Best Universities in Ukraine – GURI 2026

Top universities in Ukraine

According to the GURI 2026 Global University Rankings, the highest-ranked universities in Ukraine are Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" and others. Ukraine has 23 GURI-eligible universities in this edition, and its highest global position is #1199.

1. #1Taras Shevchenko National University of KyivGURI #1199 · Score 44.86
2. #2V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National UniversityGURI #1236 · Score 43.90
3. #3National Technical University of Ukraine "Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"GURI #1274 · Score 42.53
4. #4Sumy State UniversityGURI #1314 · Score 41.15
5. #5Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityGURI #1431 · Score 37.86
6. #6National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"GURI #1438 · Score 37.56
7. #7Ivan Franko National University of LvivGURI #1510 · Score 35.45
8. #8Kharkiv National University of Radio ElectronicsGURI #1563 · Score 33.65
9. #9Odessa UniversityGURI #1572 · Score 33.45
10. #10Ivan Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical UniversityGURI #1668 · Score 31.66

How universities in Ukraine perform globally

Across the 23 ranked institutions the average GURI Score is 30.84 and the median is 28.13. The GURI Score combines ranking achievement across QS, Times Higher Education and ShanghaiRanking with ranking coverage, inter-ranking consistency, institutional legacy and momentum.

Understanding the GURI ranking

GURI does not determine which university is objectively best. This ordering reflects the published GURI 2026 methodology only, and a different methodology would produce a different order. Read the methodology.

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