Franklin University Switzerland has been recognized in the WURI ranking at 24th place in the category of Top Innovative Universities, competing among 400 institutions worldwide. This recognition underscores Franklin’s commitment to pioneering educational practices and its role in driving progress. Furthermore, Franklin achieved 12th place in the Ethics & Integrity category and 17th place in the ESG (Environment, Social, and Governance) Trend. This achievement highlights the institution’s dedication to researching and promoting ethics and integrity in education. It emphasizes the importance of fostering moral values, ethical decision-making, and integrity among both students and faculty, while also contributing to global sustainability efforts.
What is special about the WURI ranking for innovative universities is that it is designed to highlight universities’ efforts in engaging with and improving the future, environment, and society through innovative contributions and creative approaches. It acknowledges the challenges of creating new roles and responsibilities in leading and catalyzing change and impact, toward economic prosperity and social harmony, especially during the latest global challenges of the emergence of COVID-19 and the spread of the industrial revolution. Lastly, it also wants to promote cross-learning and innovation among all universities.
2025 Ranking
24 |
Global Top 400 Innovative Universities |
12 |
Top 87 - Ethics and Integrity |
17 |
Top 47 - ESG Trend |
What is WURI?
World's Universities with Real Impact (WURI) is a new ranking system established by the Organizing Committee of the Hanseatic League of Universities (HLU). WURI evaluates the university’s real contributions to society, highlighting creative and innovative approaches of universities' research and educational programs based on the following sixteen categories:
1. For Students:
- Student Support and Engagement (from the students' point of view)
- Student Mobility and Openness (from the students' point of view)
2. For Industry:
- Industrial Application
- Entrepreneurial Spirit
3. For Society:
- Crisis Management
- Ethics and Integrity
4. For Global Community:
- Technology Development and Application
- SDG-Based Responses to Global Challenges
5. Subject (Leadership):
- Visionary Leadership
- Empowerment-Based Management (New in 2025)
6. Environment:
- ESG Trend (New in 2025)
- Culture/Values
7. Resource:
- Funding for Sustainability
- Infrastructure/Technologies
8. Mechanism:
- Cost-Effectiveness Management (New in 2025)
- University Brand and Reputation
Evaluation Criteria
There are 16 categories for evaluation. Each of these 16 categories should then be evaluated based on the following three criteria.
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Innovativeness: Evaluators should first assess the programs based on how innovative it is. This could be with the content of the program itself or with the process the institution has demonstrated in making their program more effective. The evaluators may consider one of these aspects or both.
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Implementability: Apart from innovativeness, evaluators should also examine its implementability or doability. This can be assessed by measuring the costs and benefits of initiating the program.
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Impact: Evaluators should consider both the scope and intensity of the program. In terms of scope, it should be judged whether the impact is limited to only one department, for example, or whether it is wide across the entire university. Additionally, the impact of the program can have a varying degree of intensity which must be weighed up carefully.
Based on these three criteria and to the best of your assessment, evaluators will select the best programs for each of the 16 categories from the list of applicants on the evaluation sheet.
2024 Ranking
29 |
Global Top 300 Innovative Universities |
7 |
Top 50 - Culture and Values |
2023 Ranking
26 |
Global Top 100 Innovative Universities |
3 |
Top 50 - Ethical Value |
4 |
Top 50 - Crisis Management |
15 |
Top 50 - Industrial Application List |
2022 Ranking
33 |
Global Top 100 Innovative Universities |
2 |
Top 50 - Ethical Value |
4 |
Top 50 - Crisis Management |
17 |
Top 50 - Industrial Application List |
2021 Ranking
41 |
Global Top 100 Innovative Universities |
4 |
Top 50 - Crisis Management |
5 |
Top 50 - Ethical Value |
22 |
Top 50 - Industrial Application List |
2020 Ranking
56 |
Global Top 100 Innovative Universities |
9 |
Top 50 - Ethical Value |
28 |
Top 50 - Industrial Application List |
