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Foshan University

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 538–1099 of 1,240 · score 33.5
Research Index =780

How it scores

Research
39
Alumni outcomes
39
Admissions & earnings
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Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 1,240 universities; alumni outcomes are counted per student. Admissions & earnings is the position among universities in the same country.

No official admissions or earnings data is used for this university yet. Its in-country score is estimated from its standing among its own country’s universities on the global measures.

Admissions, outcomes and alumni

Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
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Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
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Students (undergraduate / total)
19,627 / 19,627

Each figure links to its source. Admissions and earnings figures are comparable only within a country.

Research Index

A · Quality
53.1
B · Strength
21.8

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: 607. On strength alone: 1021. The Research Index scores research only; admissions, earnings and alumni outcomes are scored in the overall ranking where data exists.

The numbers behind it (2020–2023)

Papers in the top 10% of their field
11.1% (10.0%–12.2%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
0.7% (0.5%–1.0%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
171
All papers (fractional count)
1,545
International co-authored
29.8%
Open access
45.2%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
15 (3.04 per 1,000)

Core publications, fractional counting, field-normalised citation shares. Brackets show Leiden’s stability interval. Collaboration and open-access shares use full counting and aren’t field-normalised. Retraction counts come from the Retraction Watch database and include publishers’ mass retractions as well as honest-error retractions; a retraction is not by itself evidence of misconduct, and the count is never scored.

By field

Biomedical & health sciences=665range 466–956 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences–fewer than 200 papers
Mathematics & computer science1069range 886–1209 of 1,391
Physical sciences & engineering=653range 498–845 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities–fewer than 200 papers

Position over time

Not enough periods to show a trend.

The same method applied to each 4-year publication window. The number of ranked universities grows from period to period, so position is shown as a share of the field.

How other rankings place it

=780Research Index 2026
–QS 2027 (not in top 100)
–THE 2027 (not in top 100)
–ARWU 2026 (not in top 100)

Other rankings are cited for comparison. The Research Index measures research only; QS and THE also use reputation surveys and figures universities submit, and ARWU counts prize winners and total output.

Prize winners

No Nobel, Fields, Turing or Abel laureates linked to this university in Wikidata.