VGSE in the Handelsblatt-Ranking VWL 2015

28.10.2015

VGSE faculty members ranked high in the Handelsblatt-Ranking Volkswirtschaftslehre 2015!

VGSE faculty members ranked high in the Handelsblatt-Ranking Volkswirtschaftslehre 2015!

Economists at the University of Vienna are leading in the German speaking world. The best placed researchers in Austria in terms of life-time work performance are Gerhard Sorger at 32, Benedikt Pötscher at 36, Maarten Janssen at 41, Jean-Robert Tyran at 90, Wieland Müller at 125, and Klaus Ritzberger at 165.

In terms of best research performance over the last five years Jean-Robert Tyran is listed at rank 27 and Maarten Janssen at 82 out of 100 researchers.

The Handelsblatt-Ranking Volkswirtschaftslehre 2015 states the University of Vienna as number 13 in terms of research performance of the economics faculty. 

The Handelsblatt-Ranking is one of the most extensive and representative rankings in the German-speaking world. It is based on a database which includes publications of more than 3600 researchers at 81 universities in Germany, Austria and the German speaking part of Switzerland.

The ranking:

Top 25 faculties

Life-time work Rranking

Best research performance

The logo of VGSE, the Vienna Graduate School of Economics. The letters V G S E each appear on a square. Each square has a different shade of purple. Below the square it says Vienna Graduate School of Economics.