6%
#55Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic UniversityUkraine55.31,6122,904-19.9%
#56National University of Food TechnologiesUkraine55.11,8572,632-42.0%
#57Vinnytsia National Agrarian UniversityUkraine55.12,2223,477-39.4%
#58Lutsk National Technical UniversityUkraine54.91,6652,24016.0%
#59Kharkiv National Automobile and Highway UniversityUkraine54.81,4382,011-2.6%
#60Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical UniversityUkraine54.81,5922,481-28.3%
#61Vinnytsia Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi State Pedagogical UniversityUkraine54.81,7922,504-25.7%
#62Kryvyi Rih National UniversityUkraine54.81,0661,52211.5%
#63H.S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical UniversityUkraine54.71,7822,376-12.7%
#64National Transport UniversityUkraine54.61,6351,70717.7%
#65Kharkiv National University of Internal AffairsUkraine54.52,2082,385-26.1%
#66Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. MakarenkoUkraine54.41,8541,83819.6%
#67Petro Mohyla Black Sea National UniversityUkraine54.41,4361,35937.8%
#68Poltava State Agrarian UniversityUkraine54.41,8202,523-9.3%
#69Bila Tserkva National Agrarian UniversityUkraine54.41,6041,53724.2%
#70Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical UniversityUkraine54.31,5632,437-55.4%
#71Kremenchuk Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi National UniversityUkraine54.01,1641,621-0.8%
#72Berdyansk State Pedagogical UniversityUkraine53.91,1882,1373.4%
#73Dragomanov Ukrainian State UniversityUkraine53.92,4652,653-45.6%
#74Cherkasy State Technological UniversityUkraine53.91,4951,7193.7%
#75National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic"Ukraine53.61,5772,045-17.8%
#76Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State UniversityUkraine53.51,7451,478-0.6%
#77Kherson State UniversityUkraine53.51,2201,973-6.4%
#78Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical UniversityUkraine53.21,0871,37731.7%
#79Rivne State University of HumanitiesUkraine53.11,4881,806-22.5%
#80Luhansk State Medical UniversityUkraine53.19261,58417.2%
#81Donetsk National Technical UniversityUkraine52.9763970-3.1%
#82Chernihiv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine52.81,0831,608-6.0%
#83Poltava V.G. Korolenko National Pedagogical UniversityUkraine52.81,4412,580-29.7%
#84Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical UniversityUkraine52.61,5831,652-42.7%
#85Mykolayiv National Agrarian UniversityUkraine52.51,0462,068-5.4%
#86Kyiv School of EconomicsUkraine52.57392,02113.5%
#87University of Customs and FinanceUkraine52.51,1891,5724.1%
#88University of LuhanskUkraine52.41,0871,17422.3%
#89Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National UniversityUkraine52.41,1651,873-39.5%
#90Ukrainian State University of Railway TransportUkraine52.39031,512-8.3%
#91International Humanitarian UniversityUkraine52.31,2541,03714.5%
#92Dmytro Motornyi Tavria State Agrotechnological UniversityUkraine52.19381,691-6.4%
#93Central Ukrainian National Technical UniversityUkraine52.11,1261,4164.4%
#94European UniversityUkraine51.88261,55531.9%
#95National Defence University of UkraineUkraine51.82,0081,2067.6%
#96Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force UniversityUkraine51.88211,2163.8%
#97Kamianets-Podіlskyi Ivan Ohiienko National UniversityUkraine51.81,5932,020-30.0%
#98Ukrainian State University of Science and TechnologiesUkraine51.61,9171,54231.1%
#99Ferenc Rakoczi II Transcarpathian Hungarian UniversityUkraine51.27911,32143.9%
#100Odessa National Economics UniversityUkraine51.21,1131,364-10.7%
Transparent methodology

How ITS Research Score v2 is constructed

Every index-ready institution has a base score from recent output, citations, h-index, i10-index and publication growth. After deep enrichment completes, ITS Research Score v2 uses six dimensions: 25% output strength, 30% Research Impact Score, 20% Momentum Score, 10% international-collaboration share, 5% open-access share and 10% topic-diversity signal. Output and citation-scale terms are log-normalized to reduce domination by the largest universities.

Research Impact Score combines citation intensity, h-index, two-year mean citedness when available and i10 visibility. It is intentionally not called field-normalized impact. International collaboration is based on recent works with authors from more than one country. Research diversity is an entropy-based summary of the institution’s leading topic signals, not a department count.

These indicators assess research activity only. They do not measure teaching quality, student experience, employability, reputation, finances or accreditation. Missing data are left missing rather than fabricated.