Times Higher Education’s (THE) new university ranking presents the world's top universities for interdisciplinary research. In the inaugural ranking, LUT placed 154th out of 749 universities.
Times Higher Education defines interdisciplinary science as the integration of knowledge, traditions and processes from multiple scientific disciplines. Interdisciplinary research may involve either collaboration among multiple academics from different disciplines or a single academic drawing on multiple disciplines to approach a scientific question.
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Interdisciplinary research plays a significant role in addressing global challenges, such as the future of energy production and the impacts of climate change on air quality, the availability of clean water, business and society.
“Complex problems require complex solutions. This new ranking recognises LUT’s substantial contribution to globally important work,” says Jari Hämäläinen, LUT's vice rector for research and innovation.
The new ranking applies 11 indicators to measure universities' performance, including interdisciplinary research income, industry funding, physical facilities and the number of interdisciplinary science research publications and their citations.
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