Announcement of IDEAS RePEc Rankings Results
Announcement of IDEAS RePEc Rankings Results
The bibliographic database IDEAS has announced the results of its rankings of institutions and academic departments in the field of Economics for December 2025. The Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) distinguished itself among universities worldwide, as well as within the scientific fields of Economics. In addition, its academic departments were included among the top comparable departments in their respective categories for December 2025.
Below are the most significant distinctions of AUEB, for which the University either achieved the highest-ranking position among Greek universities or was the only Greek institution included in the respective ranking category for December 2025:
University Ranking Categories
University Rankings by Scientific Field
University Rankings by Scientific Field:
Accounting & Auditing: Ranked 119th out of 2,113 universities worldwide.
Agricultural Economics: Ranked 262nd out of 3,199 universities worldwide.
Banking: Ranked 102nd out of 2,730 universities worldwide.
Business Economics: Ranked 219th out of 2,973 universities worldwide.
Central Banking: Ranked 206th out of 2,826 universities worldwide.
Corporate Finance: Ranked 90th out of 2,233 universities worldwide.
Computational Economics: Ranked 193rd out of 2,526 universities worldwide.
Industrial Competition: Ranked 98th out of 2,804 universities worldwide.
Dynamic General Equilibrium: Ranked 100th out of 2,228 universities worldwide.
Econometrics: Ranked 145th out of 2,376 universities worldwide.
European Economics: Ranked 24th out of 2,646 universities worldwide.
Environmental Economics: Ranked 120th out of 3,718 universities worldwide.
Econometric Time Series: Ranked 68th out of 1,633 universities worldwide.
Financial Development & Growth: Ranked 223rd out of 2,757 universities worldwide.
Financial Markets: Ranked 122nd out of 2,339 universities worldwide.
Economic Growth: Ranked 204th out of 2,088 universities worldwide.
Business, Economic & Financial History: Ranked 186th out of 3,113 universities worldwide.
Industrial Organization: Ranked 103rd out of 1,994 universities worldwide.
Law & Economics: Ranked 172nd out of 2,268 universities worldwide.
Macroeconomics: Ranked 118th out of 4,369 universities worldwide.
Microeconomics: Ranked 225th out of 2,494 universities worldwide.
Monetary Economics: Ranked 194th out of 2,916 universities worldwide.
Open Economy Macroeconomics: Ranked 157th out of 2,034 universities worldwide.
Operations Research: Ranked 110th out of 2,483 universities worldwide.
Public Economics: Ranked 127th out of 3,055 universities worldwide.
Positive Political Economics: Ranked 114th out of 2,496 universities worldwide.
Public Finance: Ranked 87th out of 2,097 universities worldwide.
Risk Management: Ranked 63rd out of 2,426 universities worldwide.
Small Business Management: Ranked 136th out of 2,470 universities worldwide.
Utility Models & Prospect Theory: Ranked 199th out of 2,368 universities worldwide.
Academic Department Rankings
Top Economics Departments:
The Department of International and European Economic Studies (DEOS) was ranked 298th out of 2,727 Economics Departments and/or Schools worldwide.
The Department of Economics was ranked 319th out of 2,727 Economics Departments and/or Schools worldwide.
Top Finance Departments:
The Department of Accounting and Finance (ACFIN) was ranked 57th out of 502 Finance Departments and/or Schools worldwide.
IDEAS is one of the largest bibliographic databases in Economics and is freely available on the Internet. Based on RePEc (Research Papers in Economics), it indexes more than 5,200,000 research items. RePEc is a large volunteer initiative aimed at enhancing the free dissemination of research in Economics and includes bibliographic data from the world’s leading publishers.
More information about the ranking results is available here: https://ideas.repec.org/top/
Publications (all years):
175th place out of 9,199 universities worldwide.
Publications in the last decade (2015–2025):
152nd place out of 9,199 universities worldwide.
